Recently the Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University issued a letter titled “An Open Letter to Independent School Leaders” which opens this way:

“This summer of 2020 will be your most intense planning summer ever, as you make crucial decisions on how to deliver the best education possible to your students under the following likely scenario—schools open on time this summer and fall as the Coronavirus abates, only to close when the virus spreads again, open their doors to students and educators again, and then close again.”

The letter also cites an op-ed from the New York Times in which Dr. Gabriel Leung, a Hong Kong based epidemiologist and virolist, offers a sobering analogy:

“Trying to see our way through the pandemic with this ‘suppress and lift’ approach is much like driving a car on a long and tortuous road. One needs to hit the brakes and release them, again and again, to keep moving forward without crashing, all with an eye toward safely reaching one’s final destination.”

The remainder of the letter is loaded with helpful data, insight and, most importantly, questions to confront about “Three Kinds of Normal.”

Are you and your team ready to huddle around the fire to have that conversation?

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