Reopening campus and attending school in person during the pandemic is not without risk for both students and staff. While we are eager to bring our community together, we also know that this crisis remains dynamic, requiring that we proceed with great caution and care, supporting all involved. The San Francisco Department of Health has developed a Risk Acknowledgement Form that students, parents, and guardians must complete prior to returning to campus. Forms will be distributed through our Finalsite platform, families will fill them out electronically, and they will be tracked and filed by the COVID Information Coordinator.

UHS will follow the San Francisco Department of Health guidelines to prepare the campus facilities for in-person use

All school spaces have been set up and clearly marked to ensure proper physical distancing, according to the SFDPH Protocols. This will be done through a combination of removal, physical placement, clear marking of furniture not to be used, and physical barriers such as plexiglass shields. Access and use of restrooms will be managed to provide physical separation.

University High School has a third-party facilities agreement with Sodexo, an international provider of Facilities services. Sodexo best practice policy and procedures are utilized at UHS, and facilities personnel are trained in regular, enhanced, and reactionary cleaning. We use Maximo, a software program that tracks work orders and maintenance schedules. The advantage of this software is that it tracks the work that has been completed and identifies and schedules the work that needs to be performed (e.g., change the schedule for MERV 13 rated filters, HVAC maintenance, plumbing system flushes, etc.).

Sodexo has provided significant support and information related to creating the safest possible environment in this time of COVID. Additional training for COVID response has been performed for all personnel within the last two months. The facilities team meets weekly to discuss safety issues and concerns and is updated on new cleaning protocols. In addition to the normal daily cleaning, additional COVID-related cleaning procedures have also been implemented.

Daily Procedures

• Electrostatic cleaning is performed at least twice daily in all spaces utilized during the day.
  • Electrostatic cleaning involves spraying a mist over the entire hallway, classroom, office, etc., using VitalOxide, a disinfectant that is safe and dries quickly.
• All high touch surfaces: desks, tables, etc., will be wiped down at least twice daily using Hydrogen Peroxide.
• While students and Faculty, and Staff are present, facilities personnel will be continually walking through campus disinfecting doors, door handles, light switches, etc.
• All bathrooms will be cleaned at least three times per day.
• One final cleaning will occur each day, and the door will be sealed with a sticker, and the cleaning will be logged as complete.
• Each classroom has a sanitation station that includes disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, face masks, and tissues. Upon entering a classroom, a student/teacher will use the hand sanitizer and take a disinfectant wipe to wipe down the chair and desk they are using. At the end of class, the student/teacher will wipe down the chair and desk they used.

Our student body consists of 16 cohorts and, in our minimum attendance model, four cohorts will be on campus one day per week according to our schedule. Two mentor groups (clusters) from each grade level (26 students per grade (x 4) = 104) will form a cohort, labeled with an element name.

Should the pandemic be under sufficient control to allow limited on-campus, in-person learning (Level 2), students from the ‘Earth’ element (for example) will be permitted to come to school on Mondays; students from the ‘Water’ element on Tuesdays and so on. This allows for tiny in-person cohorts and limited cross-cohort mixing - the average class size will be four students, and students will mix with typically just 12 other students per quarter. Students not on campus will still participate online. If a family doesn’t think it is safe to send their child to school during their cohort day, that student is welcome to learn from home. Cohorts will be reconfigured at the quarter to allow for broader socialization. Cohorts can be increased in size if pandemic conditions permit (Level 1) - for example, a student would come Monday & Tuesday, but not Thursday & Friday.

Outdoor spaces will be utilized for instruction to the extent possible but are more suited to activities such as lunch and small-group meetings. Our upper and lower courtyards, as well as the roof-top on Middle Campus, provide those open spaces on our otherwise urban campus. Well ventilated indoor classrooms are better suited to our program that relies heavily on technology and are currently set up to maintain at least a 6’ distance between all persons.

Students, faculty, and staff will enter and exit campus through one of four designated entrances to provide adult-supervised, sufficient points of access to have their health screen checked and to ensure hand sanitation upon entry. All other entrances will not be accessible, except for emergency purposes or facilities use.

• Washington Street Entrance to Middle Campus
• Washington Street Entrance to Lower Campus
• South Campus Entrance
• Jackson Street Entrance

All students, faculty, and staff must carry their entry card/school ID, which will be color-coded for the day your cohort is on campus. Signage regarding traffic flow and physical distancing is posted throughout our campus buildings.

