Heidi Hamilton is the Chief Real Estate, Facilities, & Legal Officer for Amber Charter Schools in New York City. She joins podcast host Andrew Southern on this episode of Redesigning Normal to talk about how her organization handled the pandemic and how they hope to move forward.

Heidi discusses several covid prevention measures, including collaborating with an architect to configure the buildings for social distancing and securing private testing (free testing was not available to charter schools). In an effort to get students back in school full time, many preventative measures will remain in place.

She also talks about what’s unique about charter schools, how the rapid switch to online learning accelerated the implementation of new technologies, and the decision to grow and open a new school during a pandemic.

After you listen, connect with Heidi Hamilton on LinkedIn. Learn more about Amber Charter Schools by visiting AmberCharter.org and following them on Twitter @AmberCharter.

This episode of Redesigning Normal is brought to you by Invisible Health Technologies.