Ingenuity Prep Families –

As you may be aware, DCPS announced last week that they would begin reopening schools for in-person instruction for some PreK3 through 5th grade students in November. Given that announcement, we know that families may be wondering about Ingenuity Prep’s plans for reopening for in-person instruction and we wanted to share an update with you today.

In July, when we announced that we would be starting off this year with all virtual instruction, we also indicated that we would be in virtual learning indefinitely and that we anticipated that it could extend through Winter Break. Today, we wanted to inform you that we’ve decided we will not be reopening for in-person instruction for students until after Winter Break. And, while we now know that school will not re-open for in-person instruction until after Winter Break, we have not yet identified when after Winter Break we will re-open for in-person instruction.

While we are all agreed that a fully functioning, in-person learning structure, free of the threat of the pandemic most maximizes learning, developing social-emotional skills, and building community, the implications of the current combination of community health conditions, impending cold and flu season, and other factors for our students and staff do not lend us to believe that re-opening for in-person instruction is the right decision at this time. And while we believe this is the right choice, it is also — in many ways — a disappointing one. We know that continuing in a virtual learning space will continue to be impactful for our students, staff, and all of you. But as we’ve consistently said, our highest priority is health and safety and we will only re-open for in-person instruction when we are confident we can do so safely. And we don’t have the confidence that is true at this point in time.

Additionally, we wanted to share that — beginning next week — we will be launching two opportunities for families to share input to inform the decision on when and how to re-open for in-person instruction. We will be gathering that input through:

• Family Focus Group Sessions — Each session will run from 5:30 to 6:30 and will be focused on gathering input from families. Each Academy will have their own session on the following days:

• • Early Childhood Academy — Monday, October 26
    • Click Here to Join Zoom Link
      • Phone: (310) 715-8592
      • Meeting ID: 881 1735 6629
      • Passcode: 58755
  • Elementary School Academy — Tuesday, October 27
    • Click Here to Join Zoom Link
      • Phone: (301) 715-8592
      • Meeting ID: 828 5684 3705
      • Passcode: 894156
  • Middle School Academy — Wednesday, October 28
    • Click Here to Join Zoom Link
      • Phone: (301) 715-8592
      • Meeting ID: 899 7222 7239
      • Passcode: 650870

Click on the designated link to join those sessions. 

• Family Survey — Your input through surveys (and there have been many!) since this summer has been very helpful in informing our planning. We’re going to launch a new survey to gather your input and gauge parent’s interest on returning for in-person instruction. That survey will launch on Tuesday, October 20th and is open to all families to complete due October 27th
  • Click Here to Access the Survey