All classroom/student spaces and offices will have PPE and safety supplies, including hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, protective masks, and gloves. Face Shields will be provided to each student and adult on campus, which will be used indoors in addition to masks when 6’ physical distancing is not possible or when students are moving around a classroom (especially studios and laboratories). Plexiglass and other plastic barriers have been set up in spaces where students are eating/studying indoors.

In accordance with CADPH guidance, any employee unable to wear a face covering, face shield with a drape or other effective alternative, or respiratory protection, for any reason, shall be at least six feet apart from all other persons unless the unmasked employee is tested at least twice weekly for COVID-19.

Students with documented medical or behavioral contraindications to face coverings are exempt. They must wear a non-restrictive alternative, such as a face shield with a drape on the bottom edge if their condition permits it.

When an employee or student is alone in a room.

While eating and drinking at the workplace, provided employees and students are at least six feet apart and outside air supply to the area, if indoors, has been maximized to the extent possible.

Hand sanitizer dispensers are placed in every entrance, hallway, stairwell, and public space.

Additional handwashing stations are set up in key places on campus. Signage is throughout campus, reminding everyone of handwashing protocols.

Our Partnership with One Medical

We enroll all faculty, staff, and students (covered in our current fee structure) in One Medical to provide our students, faculty, and staff with a seamless screening, COVID-19 testing, and comprehensive healthcare experience through its advanced primary care model.

UHS faculty, staff, students, and their dependents are enrolled in One Medical’s membership inclusive of its digital health services, in-person care, and testing services.
Membership includes One Medical’s return-to-school/work features such as COVID app-based screening, specimen collection, testing facilitation, test reporting, and patient care follow-up through virtual and in-office care as needed.
One Medical provided specimen collection and integrated testing services at existing testing sites and will work closely with UHS to assess testing frequency and modalities as things continue to emerge.
 One Medical membership includes mental health support such as virtual and in-person group visits billed under standard commercial insurance programs. Additional behavioral health coaching and therapy services are available for an additional fee.

SYMPTOM SCREENING

All students, faculty, and staff are required to use the UHS-approved symptom screening app whose screening checklists are consistent with public health guidance. If a student/employee has active allergy symptoms, they are permitted to medicate for confirmed allergy symptoms but not for fever reduction.

Entry to the campus will be allowed only with a blue (COVID-19 risk factors are low) badge on the student/employee’s device or a printed copy of the pdf form generated by the app. We are partnering with One Medical to provide support and administration of these systems. Students must fill out the screening with a parent or guardian before leaving home.

All employees working on campus will be tested at one of the 37 One Medical sites in the Bay Area every two weeks on a rotating basis when we are in either the purple or red tiers as classified by the CADPH. The school will monitor the testing dates and allocate staffing to keep track of testing dates to remind adults of upcoming testing dates and ensure that no adult is on campus without a test within that time frame.

Students (and the families) have membership and access to the same One Medical testing sites. They are strongly encouraged to get tested three days before we return to campus, especially if they have engaged in any travel to high-infection areas or been involved in activities without masks or social distancing protocols, after the following breaks: February break and April Break.

We strongly encourage students to get tested once every two weeks through One Medical when we are in either the purple or red tiers classified by the CADPH. Once we are reclassified into orange, we will revisit our testing protocols to shift to a surveillance plan.

Testing through One Medical is currently providing results in fewer than 72 hours.

The Administrative Assistant to the Deans and COVID Information Coordinator Carol Coles will serve as our primary contact with SFDPH to support data collection efforts to measure and monitor COVID-19 transmission. We will monitor infections/ transmissions using this Google document/COVID tracker. 

To evaluate the effectiveness of infection prevention and control measures, we will note when a confirmed case is identified and how any other individuals in our community test positive. If any other positive cases surface, we will re-evaluate our mitigation strategies and make any necessary adjustments. We will prepare a report every other week summarizing the number of new cases identified within the school community and noting any suspected transmissions within a cohort. This report will incorporate the number of new cases, identify the number of individuals per cohort who may have been exposed, the number per cohort who have completed testing, and the number who tested positive. This report will be available to anyone in the school community upon request.

