Interesting email from Loomis

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So it’s just the normal arrangement we with a slightly extended timeline. A little accomodating.

I have said this in other threads… The possibility of a remote start in fall is very real. Nobody knows what we are dealing with. The probability of it extending beyond a semester is probably low. I think you need to consider whether, in the worst case, you want the regular BS experience for 7/8 of high school or your other option (for us it was LPS) for all of it, recognizing that the first 1/8 ,if it is remote at BS, it is likely to be remote at every option. To me, the answer is clear but I also realize that for that one semester, you are paying a lot for an experience that isn’t what you signed up for. And when it is the first semester, it’s hard!

I would hope that everyone will be better at distance learning in the fall with this spring behind them, but that is small consolation.

I am not sure about this. If the schools do not start in the fall, it is very unlikely they would start in winter when the second wave is predicted, so you are looking at the spring which is just the last third of the school year. Missing two sports seasons and 2/3s of classes in person, in addition to the spring term you missed already. Which I actually think is more of a disaster for the upper classmen, seniors applying for college and juniors losing the last chance to boost their resumes. And unlike this spring, it is very unlikely that other kids will be in the same boat because public and day schools will reopen. We know several current boarding school families that are looking at other options should the schools not re-open in the fall. We have thought about it as well, should the boarding school not reopen our LPS will be a real option particularly if they have their fall sports.