College Calendars in the Pandemic: No Fall Break and Home by Thanksgiving

My son’s school has said this too. I’m glad at least they’re not saying, now in May, that they’re cancelling on-campus already.

My question is, what about after that? Is the unspoken assumption that spring semester is remote?

I mean, I work at a school, kids ALWAYS come back from every break bringing new travel germs and there’s an illness going around within a week. So I think foregoing a “fall” break is a good idea, and not trying to come back between Thanksgiving and Christmas, also great. But, they have to go back at some point, right? And whenever that is, they’ll be bringing the germs (if we don’t have vaccine by then).

I was also thinking no parents weekend. :frowning: Also the note from son’s school had some read-in-between-the-lines which made me think maybe no freshman parent events. I’ll be super sad about this, but if it is what we have to forego for him to get to GO to college safely, then so be it.