COVID-19

Dear Paramount Academy Community,

I want to personally thank each of you who participated in our Return to School Input Survey. Due to the overwhelming responses, we have decided to keep the survey open so that we may continue to receive valuable input from our community of parents, guardians, and staff. If you have not done so already, please click on the link to respond: CLICK HERE; the typical time spent has been around 6 minutes.

For those who have responded or who have reached out in other ways, please know that we are continuing to work on establishing the details of a re-opening plan. The team met on Wednesday and discussed the results of our survey in addition to reviewing re-opening plans for districts in the Valley and greater Arizona. So far, we have noticed a trend of districts needing to create addendums or changes to their plans to match up with the ever-changing landscape in Arizona. This is another reason why we want to make sure we are taking the necessary time to construct the best re-opening plan that properly reflects our community needs and conditions. These conditions include increased positive COVID-19 tests statewide over the last two weeks as well as city officials (including Peoria) holding emergency meetings to discuss mandatory face coverings in essential businesses (of which schools belong). I am grateful for your understanding so far and am impressed by the feedback received up to this point; your contributions will only strengthen the Paramount community moving forward.

Paramount Academy administration will reconvene right after the 4th of July holiday. Our hope is that there will be clearer guidance and/or guidelines from the State Board of Education, whose next meeting is on June 22nd, or from the Governor’s or Peoria City Council’s offices. As of now, we have received documentation with suggestions from the Department of Education, but no specific guidelines that would better guarantee the smoothest opening possible. Until then, if there is news released by the state of Arizona (the governor, county health officials, Peoria city council, etc.) or the Arizona Department of Education that impacts the Paramount community, we will send communication to each of you in a timely manner. For now, please know that as of today, we are expecting a 100% return to campus for students on Monday, August 3rd, 2020.

Thank you again for your continued support of Paramount Academy and each other during this time. Please let your families know that we are thinking of them and we hope you are all remaining as safe as possible.

Sincerely,

Paramount Academy Administration and Board of Directors