May 15, 2020
Greetings Patriot Nation,
I want to congratulate you on completing what has been the most unique school year that I have ever experienced in my 20+ year career. I appreciate your belief in CDS and the belief that we could do this and we certainly did. I know you are probably wondering...WHAT'S NEXT? I can tell you that my number one goal is to bring children and staff back to school safely.
- The CDS leadership team that has always been in place, consistently working to ensure that CDS is a safe environment for your child, physically, educationally, and emotionally, is working harder than ever to ensure CDS meets the needs of our entire community.
- Since March, our leadership team has had a tiered plan in place. Our primary goal is the safe return of our students and faculty to our campuses, but our plan also includes distance learning and a hybrid version of distance learning paired with in-school learning, as needed.
- There will be changes upon returning to Carrollwood Day School in order to ensure the health and safety to all while furthering the academic progress of our students.
- The leadership team together with our school nurse and our distance learning team have developed various contingency plans that can be put in place at a moment's notice in order to ensure the safety and continued learning of your child.
- As long as COVID-19 remains a concern, our leadership team will maintain our tiered plan in accordance with the CDC recommendations and state and local requirements.
Moving forward, we will closely follow the data from countries who are ahead of us in the COVID-19 wave to learn from the reopening of their schools. That information, together with the current and projected situation in our community and mandated health requirements, will guide our plans for the reopening of our campuses. We will share more details about the opening of our summer programs and the 2020-2021 school year as soon as those decisions can be safely made.
As always, we have an open door policy. If you have questions, concerns, or just want to connect, I am always available by email. The same goes for our leadership team, our innovation team, our health and wellness professionals, and our learning specialists. Please don't hesitate to reach out.
Check our website often as there will continue to be updates on summer camp and summer school plans, and of course the upcoming school year as we get more information and guidance from the appropriate channels.
Carrollwood Day School community, thank you all for your belief in us and please know we share your eagerness to have your children safely back on campus, as soon as possible.
As always Patriot Nation, "We Got This" and we'll do it together.