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PA 2-1-1 Southwest offers a free human service Helpline to Indiana County

We have developed this plan for instruction for students through November 6th to give you and our students and families stability.  In order to operate effectively, we have to finalize our class rosters and family selections.  We have been very flexible in allowing families to contact their child’s school to discuss the options available and address any concerns or questions that exist.  At this point, in order to be ready for the start of the school year, we respectfully ask that you understand that we will not be making any changes to selections at the current time.  If something arises and you feel your circumstances are unique, please contact your child’s principal to discuss what can be done.

As we prepare for the reopening schools, I find it prudent to explain some possible scenarios the District might be faced with regarding the pandemic.  As you know, we are closely following the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Education’s (DOE) guidelines for responding to confirmed COVID-19 cases, contact tracing, and potentially closing schools.

As we make final preparations for your students’ safe arrival on September 8, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of important mandates we all must follow.

Please view a brief video on wearing masks properly in school.

Sunday afternoon the District was alerted that an Indiana elementary student has tested positive over the weekend for Covid-19.

As you are aware, our District was one of the first in the region to develop, approve, and submit a plan for a full return to the 2020-2021 school year.  Our District was optimistic that, with precautions, we could welcome back our entire student body.

Despite our best efforts to provide options for our learners that would best serve their needs, we have no choice but to follow the recommendations, guidance, and mandates of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

There have been several requests from our families for further explanation of the hybrid option identified in our return to school surveys. We want to apologize for any confusion that we caused in our previous communications and hope that this makes our intentions more clear.

On Friday, July 3, 2020, the state provided the clarification that this order, while in effect, does apply to schools when 6 feet of social distancing cannot be maintained.  Please click here to review their clarification. Essentially, this means that our plan to reopen now must include that all employees and students wear masks for the duration of the order.