Dear Commonwealth community, We are writing to share several critical reminders and new protocols for in-person learning. We need your help to ensure we can safely operate in person, to make certain that we know where all of our students are in the event of an emergency, and to keep the administrative burden of hybrid learning manageable for our teachers and staff. Please read the following carefully: Reminders and Clarifications - Parents must fill out the daily health screening survey via the Magnus app every day their child will be in the building, and no later than 7:30 a.m.
- Parents or students must notify Stephanie Poynter if the student will not be in on a day they are scheduled to be in person (for example, due to illness)—even if they will attend classes remotely.
- Students cannot casually switch from remote to in-person classes and vice versa. Any student who requests a change from remote to in-person learning or vice versa must notify the school—the front office, the Assistant Head, or the Headmaster—and receive approval for the change. Students may not simply show up at school and indicate that they have changed to in-person learning, for example. Any student requesting a variation from the weekly in-person/remote rotation must present their request to the Assistant Head or Headmaster and receive approval as well.
- Students must use their prox cards to tap in and out of the building every time.
- Families must abide by our guidelines if students become symptomatic: students must stay home if they exhibit any symptoms of COVID-19, and families must show evidence of a negative COVID test before returning to school. Families, students, and the school cannot determine for themselves whether a student's illness is or is not COVID. If a student "fails" the daily health screening, the student must both be symptom free for 48 hours and produce a negative COVID test before returning to school. (Alternatively, they may quarantine for 14 days.)
- As testing is required for in-person learning, any student who misses the school-administered tests (schedule here) must either stay home for the remainder of the week or produce a negative COVID test taken on or after the school's test date.
New Protocols - On any given day, if in-person students find themselves with only classes or sports with remote teachers or coaches remaining, now they may depart early to attend those classes or sports from home if they wish; however, they must notify the front office that they are leaving. Similarly, if a given day starts with remote teachers, students may attend those classes from home and come in later to attend classes with in-person teachers if they wish, but they must notify the front office when they will be arriving. We still expect in-person students to be present in the building for classes with in-person teachers or coaches.
- Students who arrive late or leave early because they have free periods must now notify Stephanie Poynter. Before the beginning of the school day, Stephanie should know when we will be expecting your child that day.
Please see our Fall 2020 page for details. We will discuss these expectations further with students in school. You are welcome to contact me or Assistant Head of School Rebecca Jackman with any questions. Sincerely, Rebecca Jackman Assistant Head of School © Commonwealth School, Inc.
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