the reopening though friends opened in distance learning mode this fall, faculty, staff, and administrators had been planning our return to campus throughout the spring and summer months.
After closing our campus in March—and then finding ourselves in distance learning mode throughout the spring—San Francisco Friends School’s COVID Response Team and administration continued to plan for what school might look like once faculty, staff, and students were allowed to return to 250 Valencia Street. From the logistics required of a new schedule that could accomodate both students @Valencia and students @Home; to the enormous technological upgrades and training required to teach across classrooms and living rooms; to the hiring of literally dozens of new staff members to facilitate these new learning practices and health guidelines; to the expanding of our facilities to include hundreds of new hand-sanitizing stations, outdoor sinks, larger learning spaces (all installed and prepared by our incomparable Facilities Team); and more, the undertaking was sizeable to say the least. page 9
