Tabor Academy has announced the delays of return of the prep school’s students until April 13 due to the COVID-19 situation. Here is a press release issued by Tabor at 7:19 pm Friday, March 13:
Our community’s health and well-being remain our top priority and with that in mind, we have developed the plan below.
Academic Schedule/Return from break
Acting Head of School Julie Salit has made the decision to delay the return of all students from spring break to Monday, April 13. This does not include those students who remained on campus this break due to travel restrictions to their home countries and our campus will remain open to those students.
Online distance learning will occur for all students beginning Thursday, March 26, through Friday, April 10. On-campus classes will resume on Tuesday, April 14. The faculty are confident that we can ensure the continuity of our students’ education online until we are back on campus as a community of learners.
The delay in our return to community life on campus will allow students who traveled during break to essentially “self-quarantine” away from campus for the 14-day recommended period to ensure they remain asymptomatic for that duration before returning. We have asked our faculty who have traveled this spring break to observe the same guidelines upon their arrival home.
Additionally, we have recommended to our families and faculty to restrict all non-essential travel through April 13, and to follow all CDC guidelines and travel restrictions.
Campus events
Tabor has canceled our fun and informative Revisit Day program for our recently admitted students and are now planning an exciting virtual experience for this audience.
Other events on campus (administration of the ACT, campus rentals, concerts, team practices) have all been cancelled through April 14. We have not made decisions about athletic practices and contests beyond this date and are in close communication with the heads of our fellow Independent School League schools.
As we all well know by now, the coronavirus situation is extremely fluid and could cause us to change course once again. We remain in close contact with officials from the Town of Marion to stay coordinated in our approach. We will inform the press of any additional changes to Tabor’s response to this situation.