Our Regathering Plan
Our campus will reopen for the Fall 2020 semester with extensive measures and protocols to ensure the healthy and safety of our students, faculty, and staff.
Boston Baptist College is working in collaboration with almost 100 other colleges & universities to reopen our campus for traditional classes in the Fall 2020 semester under the requirements of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Massachusetts Board of Health.
This page is designed to provide general information as well as some details about our plan to reopen our campus in the Fall of 2020. As is required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston Baptist College will create a comprehensive reopening plan for the Fall 2020 semester.
Please note that the information on this page is subject to change as the situation surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic is highly volatile.
understanding how covid-19 affects our students
We understand the spread of COVID-19 has affected many families & communities around the world and we have been in continual prayer for both the physical health and spiritual health of our world.
Our decision to reopen our campus has not been made lightly. After gathering information as to how COVID-19 affects our student body, we decided that our campus could reopen under a comprehensive reopening plan.
Seeing as the overwhelming majority of our campus is under the age of 29, we found these graphs and statistics gathered and organized by the CDC & Massachusetts Board of Health to be particularly helpful in our decision to reopen our campus:
general changes to our campus
Enhanced cleaning protocols will be regularly completed across our campus.
Campus-wide testing, tracing, & isolation protocols will be maintained and enforced.
Students and staff will have access to testing and health monitoring in conjunction with the Massachusetts Board of Health.
If directed by the Massachusetts Board of Health, the use of facemasks may be required.
Restructuring of public areas on our campus in compliance with social distancing requirements.
CHANGES TO ACADEMIC OPERATIONS
In conjunction with the CDC and the Massachusetts Board of Health, the following changes to academic operations on our campus will occur:
Class sizes will be limited to accommodate social distancing requirements.
Remote learning will be available if the need arises using the same technology utilized to complete the Spring 2020 semester.
CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL LIFE
In conjunction with the CDC and the Massachusetts Board of Health, the following changes to residential life on our campus will occur:
All dormitories will be single-occupancy only. All single-occupancy dormitories will be discounted from $3,000.00 to $2,150.00.
Food service will be restructured with the safety of our community in mind.
