August 6, 2020
Dear Parents / Caregivers:
I continue to be thankful and appreciative of the ongoing support of our staff and community. At the end of last week, I shared with our community that Cuyahoga County Health Department issued a recommendation that schools open in a remote environment and cancel all extracurricular activities including sports. I also explained that our District is split between Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties and we needed to take the time to conduct our due diligence around the recommendation specific to our plans for opening.
Last night, I shared with our Board of Education my recommendation to continue to move forward in a hybrid model. If you would like a full explanation of this decision, I would recommend watching the Board meeting at the following LINK. This decision was made by evaluating feedback from both Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties as well as evaluating data locally.
We continue to understand that this is a very personal decision for each family. Therefore, if you have an interest in changing your decision regarding returning in a Hybrid or Remote model this can be done until Monday, August 10 at 8 a.m. Please reenter Final Forms at this LINK and change your selection. It is our intent to move forward with staffing and planning to support our students both in a Hybrid and Remote model. The only factors that would impact this decision prior to opening are as follows:
- An order by the Governor to move to remote learning
- A significant outbreak of COVID-19 locally
- A change in the State of Ohio Advisory Model in Geauga and / or Cuyahoga Counties
- A recommendation from the Geauga County Health Department to open in remote learning.
It is important that we all realize we have a collective responsibility to protect each other during this public health crisis. I encourage all of our families to implement and encourage the basic principles of mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing. These very simple measures implemented pervasively throughout our community can make a difference and will likely be the most significant factor in our ability to educate students in person.
Thank you for your continued support.
