Lower Merion School District: Important Information About Open House Nights

Press release from Lower Merion School District:

2021-09-20

Lower Merion School District's Health and Safety Team recently reconvened to review the health and safety plans for our Open House nights. While the team prioritizes maintaining the core instructional program, we acknowledge the value of having an opportunity for parents/guardians to meet their child/ren's teacher(s) and to observe where they spend their day. This is an opportunity to build relationships and to gain trust that is sometimes difficult to do virtually.

On the other hand, we know that some staff and family members may be uncomfortable with gatherings involving many adults in the same location. One important reassurance we can offer is that more than 95% of our professional staff is fully vaccinated and, given our eligible student vaccination rates is over 80%, we are confident that we have a highly vaccinated parent/guardian population as well. That said, in order to provide this opportunity for families in the safest way possible short of offering it virtually, we are urging families to follow these health and safety protocols:

the daily screener

Following the Open House events, we will engage in additional sanitizing/disinfecting efforts beyond our normal cleaning protocols. We appreciate everyone's efforts in keeping our community safe and healthy!

This press release was produced by Lower Merion School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.