Carol Coles is also responsible for documenting student absences and any required follow-up. Our staff absences are tracked through our Paylocity human resources portal. Any staff or student who is absent will receive a call to identify if the child/staff or anyone in the household is being tested for COVID-19 or recommending testing if indicated. Our COVID Information coordinator and Director of Human Resources will make any follow-up recommendations indicated by the SFDPH guidance on suspecting and confirming cases when someone has suspected or confirmed COVID-19. We will document all test results and determine if return-to-work/school rules have been followed.

If a child or staff has a confirmed case, our staff will ensure the SFDPH protocol is followed, including communicating information to our community within 24 hours, closing that cohort for 10 days, and requiring students, adults, and any close contacts to get tested. All impacted students and staff will get tested and shift to our online learning platform during the quarantine period.

Our policy is to report information about COVID-19 cases at our workplace to the local health department whenever required by law, and provide any related information requested by the local health department.

Report immediately to Cal/OSHA any COVID-19-related serious illnesses or death, as defined under CCR Title 8 section 330(h), of an employee occurring in our place of employment or in connection with any employment.

All confirmed employee COVID-19 cases must be reported to Human Resources, which then must report to UHS’s commercial insurance carrier.

If a family doesn’t think it is safe to send their child to school during their cohort day, if a student has symptoms that require quarantine, or if we have to isolate a cohort, that student is welcome to learn from home. Our remote platform is highly effective and has received positive reviews from students, faculty, and parents.

When determining to physically close the campus with a full return to remote learning, we will take into consideration the following:

• Relevant counties have returned to the purple tier according to the Blueprint county data chart.
• Multiple positive cases in more than one cohort
• More than five percent of on-campus community test positive within a two-week period
• SFDPH determines school closure (e.g., results from public health investigation or other local epidemiological data).
• The school’s inability to enforce guidelines as set out in this document

In public health, the patient’s privacy is a mandate. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, the person’s identity with COVID-19 will not be shared. However, the School will notify the community within one business day if there is a confirmed case on campus through our e-notify system and our text alert system, School Messenger.

Signage has been placed throughout campus to inform students and adults of safety protocols to include:

• Physical distancing
• Regular handwashing
• COVID-19 Symptoms
• Maximum Occupancy of classrooms, restrooms, elevators, offices
• Directions for traffic flow throughout hallways and public spaces

●      Limited pre-packaged food will be available for purchase.

●      Physical distancing (6’) will be required for food pick up and purchase.

●      Indoor spaces have been reconfigured for safe distancing and protection during lunchtime.

●      Weather permitting, students will eat meals in an outdoor space (additional outdoor seating has been added) by mentor group. Sufficient indoor spaces are available for eating indoors in groups no larger than 14.

●      The lunch schedule is staggered to reduce numbers in indoor and outdoor spaces.

Classroom, office and public spaces at UHS are held in four buildings throughout our Urban Campus.

•  All Upper Campus classrooms will have two portable HEPA air purifiers that remove 99.97% of all contaminants. Classroom windows will remain open at all times to provide natural ventilation and will be supplemented by the use of portable fans.
• The library level of UHS Middle Campus will have portable HEPA air purifiers that remove 99.97% of all contaminants. Windows will remain open at all times to provide natural ventilation and will be supplemented by the use of portable fans. The remaining levels of Middle Campus have an HVAC system that utilizes MERV13 filters, which exceeds code requirements and provides an enhanced level of capture of small particles. These systems will also bring fresh air into the building. UHS is in the process of adding UV light systems in each HVAC system that is very effective at killing viruses, mold, and bacteria (completed by Dec. 31, 2020).
• UHS Lower Campus has an HVAC system that utilizes MERV13 filters, which exceeds code requirements and provides an enhanced level of capture of small particles. These systems will also bring fresh air into the building. UHS is in the process of adding UV light systems in each HVAC system that is very effective at killing viruses, mold, and bacteria (completed by Dec. 31, 2020). All lower level classrooms on Lower Campus will have two portable HEPA air purifiers that remove 99.97% of all contaminants.
• UHS South Campus has an HVAC system that utilizes MERV13 filters, which exceeds code requirements and provides an enhanced level of capture of small particles. These systems will also bring fresh air into the building. UHS is in the process of adding UV light systems in each HVAC system that is very effective at killing viruses, mold, and bacteria (completed by Dec. 31, 2020). The top floor also has natural ventilation.
• UHS has approximately 50 True HEPA air purifiers available for use on campus as needed.
•  While inside the building, windows will be open during all hours of operation to permit maximal natural ventilation. In Aug., we tested outside air rates to confirm that the outside air exchange delivered to all classrooms exceeds code and best practice standards.
• HVAC systems will be run at all times during the school day, and filters will be changed at a minimum of once per month.
  • Where possible, windows will remain open to allow for fresh air.
  • Portable air filters will be utilized as needed.

