Well, what can we say? "Nice knowing you but don't come back again"?
At the end of April the CDC released their 2021 guidance for summer camps and youth clubs. The general theme of the guidance was 'nothing has changed'. For those of us who have been operating successfully for nearly a year under COVID restrictions - the take away is keep doing what you are doing and try to encourage everyone to vaccinate.
Having heard rumors that a move to phase 3 might occur after Spring Break and that it might just be K-2nd initially, it was a great surprise to receive the announcement from the School District that all elementary grades would be returning to in-person half days in less than a week. But if the past 12 months have taught us anything, it is how to [...]
It is strange to think that a year ago we were just getting the first suggestions that COVID-19 was a serious threat. When LTUSD shut the schools on March 13th, the Club admin team were naive hoping that we would be back in action for Spring Break. How little did we understand how this was going to negatively affect all our lives. Looking back over the past 12 months it is hard to recall everything that has happened, or all the different stages/policies/practices that we have been through. Many of those policies are still in place, social distancing, masking etc but with over 90% of our staff now vaccinated and all schools now reopened, there is some light at the end of the tunnel.