{"id":2596,"date":"2020-08-27T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:03:26","slug":"parent-campus-update-aug-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/2020\/08\/27\/parent-campus-update-aug-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Campus Update \u2013 Aug. 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Families \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for the flexibility, creativity, and good humor that you and your students have shown during the phased return to campus. As we begin community life at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ this fall, you may find the information below helpful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We remind you of the college\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/fall-2020\/covid-19-dashboard\/\">COVID dashboard<\/a>, which includes the latest statistics on ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ as well as the state of Maine. The dashboard introduction walks you through the process and timing for data updates.&nbsp;<\/li><li>On-campus students received an email today about how to select a&nbsp;<strong>regular, ongoing bi-weekly testing time<\/strong>. Students were also reminded that if they miss testing times or do not comply with testing requirements, they will have their housing canceled (on-campus students), their access to campus canceled (for off-campus students), and be switched to remote learning for the duration of the semester. ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ certainly does not want to take such action, but frequent testing is an important aspect of the college\u2019s COVID-19 management strategy.<\/li><li>Our colleagues in Student Affairs have been fielding increased questions about students and face coverings. With very few exceptions,&nbsp;<strong>ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ requires face coverings in all indoor and outdoor areas on campus<\/strong>. We appreciate your reminding your students about the critical nature of this campus public health practice.<\/li><li>We have expanded our hosted archive of parent Q&amp;A webinars. Please contact parents@bates.edu for links and passwords.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether your student is on campus or remote, you are part of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ community.&nbsp;We are so glad to welcome \u2013 and welcome back! \u2013 all our Bobcat families this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best regards,<br>The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Parent Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Families \u2013 Thank you for the flexibility, creativity, and good&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-updates","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}