We will conduct periodic inspections using this CPP Form as needed to identify unhealthy conditions, work practices, and work procedures related to COVID-19 and to ensure compliance with our COVID-19 policies and procedures.
 

Our Head of School, Julia Russell Eells, and Administrative Assistant to Deans Carol Coles are our designated employees for SFDPH to contact about COVID-19. Carol Coles (COVID-19 Information Coordinator) will be responsible for record-keeping, notification of exposed persons, and partnering with SFDPH with contact tracing.

Our COVID-19 Information Coordinator has completed training through the Johns Hopkins University online Coursera course. We will keep track of and document close contact information through our confidential outbreak tracking document.

If a staff member or student tests positive for COVID-19 in partnership with the SFDPH, the school community will be notified. Our Administration has prepared draft letters to easily customize and send to various constituents if and when need be. All staff and students within the cohort will quarantine for 10 days, and the School will recommend testing for everyone in that cohort. During the quarantine period, students who are healthy enough to do so will attend school remotely.

If a household member of a staff or student tests positive, that staff member will be required, and the student will be strongly urged to test for COVID-19 at the beginning and completion of a 10-day home quarantine period.

The 10-day quarantine must be completed for both students and staff. The School will notify the student/staff’s cohort who will continue to attend school on campus.

Per the Quick Guide for School​s,​ SFDPH Home Isolation and Quarantine Guideline​s and the​ California DPH Guidelines on School Re-opening we have developed the following testing and quarantine protocols:

STUDENTS

• Student has symptoms
  • Notify the school.
  • Do not come to campus.
  • Consult One Medical
  • CHOICE OF:
  • Quarantine at home for 10 days OR
    • Take a COVID test
      • Positive result: see ‘Student tests positive’ below
  • Do not come to campus.
  • Consult One Medical
  • If symptomatic: do not return for 10 days since initial symptoms and 24 hours without fever (and without taking any fever-reducing medication)
  • If not symptomatic: do not return to campus for 10 days following the initial positive test.
  • Close contact or in a household with a person with a positive test
    •  Notify the school.
    • Do not come to campus.
    • Quarantine at home for 10 days from last exposure to a person with a positive test.
  • Is in a cohort with students who have tested positive
    • The school will notify the cohort.
    • Students will be asked to stay at home for 10 days.

Domestic Travel Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People 
People who are fully vaccinated with an FDA-authorized vaccine can travel safely within the United States. If you are fully vaccinated, take the following steps to protect others if you travel:

Have You Been Fully Vaccinated?
People are considered fully vaccinated:

• Two weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or
• Two weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine

If you don’t meet these requirements, you are NOT fully vaccinated. Keep taking all precautions until you are fully vaccinated.

If you have a condition or are taking medication that weakens your immune system, you may NOT be fully protected even if you are fully vaccinated. Talk to your healthcare provider. Even after vaccination, you may need to continue taking all precautions.
●    During Travel

• Wear a mask over your nose and mouth. Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
• Avoid crowds and stay at least 6 feet/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anyone who is not traveling with you.
• Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer (with at least 60% alcohol).

●    After Travel

• Self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms; isolate and get tested if you develop symptoms.
• Follow all state and local recommendations or requirements.

San Francisco University High School encourages everyone to be tested every two weeks.

Domestic Travel Recommendations for Unvaccinated People
If you are not fully vaccinated and must travel, take the following steps to protect yourself and others from COVID-19:

• Before you travel:
  • Get tested with a viral test 1-3 days before your trip.
• While you are traveling:
  • Wear a mask over your nose and mouth. Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
  • Avoid crowds and stay at least 6 feet/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anyone who is not traveling with you.
  • Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer (with at least 60% alcohol).
• After you travel:
  • Get tested with a viral test 3-5 days after travel AND stay home and self-quarantine for a full 7 days after travel.
    • Even if you test negative, stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days.
    • If your test is positive, isolate yourself to protect others from getting infected.
  • If you don’t get tested, stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
  • Avoid being around people who are at increased risk for severe illness for 14 days, whether you get tested or not.
  • Self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms; isolate and get tested if you develop symptoms.
  • Follow all state and local recommendations or requirements.
• ●    Visit your One Medical App to get tested.

