School Spotlight Ball-Chatham CUSD #5 One District’s Journey
Douglas Wood
Hybrid, remote, and virtual learning have become the new norm in education due to COVID19. Regardless of which side of the fence you are on, the impact of this virus, and the response to it, has been monumental, to say the least. This impact will affect us for the rest of our lives. Much to the same degree that people remember where they were when certain historical events occurred, so too will we remember the events leading up to, during, and after the COVID19 pandemic.
We have a dashboard on our webpage to inform our community of positive cases and quarantines. One year ago, I would not have fathomed this as something we needed to communicate on a regular basis. As of this moment in writing, I have received a letter to review prior to sending it to our community informing them of a positive COVID case in one of our schools. The letter defines dates, times, protocol, and followup information. This occurs on a daily or nearly daily basis. We have a dashboard on our webpage to inform WINTER 2020 | VOLUME 66 | NUMBER 4 | PAGE 56
