Health and Wellness: JoAnne Hammermaster, GA PTA Chair, has been meeting with Food and Nutrition Programs throughout the state to build relations and assist with establishing Breakfast in the Classroom programs. Please contact JoAnne if you need assistance in helping a local unit to get a BIC program established.
Our communications chair, John Martin, once wrote about this topic for CNN’s education blog.
save the date!🙌🏻Save the date for TYFTSW! Join us in celebrating by conducting PTA Programs at Home with your school community. Visit PTA.org/TYFTSW for ways to get involved and tools to help you plan and execute your activities.
Share with high school seniors! The North Fulton Council PTA scholarship application is open - find detail on our website - www.nfcpta.com/scholarship/ @NFCPTA #NFCPTA Georgia PTA District 10 PTSA - Parent Teacher Student Association
FCS Families:
We are steadfast in our commitment to offer face-to-face instruction, for those families who have chosen it. We stay equally committed to the safety of our students and staff. The plan for Fulton County Schools to receive students and offer face-to-face instruction, remains the course beginning Tuesday, Jan 19.
In supporting this commitment, we are in constant consultation with public health officials and to date, we have received no recommendations to change that plan. District leadership continues monitoring the potential impact of community case numbers and managing our operations with a site-based strategy. The district recognizes the level of community spread is significant. However, as of our most recent report, the majority of our schools are reporting 2 or fewer cases.
We will continue to move schools to remote learning on a case-by-case basis, as needed. Decisions are made on the basis of our ability to complete contact tracing, disinfect facilities and provide staffing at each school.
Face-to-face instruction has already been delayed for one week to allow for our most vulnerable employees (those who met the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) criteria for 1A+) to receive the vaccination if they chose. We are dedicated and are strongly advocating for all employees to have this opportunity as soon as possible.
The community is facing difficult times, and many have strong feelings about the best course of action for our schools. We understand and appreciate the different opinions.
We urge our entire community to continue to follow the recommendation of public health officials; wear a mask, maintain social distancing, wash your hands frequently, and remain home if you are sick or exhibit symptoms.
Important announcement from Fulton CountyFulton County Schools remains committed to offering face-to-face instruction for families who have selected this option. However, due to recent developments, the district will continue in its current remote learning state through the end of next week, January 11-15.
Over the winter break, district leadership closely monitored COVID-19 developments and consulted with state and local public health officials. We are now facing a post-holiday surge of positive cases impacting our ability to sufficiently operate schools; local hospitals report they are near or at capacity; and new information has been shared about vaccination availability to school personnel. These developments have all been part of the decision-making process leading to this delay.
To be clear, next week (January 11-15) all students and teachers will remain in remote learning with our intent to resume face-to-face instruction on Tuesday, January 19, following the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
During this time, FCS employees in the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) Vaccine Rollout Plan Phase 1A+ will have the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine voluntarily. This includes all FCS health service workers, school police officers, and employees over 65 years in age.
GDPH’s vaccine rollout plan presently includes education workers in Phase 1B. Though the timeline is not yet known, we will keep advocating for FCS employees to have access to the vaccine as soon as possible.
We recognize that our families have experienced significant changes during this pandemic and are ready for a return to normalcy. Fulton County Schools shares this desire and remains committed to providing a safe environment for our students to learn and our teachers and staff to work.
School is starting back in just a couple of days. I hope everyone had an great break and a Happy New Year.
We wanted to share this article and help ease your fears surrounding end of course exams.
www.ajc.com/education/get-schooled-blog/end-of-course-test-scores-will-not-influence-high-school-...
