Outdoor Science School: April 7th- 10th (Cancelled)

Outdoor Science School Update from Mr. Pelham:

"We appreciate your patience in regard to the Outdoor Science School 2019-2020 cancellation process

Regarding OSS-

We have put in requests (to Thousand Pines) for weeks in the 2020-2021 school year for both this year's fifth grade to go to OSS in 6th grade, and next year's 5th graders. Our hope was that the current contract and finances would roll over to next year. We haven't heard back from Thousand Pines. I am assuming they are in a financial crisis and waiting to see how things are going to be before committing to anything. We have not sent any payments from students to Thousand Pines, just an initial deposit that was covered by the students' deposits.

Truly, I had expected to have more information by now. I still believe that we all are waiting to see how this all pays out, but I understand that lack of concrete information is frustrating. There will be a dedicated effort this week to more clearly deal with our options. It is worth it to us to give Thousand Pines a chance to respond to our requests. If you can wait a couple of more weeks for such a response, we would appreciate it. If a refund is more of an expectation than the potential rescheduling and carrying over of funds to next school year, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Ted Pelham

(tpelham@aadusd.k12.ca.us)

Outdoor Science School Coordinator"