Recent Updates:

As of January 20, 2021:

Our goal was to bring our elementary students back in full the week of January 25. After our weekly meeting, our team determined that our elementary students will continue in the hybrid model for the week of January 25. Next week follows the AABBB cohort schedule. 6-12 will continue in the hybrid model as has been the case all year. We will reassess on Wednesday, January 27.

There are a number of considerations that influence our weekly decision making process:

• The level of community transmission in Ridgefield Public Schools, Ridgefield and Fairfield county

• Number of cases that may be connected to in-school transmission

• DPH recommendation to reduce classroom density when there is a sustained high number of cases

• Unknown percentage/number of current cases that may be due to new, more contagious variant

• Our ability to keep students in school consistently

• Vaccination schedule for educators

Our goal is and will continue to be to keep our students and faculty safe, and keep our schools open.

Asynchronous Early Dismissal Days

We will be holding one Early Dismissal day per month between January and May, where students will engage in asynchronous learning in the afternoon. The purpose of this time is to allow our faculty to plan, prepare and discuss best practices to support student learning. Each of our schools will send a reminder as we approach the dates below.

• Friday, January 29th

• Friday, February 26th

• Monday, March 15th

• Monday, April 26th

• Monday, May 24th

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