{"id":402,"date":"2022-01-17T12:15:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=402"},"modified":"2022-01-17T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:32:43","slug":"planning-for-an-in-person-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2022\/01\/17\/planning-for-an-in-person-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning for an In-Person Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Half Block is underway, we are welcoming Winter Start and transfer students, and soon we will begin Block 5. I want to express my gratitude for all that you do and continue to do during these challenging times. Our goal is to remain in person, and we can\u2019t accomplish this without your continued efforts and cooperation.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I am writing to update you on how we are managing COVID for the second half of the academic year. Additionally, while our many communications about protocols share what<\/em> we are doing, today I also want to explain why<\/em>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Our COVID-19 Policy and Implementation Committee (led by Mateo Mu\u00f1oz, chair, and Andrea Bruder, chief public health advisor to the president) continues to monitor campus, local, and county COVID conditions; confer with national public health advisors; and consider our priorities, needs, and capacities as it makes decisions.<\/span><\/div>\n

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As you know, instances of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are growing in the United States. In response to the Omicron wave, CPIC has temporarily adapted our COVID response to 1) reduce the likelihood of large outbreaks, 2) minimize the possibility of serious illness and hospitalizations, and 3) meet the needs of those affected by COVID. Fortunately, we are a highly vaccinated community (98% of CC faculty, almost 97% of CC students, and almost 91% of CC staff) and the risk of serious illness and hospitalization is low for fully vaccinated people.<\/span><\/div>\n

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While many other institutions began teaching remotely this semester to give them time to contend with Omicron, we have not had to do so thanks to the excellent planning of our CPIC and because our protocols were designed to adapt to a range of circumstances. Additionally, the resources available to us as an urban campus allowed us to find additional space for isolating students near CC \u2013 something that more remote campuses could not do.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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To prioritize in-person instruction and campus life for the brief duration of the Omicron wave, we are taking the following precautions:<\/span><\/div>\n

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