April 2, 2021
Dear Calvary School Family,
We have received the latest guidance from North Carolina and the CDC concerning reopening schools to in-person instruction. Governor Cooper issued a call to all schools to reopen as soon as possible for in- person instruction, “Recognizing the growing harms to children who are out of school and relying solely on remote instruction, including negative impacts on academic and mental health and food insecurity.”
The guidance goes on to explain,
• There is little evidence that schools have contributed to increased rates of community transmission; countries that have reopened their schools did not see large rises in infection at a population level.
• Overall, studies in the US and internationally have demonstrated limited disease transmission from child-to-child and very limited to no transmission from child-to-adult in the in-person school setting.
• North Carolina’s ABC Science Collaborative found rates of secondary transmission during in-person school instruction significantly less than the surrounding communities and no cases of student to staff transmission.”
The new guidelines have removed the requirement to screen and take temperatures each morning, but we will still require students to wear a mask to school, take extra measures to sanitize our facilities, and monitor students throughout the day for any symptoms of illness. Remember, if your child is not feeling well, please keep them home. In this way we will continue to provide a safe place for our students to learn. We will continue to encourage physical distancing, but CDC has changed the recommended minimum distance to 3 feet.
So, things are getting better and we are blessed to have been in our classrooms for many months with no cases of covid in our school. Thank you for working with us.
I hope you have a great weekend as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. If you would like to worship in-person this Easter Sunday, join us for our 10:45am Morning Worship Service. If that is not possible, join us online at calvarybaptistwilmington.org or on our Facebook page at facebook.com/CalvaryBaptist23rdSt/. Thank you again for being part of our family.
Pastor Donnie