La Salle Institute announces plans for in-person instruction
TROY, N.Y. » La Salle Institute will welcome all students back to campus in-person come September, with a flexible gradelevel plan that allows for social distancing and meets the needs of students, families, faculty, and staff while adhering to health and safety guidelines.
Key elements of the plan include:
• Most class sizes will be 15 or less, and all classroom space will ensure 6 feet of social distancing at all times. (This is La Salle’s historic average class size. Current teacher to student ratio is 12:1.)
• All parents will have the option to choose a full on-line learning schedule for their sons.
• Significant investment has been made in Chromebooks and other technology including modifications to 100% of classroom space to allow for live-streaming of all classes, if necessary.
• Internet bandwidth was doubled over the summer to accommodate increased technology demands and requirements.
• The 30-acre campus provides tremendous opportunity for students to be outdoors, for physical education and academic learning, and this has been worked into reopening plans.
Health and safety precautions include:
• Adoption and implementation of all standards required and suggested by the CDC and state and local authorities.
• HVAC retrofit work is being completed throughout the building to assure healthy airflow.
• Enhanced Janitronics cleaning contract includes thorough daily disinfection and cleaning in accordance with all established COVID-19 guidelines.