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Dear Fernwood Families,

We appreciate your continued support and partnership as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. It has truly been a community effort to keep everyone safe and keep Fernwood open these past two years. It has been no small feat and we are grateful to all of you for your efforts, sacrifices and support.

As previously mentioned, Fernwood Montessori takes its guidance from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) as well as the Office of Child Care (OCC).

Yesterday MSDE and the MDH released new Interim K-12 School and Child Care COVID-19 Guidance. This guidance allows us to align our prevention strategies with the new CDC recommendations.

Here is our updated COVID-19 mitigation guidance:

·       We will begin mask-optional on March 4, 2022. While we are cautiously opening up to mask-optional, there will be some who will continue to choose to wear masks while at school. That decision will be honored, and warmly welcomed, throughout our community. Should health conditions become highly contagious again, we know how to pivot back to requiring masks for a period.

·       Admittance Policy: We will no longer be requiring quarantining after travel. We do ask that your child tests negative before returning to school if you have traveled outside the DMV. If your child is late for school (past 8:45am), please come to the Elementary Door (far end of the building) and ring the doorbell. Someone will come to receive your child.

·       Strict wellness policy: We will no longer be conducting the health screening upon arrival. However, if your child is showing any signs or symptoms of illness, whether they are COVID-19 related or not, your child should stay home to prevent the spread of illness. If you child is showing signs or symptoms related to COVID-19 please administer an at-home test or take your child for a PCR test. A negative test is required to return to school. If you are in need of an at-home test, please let us know and we will provide one to you.

·       Isolation and quarantine guidelines: The Maryland Department of Health and Maryland State Department of Education shared new school and childcare guidelines that went into effect late January. See here for the guidelines. We will share any new updates as they become available.

·       Return to mask requirement: There may come a time when all students are required to wear masks once again. We will continue to monitor conditions and recommendations which affect our community and our students, and make changes to our policies as needed.

Thank you for continuing to follow best practices to keep our entire community safe and well during these evolving times. We appreciate all your support!

In Health and Peace,

Elizabeth Mohan
Head of School[/quote]

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