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Dear Canterbury Woods Community,
Each year, the Office of Transportation Services reviews the bell schedules for all Fairfax County Public Schools and makes minor adjustments as necessary to improve on-time arrivals. Developing this school year’s bell schedule has been extremely challenging for the transportation department due to the pandemic. Canterbury Woods was assigned a 10:05-4:50 bell schedule back in July, but given the all-virtual start to the school year, we had not needed to implement the new bell schedule.
At the School Board Work session on December 10, Superintendent Brabrand presented a revised phased- plan to return all students who have selected the in-person option starting in January 2021.
The following bell schedule will be in place effective January 12, 2021 for both virtual and in-person instruction.
Canterbury Woods ES Bell Schedule will be 9:45 AM – 4:15 PM.
The fifteen (15) minute reduction in the school day is due to the increased cleaning time required between bus runs. Additionally, as more students return to school, the number of students allowed on each bus will be reduced substantially to meet social distancing requirements. With fewer students able to ride a bus at the same time, FCPS has no choice but to adjust the times that our buses are transporting students.
Additionally, Dr. Brabrand has determined that January 4, 2021 will be fully asynchronous for kindergarten – sixth grade. We WILL still have Morning Meeting to take attendance, but there will be no direct instruction or small groups on January 4, 2021, unless you receive communication to the contrary directly from your child's small group provider. Work will be posted for students to complete asynchronously.
We apologize for any inconvenience these schedule changes may cause our families and staff. However, it is the only way we can return all of our grade levels to in-person learning, while keeping our students and staff safe.
Have questions? Please join me at 8:00 on January 4 for a Parent Coffee focused on Return to School (LINK).
We hope you have a wonderful winter break!
Warm regards,
Diane Leipzig, Dr. L
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