Dear LNC Families,
As has been our practice this fall, we are providing a recap of the LNC Board of Education meeting held last night. Here is a recording of the meeting.
During the meeting, the Safe Schools Committee recommended the board modify the school calendar to convert January 5 – 20 to remote learning school days. This recommendation was made in light of the COVID-19 metrics worsening and the spike in community virus transmission experienced after major holidays. The committee felt this was a prudent, preemptive action to limit spread and exposures within our school community. After considerable dialog, the board voted in favor of this recommendation. Here is the presentation the committee shared with the board.
Therefore, ALL LNC students will learn remotely from Tuesday, January 5 through Wednesday, January 20 (Monday, January 18 remains a holiday). Hybrid Learning and Distance Learning (for those who have opted for that) will resume on Thursday, January 21. Wednesdays (January 6, January 13 and January 20) will remain student seminar days, however students will receive support virtually, not in person. Since students will not be physically in school on January 8 to receive their paper report card for the second quarter, report cards will be distributed when they return to in-person school on either January 21 or January 22. Students' second quarter grades, however, will be finalized on January 8 and can be found on Schoology. Operating temporarily in remote learning does not impact athletics per the NCHSAA. Here is the updated school year calendar and here is the link to the cohort calendars.
Finally, we understand that as the pandemic continues to evolve, so do our families’ circumstances, perspectives and levels of comfort. Therefore, next week we will send an email to all of our families providing an option to opt into Distance Learning for the third quarter. Alternatively, our families who have at least one student in Distance Learning currently will have an opportunity to opt out of Distance Learning and into Hybrid Learning if they wish.
