Spring Athletics Trips Canceled (3/9/2020)

As the information on the COVID-19 virus continues to proliferate, we’ve been keeping a careful eye on what we can find out about recent outbreaks and the continued spread of the virus. This has been a rapidly evolving situation and one we’ve been monitoring closely.

Today, I’m writing to let you know that we have decided to cancel our spring break athletic trips out of an abundance of caution. This decision is based as much on what we know as what we cannot know right now, as well as the sense we have that travel right now, even domestically, increases the risks the virus poses to all of us. In the end, we do understand that cases in our area tell us that we may not be entirely free from worry no matter where we are in the US, but we don’t feel that potentially increased risk to be something we would willingly step into in the current unsure environment.

This news may be disappointing for the athletes, and we’re sorry to interrupt their—and your—plans for the break this way. These are unprecedented times, and we’re doing what we can to put community health and safety first in our decision making.

It is our intention to refund the cost of the trip to each family and we are currently working with the travel providers we partnered with on these trips to determine exact details.

We thank you for your understanding and patience as we work with local health authorities to follow appropriate guidelines and protocols to manage the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the best way possible. We continue to monitor the situation daily and will be keeping an eye on the recommendations coming to us from the CDC and the local board of health.

Sincerely,

Ned Parsons
Head of School