Strategic Response

Putting our trust in God, we will seek His direction and pray, acknowledging that God is in control.

Even as we alter our method, we will maintain our mission and distinctive sense of community.

Continually keep our community informed, going the extra mile to respond to questions, concerns and issues, using our various platforms and communication tools to effectively share our strategic response to Coronavirus.

Complying with local, state and federal governments and health agencies, our campus will be closed but learning continues. We will deliver our education in a different way, with continued commitment to biblical integration and discipleship. Our desire is to have continued school structure and normalcy, providing value and positive benefits to families. There will be no HCS travel, activities or events during distance learning.

Heritage Cares will identify and meet various needs in our HCS community.

We will continue to provide our brand of Christian education services. We will not bill for services not received or delivered, such as bus transportation, AB Care, or athletics participation. The Heritage Cares program will provide opportunities to address tuition issues for those in need. The Heritage billing department will manage individual family needs and requests.

We affirm that our teachers and support staff are critical to providing an outstanding distance learning experience and we must support them. We communicated early on to employees our commitment to continue teacher and support staff compensation. We will do all we can to support them during the period of distance learning. There will be no staff layoffs during distance learning in the 2019/2020 school year.

Our salaries and benefits expense lines comprise nearly 70% of our total expenses. We are temporarily deferring virtually all projects, including Heritage Fund items. We will continue to defer or eliminate all non-essential expenses.

We will take the opportunity during distance learning for extra cleaning of our facilities while campus is closed.

We recognize that additional focused fundraising may be required to successfully navigate our current situation. We will evaluate and plan accordingly.