We continue to evaluate public health conditions in our region and assess the impacts of evolving data on the well-being of students and employees as well as the operational impacts to our colleges. While we have prepared to expand our districtwide testing capacity as needed and have seen case rates in our communities begin to flatten or drop, case numbers are still amongst the highest they have been during the entire pandemic, underscoring health and staffing concerns for our colleges.
Therefore, beginning on January 31, our “difficult to convert” courses that were originally scheduled in-person this semester (science labs, arts classes, and other lab/activity classes) will resume on ground instruction. A full list of those “difficult to convert” courses and programs can be found on our reopening website.
Other lecture classes and courses that do not fall into the “impossible to convert” or “difficult to convert” categories will remain online through Presidents’ Day weekend, with the goal of resuming in-person instruction on Tuesday, February 22. We expect that cases in our region will continue to decline as our testing capacity expands over the next several weeks, further reducing the risk to public health and staffing shortages.
Look for a communication from your instructor in your email or Canvas account next week for the status of your class and reach out to your instructor with any class-related questions.
We understand that this may not be what you had planned for your spring semester, the deadline to drop full-term classes and qualify for a refund is January 28 and the deadline to drop first eight-week classes and qualify for a refund is today, January 21. We encourage you to consider staying in your class if possible - academic support services such as tutoring are available for all students and can help you be successful in both online and in-person classes.
Most student services will remain online until Tuesday, February 22 as well, but can continue to be accessed virtually.
