October 2020

Letter to Parents October 2020

October 14, 2020

Dear Parents, Guardians, Community Members, and Friends,

I would like to express my sincerest thanks to everyone in our school community
for all you are doing to support our students during this global pandemic. During
this challenging time, it has been heart-warming to see everyone’s resilience and
commitment to student learning.

Kaiser Complex Area Superintendent, Dr. Rochelle Mahoe, said in her September
28th letter to families, “It is our goal to slowly and gradually phase in the number of
students returning to campus during the second quarter. It is our intention to start
with kindergarten at the elementary level...” Keeping this in mind, our school plan is
to begin a phased return of students to our campus one grade level at a time in our
school’s blended model during this quarter. This would begin with Kindergarten
group 1 students on Monday, November 16th, and group 2 students on Tuesday,
November 17th. The attached Phased Return to School Timeline shares the specific
dates in which each grade level is expected to return to campus.

The present impact level metrics from the Hawaii Department of Health in the
vicinity of Aina Haina is “yellow”, which puts us in a good position of all areas on
Oahu to begin a phased return of students to campus. Student and staff safety and
well-being are of paramount importance to our school. With the reopening of
tourism on October 15th, our school will continue to monitor the number of Covid-19
cases in our community and adjust this plan accordingly as needed based on this
data. With this phased return of students, we as a school are committed to
following the return to school guidance from the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, the Hawaii Department of Health, and the Hawaii Department of
Education.

Updated information and attachments can be found on our COVID-19 Q&A page.

As there are further updates, we will let you know.

To everyone in our ‘Aina Haina ‘ohana, please stay safe and stay well.

Your Partner in Education,
Brendan P. Burns

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