Hopes for some summer normalcy is in the air.
Your business may be open, community members are getting back to work, summer is here with the beautiful great outdoors, and students and youth are on the move!
THANK YOU, community members, employers, and students, for wearing those masks, and helping our community get back on its feet. Beyond these early summer days looms the autumn “School Schedules.” What will they be? When? How? And even Where? Be it known that heavy deliberation, direction, advice, and collaborative effort is going into creating these plans. Please get informed and involved. Both Buena Vista and Salida School Districts have created surveys, held virtual meetings, and provided news articles with substantial information on general “OPENING” plans, backup plans, and secondary “WHAT IF” plans. All updates can be found on each school districts website respectively. Do the Public-School schedules affect you, your family, your business, your employer, your private school, community activities, travel plans, etc.? Probably! How many scenarios do each of us prepare for?
Every student is different, and every family is different not only as individuals, but situationally.
Both School Districts are working toward maximum in class time for every student. Families, students, local businesses, can prepare by being informed about the proposed school schedules coming out, how they are organized, and how they will be affected by possible COVID outbreaks. Most importantly please continue to practice our local Public Health strategies of washing hands often, social distancing and wearing masks when entering businesses to keep your child/student healthy while keeping your neighbors, classmates, and hopefully teammates safe as well. I’m encouraging all community members to tune in during these important early summer days to determine our best path back to the classroom this autumn.
