A message from Five School Heads
To our School Communities,
We decided to communicate jointly with you so that we could all speak with one voice about the importance of social distancing in containing the spread of the coronavirus. Our individual school communities are strengthened by the extensive overlap that exists among families in our various schools, and this wonderful asset inspired us to come together as a group to discuss issues surrounding our handling of the coronavirus. We are certainly looking forward to future similar collaboration in a number of ways.
One of the challenges we all face as parents in this current situation is striking the delicate balance between encouraging our families and friends not to panic unnecessarily and engendering an understanding that these times require particular precautions and safeguards. With respect to safeguards, we are all very familiar with the standard advice regarding handwashing, coughing into the elbow, avoiding handshaking, etc.
Our state officials have taken an additional and important containment/mitigation step in choosing to close schools for the next two weeks. We can add to the effectiveness of this effort to "flatten the curve" by refraining from social gatherings during that time. We have included a link below for your consideration. As we all know, our current circumstances are quite unlike a snow day or the typical day off school, and they require rethinking for the time being our normal patterns for gathering and connecting with others. We are all in this together, and times like this afford all of us opportunities to cooperate in our shared best interests. As always, we are grateful to be able to serve such wonderful school communities as your heads of school.
Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day
Sincerely yours,
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