Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2020

147 www.CharlestonSchoolDirectory.com | www.MountPleasantHomes.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com Whether we see traditional learning, blended or all- distant learning models will depend on what the virus is doing, and CCSD has to be ready to implement any of them on a dime. A Safe Restart Task Force made up of MUSC staff, parents, students, teachers, board members, community stakeholders and the CCSD executive cabinet are exploring all of these. Individual school principals will feed into their hyper-localized plans. Belcher spoke about “master classes” and procuring meaningful virtual curriculum from other states. “The goal is to offer a K-12 virtual option for families who might have vulnerable members or other valid reasons,” she noted. There are no promises, but there are a lot of great ideas being discussed. It might not be of any consolation when planning for the fall, but perhaps the silver lining is that our monolith of an education system has been radically altered in a dramatically short period of time, and for the most part, our resilient children have adapted, even if in small ways. Imagine the possibilities we have in our grasp to make changes for the better of education after we pass this pandemic by. Disruptive, yes and chaotic, absolutely. But isn’t that part and parcel to the genesis of any great idea? As one of my favorite authors Dr. Seuss famously said, “It’s better to know how to learn than to know.” Right now, those words couldn’t be more true. Independent Schools While you focus on your school’s mission, McCay Kiddy will make the accounting functions easy and accurate so you can make real-time decisions. Your School + McCay Kiddy = Proactive Advantage • Dedicated Accounting Team • Bookkeeping & Reporting • Budgeting & Forecasting • Grants Management • Payroll Management • No Audit Findings • Finance Staff Consistency West Ashley (843) 266-5400 Mount Pleasant (843) 881-4477 North Charleston (843) 308-1886 McCayKiddy.com ® Certified Public Accountants and Advisors They provide exceptional and easy to understand accounting services for schools. ” “