EMPLOYEES

• Employee has symptoms
  • Notify the school. 
  • Do not come to campus.
  • Consult One Medical
  • Take a COVID test
    • Positive result: see ‘Employee tests positive’ below
    • Negative result: isolate at home until feeling better. Once 24 hours have passed without fever (and without taking any fever reducing medication), employees may return to campus.
• ​Employee tests positive 
  • Notify the school. 
  • Do not come to campus.
  • Consult One Medical
  • If symptomatic: do not return for 10 days since initial symptoms and 24 hours without fever (and without taking any fever reducing medication)
  • If not symptomatic: do not return to campus for 10 days following the initial positive test. 
• Close contact or in a household with person with positive test
  • Notify the school.
  • Do not come to campus.
  • Quarantine at home for 10 days from last exposure to a person with a positive test.
• Is in a cohort with students who have tested positive
  • School will notify the cohort.
  • Employees will be asked to take a COVID test and to stay at home for 10 days. 

Domestic Travel Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People 
People who are fully vaccinated with an FDA-authorized vaccine can travel safely within the United States. If you are fully vaccinated, take the following steps to protect others if you travel:

Have You Been Fully Vaccinated?
People are considered fully vaccinated:

• Two weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or

Two weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine

If you don’t meet these requirements, you are NOT fully vaccinated. Keep taking all precautions until you are fully vaccinated.

If you have a condition or are taking medication that weakens your immune system, you may NOT be fully protected even if you are fully vaccinated. Talk to your healthcare provider. Even after vaccination, you may need to continue taking all precautions.

• During Travel
  • Wear a mask over your nose and mouth. Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
  • Avoid crowds and stay at least 6 feet/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anyone who is not traveling with you.
  • Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer (with at least 60% alcohol).
• After Travel
  • Self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms; isolate and get tested if you develop symptoms.
  • Follow all state and local recommendations or requirements.

San Francisco University High School encourages everyone to be tested every two weeks.

Domestic Travel Recommendations for Unvaccinated People

If you are not fully vaccinated and must travel, take the following steps to protect yourself and others from COVID-19:

• Before you travel:
  • Get tested with a viral test 1-3 days before your trip.
• While you are traveling:
  • Wear a mask over your nose and mouth. Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
  • Avoid crowds and stay at least 6 feet/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anyone who is not traveling with you.
  • Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer (with at least 60% alcohol).
• After you travel:
  • Get tested with a viral test 3-5 days after travel AND stay home and self-quarantine for a full 7 days after travel.
    • Even if you test negative, stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days.
    • If your test is positive, isolate yourself to protect others from getting infected.
  • If you don’t get tested, stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
  • Avoid being around people who are at increased risk for severe illness for 14 days, whether you get tested or not.
  • Self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms; isolate and get tested if you develop symptoms.
  • Follow all state and local recommendations or requirements.
• ●    Visit your One Medical App to get tested.
•  

Students or employees who develop symptoms of illness while at school will be isolated in the Health Office in Upper Campus. The Health Office is staffed during school hours, and our Health Office/Student Safety Coordinator has developed protocols and a coverage schedule.

Upon arrival, staff will make the student/staff member comfortable. In the Health Office, students and staff will have access to a telenurse through our partner, One Medical, to discuss symptoms, guiding our employees, students, and parents and guardians with considerations for isolation, care, and testing.

Students and employees will remain in isolation with continued supervision by a Health and Student Safety Monitor until they can be transported home or to a healthcare facility. A designated parent/guardian must pick up students and employees through the Jackson Street entrance. Students may return to the facility when they meet the criteria outlined in SFDPH guidance on COVID-19 Health Checks at Schools, Childcares, and Programs for Children and Youth.

Our healthy school ecosystem relies on students, families, and faculty/staff adhering to health guidelines outside of school and on campus. We expect that everyone in our community will continue handwashing, physical distancing, mask-wearing and that you avoid large crowds. If we do not practice these safety measures, it will add to the necessity to close our campus. All parents and students are required to review together, sign, and submit (both parents & students) the UHS Pledge of Mutual Responsibility.

