CHART Task Force

CHART is ASD's school-based Covid-response Task force that consists of parents with expertise in public health, higher education, medicine, and the law; faculty members from various grades and subject levels; the ASD Leadership Team; ASD's Student Council President; and three members of the ASD Board of Trustees. These individuals collaborate in several large and small working groups to explore the needs associated with operating ASD at varying levels of restriction, examining health and safety issues, facility and operations, teaching and learning, communication plans and procedures, and liability concerns.

CHART Committee Membership

Jennifer Cava, Director

Bonnie Doyle, Registrar/Admissions

Jessica Golden, Assistant Director

Stephanie Dumoski, Curriculum & Scheduling Coordinator

Amy Bewley, ELO Coordinator

Kym Harmon, Business Manager

Lisa Moser, Operations Manager

Rebecca Patterson, Faculty

Laraine Fay, Faculty

Aimee Seiler, Humanities Department Head

Chris Marsh, Faculty

Karen Legault, Mathematics Department Head

Kim Fusaris, Faculty

Angela Clark, Faculty

Frederick Ball, Parent

Judy Landry, Parent

Flavia Martin, Parent

Kelly Mullin, Parent

Grace Conard, Student Body President

Tracy Malloch, School Nurse

Rod Conard, ASD Board Vice Chairman

Rick Bartle, ASD Board Chairman

Greg Czuba, ASD Board Member, Policy Committee Chairman

Goal of the CHART Plan for ASD Reopening/Redesign and Continued Support through Implementation:

To design and implement a strategic approach to reopening the Academy for Science and Design in the Fall of 2020 by establishing a plan that is flexible enough to respond to changing COVID-19 variables as well as to promote continuity and quality in student learning throughout the 2020-2021 academic year. CHART recommendations will be driven by public health and safety criteria, guidance from state officials and agencies, as well as the unique needs and mission of our school. Reopening/redesign plans and procedures will be updated and modified as circumstances deem necessary.

CHART Guiding Values and Beliefs:

The health and safety of our students, employees, families, and volunteers/supporters must be ASD’s highest priority

The optimal learning environment for ASD students involves regular in-person, on-campus interactions/collaboration; remote learning (ASD ConnectED) cannot be viewed as an equal replacement for daily, in-person participation in onsite learning

Any return to in-person learning will be accompanied by varying levels of risk during the COVID-19 pandemic; ASD must adopt and communicate measures to minimize risk wherever possible

Continuity in student learning and minimization of disruption to learning should be major focuses of reopening and redesign planning, as the school may transition in and out of various models/phases as public health conditions change

School reopening/redesign plans must be thought of as fluid, flexible, and exploratory. Adaptations and adjustments should be expected during implementation.

Feedback and participation in the exchange of communication/information sharing from all stakeholders is critical to the overall success of the plan implementation, as well as the health and safety of our students

ASD reopening/redesign plans must be flexible enough to support, on a case by case basis, students or staff with medical restrictions preventing a safe return to onsite learning

ASD reopening/redesign plans must support equal access to education for all students, including special focus on the mitigation of issues for families experiencing financial/health/personal/logistical challenges