Nearly two weeks ago, I sent an introductory letter along with the plan for reopening CCES for the 2020-2021 school year. In that letter, I noted that I would never have anticipated my initial communication with you to be dealing with matters of such unusual and grave importance. As they say, however, “It is what it is.” Today, as I officially assume my role as the ninth Head of School for CCES, I’m writing a different kind of letter.
Dr. Leonard Kupersmith, Melanie C. Gordon, & The Rev. Wallce Adams-Riley
Our CCES community grieves in response to the recent killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. We lament that violence and destruction of property have usurped what were originally peaceful protests. We stand by the victims of violence everywhere in our country. We embrace the proposition offered by The Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C., yesterday that our world needs to be “held in check by a higher authority.”
We pray for the families of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, African American men who died as victims of excessive force by local law enforcement and vigilante behavior respectively.
Christ Church Episcopal School (“CCES”) admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at CCES. CCES does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin, creed, religion, or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, financial aid, scholarship or other programs, or athletic or other school-administered programs and activities.