{"content":[{"text":"Dear BCSS Administration, Faculty, Staff and Parents/Guardians,","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.28224,"width":0.5104150000000001,"height":0.018496000000000012}},{"text":"We have reached the finish line! Another school year is “in the books”, and I am sure everyone \n is looking forward to the summer break. Even if some of us will still be working during the \n recess, summer is a time when things get a little more casual and relaxed. I know I, for one, am \n very ready for that!","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.31921,"width":0.75851,"height":0.07395000000000002}},{"text":"In some ways, what we lived through as a school district due to the COVID-19 pandemic this \n past year are things I hope we never see again. The worry about dangers to our health, the \n extended disruption to how our faculty and support staff engage with students to help them \n learn, and the uncertainty about whether, how and to what degree we were making progress \n back toward “normal” all blended together to make this school year often feel like it was twice \n the effort for everyone.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.411634,"width":0.7535689999999999,"height":0.11091999999999996}},{"text":"In other ways, though, the experiences we have had, and lessons we have learned, this past \n year are ones I know we will value forever. The prolonged need to try new things, to work \n through problems, and to collaborate in new ways with new teams have all truly made us wiser, \n more nimble and creative in our thinking, and better able to function in ways that lead to \n genuine, effective results. The public health circumstances that forced us into this have been \n horrible. They have led to loss for some and lasting impairment for others, and we cannot lose \n sight of that. But we must also recognize and value the positive changes that we made in \n response to this adversity. As I have before, I want to recognize and thank everyone in our \n school community for their continued energy, teamwork, and commitment to our mission. I \n would not be able to talk about positive \"by-products\" of this terrible situation without each \n and every one of you \"leaning in\" the way you have.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.541331,"width":0.7640629999999999,"height":0.203345}},{"text":"While we are all counting the days until summer recess begins, I want to talk for a moment \n about September. The information we see in the news shows sustained positive trends in the \n numbers we use to assess the severity of the pandemic. The public health authorities our \n district relies on for more detailed data and expert guidance are advising that these apparent \n trends are genuine. To quote Yogi Berra, \"it ain't over till it's over\", but this pandemic being \n \"over\" is something we will only get to in incremental steps. After a first half that mostly \n involved fully remote instruction, the second half of this school year allowed us to open our","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.763149,"width":0.7465759999999999,"height":0.129405}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}