Bristol High School
1845 Greenville Rd, P.O. Box 260 Bristolville, OH 44402 P: 330-889-2621 F: 330-889-2529
Timothy Fairfield, Principal timothy.fairfield@bristol.k12.oh.us
April 9, 2020
Dear Parents or Guardians,
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your patience during this unprecedented time. I hope you and your families are managing through this period and are staying safe. We understand that many families are concerned about numerous issues. We are able to be flexible and still provide our students with educational service throughout this time as the Governor continues to maintain a stay at home order. The information in this letter should answer some of your educational questions and provide guidance as we move forward.
Students are to continue with the educational process via distance learning. All of our teachers have set up Google Classrooms and have used them throughout the year so your student has already used this platform. They can access it at any time using most devices. Please note there is an app for Google Classroom available for smartphones. If you are online and have access to Google Classroom from home this will be an easy process. There is nothing further you or your student needs. If you absolutely have a need for paper packets and have no access online please call 330-889-2621 and leave a message. I am in the building every Tuesday and most Thursdays throughout this period and will make arrangements to get you paper-work. Please note that paper-work will be harder to manage as we can only provide that during a narrow window of time.
We will be issuing Pass/Fail grades for the fourth nine weeks. If a student engages in the online process and completes his/her assignments by submitting passing work, he/she will receive a Passing grade and his/her GPA will be based on the grades received in the third nine weeks for the second semester final. If no attempt is made or failing work is submitted the student will receive a failing grade and get an F for the last nine weeks which will affect his/her final grade.
State testing has been suspended for this academic year. We have also eliminated final exams for this school year. Please note that there was an announcement on social media on April 1, 2020 stating students would be required to repeat their current grade level. This was not true, despite the "official” look of the notice, this was a terrible attempt at an April Fool's joke that someone made viral. As long students engage in the process and turn in passing work they will pass onto the next grade level. Those students who are on track to graduate will still graduate provided they remain engaged in the process.
Please note we have no additional information beyond May 1, 2020 at the time of this letter nor do I have any further updates regarding spring sports. As soon as information is available I will pass it on.
I hope I managed to answer any concerns you may have. I will continue to update you as I get additional information.
Sincerely,
Timothy Fairfield Bristol High School Principal
Website: www.bristol.k12.oh.us
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