[BHS Etree] ADMIN: Feb. 11 (Tue.) Afternoon Update from BHS

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Good afternoon BHS families,

Students are dismissing after a calm afternoon at BHS.  The students who
marched to the district office were able to speak to the Superintendent and
Associate Superintendent in the Board Conference Room, and they arrived
back to the park around lunch time.  Some stayed there through 4th period,
and by that time students were either in classes or off campus.

Here is a note from our Dean of Attendance about clearing absences these
past days: To excuse your student’s participation in the walkouts for
either 2/10 or 2/11, please contact the attendance office within 5 days of
the absence.  The attendance office will code the absence UXO, which means
unexcused other, but does not count towards truancy. It’s the best code we
can use for events like a walkout given our constraints by California law.
Please email Ms. Watson, Dean of Attendance, with any further questions or
concerns. Thank you!

I am working on a message to students that I will share with them shortly,
and then a longer message to families than I have been able to include in
these updates.  The Superintendent will also be sending out a message to
everyone later this afternoon.

I am not aware of any planned actions tomorrow.  I know that for many
students and teachers there is both a longing to get back into our routines
AND a fear that doing so means that we are sweeping issues of sexual
assault and harm under the rug.  I want to communicate as clearly as
possible that is not the case. Our admin team is committed to continuing
the work necessary to create a campus climate such that students do not
feel the ways they have expressed this week and last.  We can't do that on
our own, and so I deeply appreciate the offers for support, help, and
dialogue going forward.

Thank you,

Erin Principal, BHS

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