Updated: January 14, 2022
We encourage families to stay vigilant in monitoring for any signs of illness and to not send your children to program if they are sick. Masks will be won anytime when physical distancing is not possible and at drop-off and pick-up. Our staff will find creative ways to provide mask breaks when appropriate during the program day. This is for the health and safety of our participants, our staff and our program elders.
Like nearly every local business, we are short on staff, despite a focus on hiring. Due to the nature of our work, should staffing levels drop below our committed staff to participant ratio, we may have a need to cancel a program date. We will do our very best to communicate with families as early as possible, should this situation occur.
Thank you for understanding!
The White Pine Leadership Team
We encourage families to stay vigilant in monitoring for any signs of illness and to not send your children to program if they are sick. Masks will be won anytime when physical distancing is not possible and at drop-off and pick-up. Our staff will find creative ways to provide mask breaks when appropriate during the program day. This is for the health and safety of our participants, our staff and our program elders.
Like nearly every local business, we are short on staff, despite a focus on hiring. Due to the nature of our work, should staffing levels drop below our committed staff to participant ratio, we may have a need to cancel a program date. We will do our very best to communicate with families as early as possible, should this situation occur.
Thank you for understanding!
The White Pine Leadership Team
Our Approach
When making decisions in regards to our COVID-19 protocols, we take several other data points into account.- We serve approximately 400 families per week.
- Program families hail from over 30 communities across three states.
- Masking and distancing protocols vary widely from one town to another.
- We have families in our community with significant and difficult health challenges who are at high risk of dangerous, potentially fatal, complications if exposed to COVID-19.
- Every participant will be required to wear a mask during program check-in and departure (due to the close contact of getting children in and out of vehicles) and when indoors or in a shelter (tarp, debris, etc.).
- Every participant will be required to have a mask with them at all times.
- Masks may be requested to be worn if participants exhibit signs of respiratory illness.
Information Sources
- Maine CDC Standard Operating Procedures for Investigation of COVID-19 in Pre-k-12 Schools
- Federal CDC Guidelines What to do if you are sick.
- Maine CDC Guidelines
- Travel and Visitor FAQs in Maine
Positivity Rates by County – York County