We devoted the October 28 faculty/staff meeting (required) for all employees to review and learn about the health and safety features/requirements of our Reopening Plan. We conducted a refresher at our opening second semester (Jan 2021) meetings and will provide updates as necessary.

Students will participate in orientations to the newly configured campus during the week of November 9, attended a virtual All School Meeting to review the Health and Safety Plan, and have had mentor meetings dedicated to training on our One Medical screening app and the discussion of our Pledge of Mutual Responsibility.

We held a Parent meeting on November 18, 2020, where we reviewed our reopening plan, key health, safety principles, our Pledge of Mutual Responsibility and Risk Acknowledgement form, and information for families about health and safety practices in out-of-school situations. Since that date, we have had numerous written updates and meetings and will provide continued updates as necessary.

We will continue to update families through our Sunday online bulletin and other regular forums for family education.

On July 20, 2020, The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced the postponement of the fall interscholastic season into the winter with a plan to commence in December 2020. In January, the CIF announced the restarting of athletics on February 8, 2021, with a modified list of sports allowed in the purple tier.

The UHS athletic and PE department have developed a robust physical education program to meet the needs of all of our students during the first two quarters. We will continue to offer remote programming while providing an in-person opportunity for physical fitness in adherence to the SFDPH guidelines and stated school protocols.

All students will be receiving updated information about the introduction of interscholastic athletics once the CIF has in athletics and physical education from the UHS Athletic and PE Department.

We are committed to the health and well-being of our students and will provide additional staffing to augment our current counseling services. Individuals, affinity groups, and special interest clubs will have access to this additional resource when their needs intersect with the topic of or need for mental and emotional health support. 

We have always made decisions, delivered our programming, and supported our students and staff with the guidance of our Equity and Community Statement and our Community Agreements.

We are aware and empathetic to the educational inequities that have been highlighted and exacerbated by COVID-19. Since we first closed the school in March of 2020, we surveyed every family to determine internet and technology needs. We have supported all families requesting support with hardware, academic software, and broadband. We continued supporting students on subsidized lunch programs throughout the spring and fall through the dispersal of grocery gift cards. We have also made space at school available to a handful of students (practicing all health and safety protocols) for whom learning at home has been a hardship, as well as those experiencing power outages. We have provided safe transportation for these students as needed.

Incorporating the experiences from remote learning last spring, UHS transitioned to a modified quarter/semester system for the 2020–21 school year. This system has assisted all students in their learning and has made room for them to attend to myriad family needs and pressures during this time.

We prioritize the equity and inclusion of all community members, ensuring their health and safety first and foremost, and remaining mindful of the essential staff who are working hard to deliver a safe and excellent academic and extra-curricular program.

Although we have to shift a significant portion of our program to an at-home, online format, the cost of delivering a UHS education has not changed. Ensuring that we remain in a strong position regarding compensation of our faculty and staff, cleaning and maintaining our campus, and supporting the school’s necessary technology and administrative functions requires that we continue to charge the tuition published for the 2020-21 school year.

To respond to the anticipated increase in requests for financial assistance, the Board of Trustees and administration increased the tuition assistance budget by 10% this year. We want all of our students and their families to afford a UHS education in these trying times. Please direct all inquiries to our Director of Admission and Financial Aid Nate Lundy at: Nate.lundy@sfuhs.org.

We will be assessing the status of additional fees and the possibility of rebates once we determine which fee-based activities will not be taking place. We will be communicating to our families regarding fees at the end of the first two quarters.

• Head of School (Department of Public Health Liaison #1), Julia Russell Eells: Julia.Eells@sfuhs.org
   
• COVID-19 Information Coordinator (Department of Public Health Liaison #2), Carol Coles, staff member: Carol.Coles@sfuhs.org
   
• Dean of Faculty, Assist. Head of School, Nasif Iskander: Nasif.Iskander@sfuhs.org
   
• Chief Financial Officer, Michael Novak: Michael.Novak@sfuhs.org
   
• Dean of Teaching & Learning, Byron Philhour: Byron.Philhour@sfuhs.org
   
• Dean of Students, Alexandra Simmons: Alexandra.Simmons@sfuhs.org
   
• Director of Communications, Jenn Soult: Jenn.Soult@sfuhs.org
   
• Health Office/Student Safety Coordinator - Elizabeth Schaffernoth, staff member: Elizabeth.Schaffernoth@sfuhs.org