Dear Private School Administrators:

We all understand the importance of quality education, social-emotional learning, addressing food and special needs, parents’ need to work, and so many other critical issues. However, it is of utmost importance that we protect the health of our students, education professionals and school support staff. At this time, I do not feel we can do so if we open schools for onsite instruction in September. 

Please see this letter for complete details.

We also published a blog today to help share this information with all Pierce County residents. You are welcome to use this blog—Remote learning recommended for Pierce County—to help you share information with your communities.

We wanted to share this information with you today to help you with your planning. We remain open to supporting any joint communication efforts that may help your districts communicate with your communities in the coming days.

We will forward this email to your Public Information Officers.

Sincerely,

Anthony

Anthony L-T Chen, MD, MPH
Director of Health
Office of the Director
(253) 798-6411 o • achen@tpchd.org