Updated November 16, 2020. Figures rounded to the nearest $25,000.
The PBS COVID Fund
Launch video • October 2020
Breakdown of COVID spending
Total Costs ($1.45m)
This year, in addition to your Annual Fund support, we need your help to meet the unexpected in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school has invested $1.45 million (in addition to already budgeted expenditures) to meet the needs of our students, faculty, and staff during this time.
Improvements to Campus ($550k)
- Bathroom updates and 25 additional touchless hand-washing stations
- Converting indoor and outdoor spaces for instruction, including the purchase of tents and portable chairs for students
- HVAC and air ventilation improvements in classrooms and office areas
Investments in Faculty ($425k)
- Additional teachers to deliver our curriculum effectively and in smaller student groups
- Investment in student academic progress executed by teachers in Summer R&R Program
- Investment in professional development for blended learning model and distance learning model
- Promotions to co-teachers and lead teacher to level-up salary to increased responsibilities for curriculum delivery and student supervision
Health and Safety Support ($275k)
- Additional personnel in health, cleaning, and daytime sanitizing to keep the campus as safe as possible
- PPE inventory for faculty, staff, and students
- One Medical partnership to facilitate access to COVID off-site testing and tracking, ongoing consulting and expertise, and daily symptom screening
- Student on-site testing in November and December
- At-home testing kits
- Retained Joffe Emergency Services, a nationally recognized firm that supports hundreds of independent schools, to advise us on campus prep and safety
- Faculty on-site testing
Technology ($125k)
- iPads for all elementary students
- Zoom upgrades, new adaptive learning platforms, and other specialized software to keep students engaged while in distance learning
Financial Aid ($75k)
- Increase in financial assistance so families can remain at PBS
Related content:
An update from the PBS Board Finance Committee
from Marshall Haines, Board Vice Chair for Finance, sent Oct. 23
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Support the PBS COVID Fund
This year, in addition to your Annual Fund support, we need your help to meet the unexpected in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The school has invested $1.45 million (as of Nov. 16, in addition to already budgeted expenditures) to meet the needs of our students, faculty, and staff during this time.
The additional COVID-specific investment in our campus, our team, and our community has helped us to…
- …support our faculty and staff, our school’s most important resource
- …increase financial aid support
- …provide robust academic resourcing for both on-campus and distance learners, including additional teachers
- …double the size of our 1:1 iPad program and invest in the software needed to connect securely with remote learners, and
- …provide the staffing, equipment, and training needed to keep the campus clean and safe and to meet new state mandates
Make a supplemental pledge or gift to the PBS COVID Fund today!
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