Welcome Letter

Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year

August, 2020

This package is to welcome you to Central High School for the 2020-2021 school year. Whether you are a returning student or new to our school, we know you and your parents have many questions. We, the school administration, cannot answer all those questions, but I will try to answer the ones that I know the answers to. I honestly wish that I knew the answers to more.

The biggest question that many of you will have this year is how we are dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That is explained in the document titled “Pandemic Response” which you should find in this package. In brief, the health authorities have advised us that we should expect to begin the school year in person, but with mandatory masking. As the school year progresses, we hope to make the masks recommended rather than mandatory. Eventually we may be able to make the masks completely optional. We certainly hope that we will not need to return to online schooling this year, but we are preparing for that possibility. The Pandemic Response document explains each of these statuses in more detail. Also, see the “Online Schooling” document for details specific to that situation.