News From Across GMRSD
13 Mar 2020
March 13, 2020
Dear District Families,
After consulting with state agencies, local health officials, and area school districts, the district decided to close its schools for one week, March 16-20. We will reassess the situation next week to consider what to do beyond March 20.
While there are no identified cases of the COVID-19 virus in our schools or towns, the lack of testing capacity for the virus creates a situation of a very large unknown. In this circumstance, we would like GMRSD to join in the collaborative effort to prevent a spike in this disease, which could overburden...
13 Mar 2020
13 de Marzo de 2020
Estimadas amilias del Distrito Escolar,
Después de consultar con agencias estatales, funcionarios locales de salud y distritos escolares del área, el distrito decidió cerrar sus escuelas por una semana, del 16 al 20 de marzo. Volveremos a evaluar la situación la próxima semana para considerar qué hacer más allá del 20 de marzo.
Si bien no hay casos identificados del virus COVID-19 en nuestras escuelas o pueblos cercanos , la falta de capacidad de prueba para el virus crea una situación incierta. En estas circunstancias, preferimos que GMRSD se una al esfuerzo de...
12 Mar 2020
Update: March 13, 2020
GMRSD received notification that the Department of Public School Monitoring will be suspending school site visits given evolving local, state, and national responses to the Covid-19 situation. The district will send out a press release when this site visit is rescheduled.
During the week of March 30, 2020 the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of Gill Montage Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and...
12 Mar 2020
March 12, 2020
Dear District Families,
I am writing to update you on the status of our response to the coronavirus. As our state and nation’s experience begins to look more like that of Italy’s, more serious actions are being taken to slow the spread of the virus. As you know, the governor has declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts and the commissioner of education has requested that districts consider a ban on all out-of-state school trips. The district continues to closely monitor decisions made at the state level that might impact schools. Superintendents have been...
12 Mar 2020
● Tomorrow at Morning Meeting our teachers will be sharing a comic created to explain the corona virus to children. Understandably they are becoming anxious as this is a high topic of discussion by their trusted adults, news, and radio. Superintendent Sullivan has information for families about what we’re doing to ensure the health of students and staff. Here is the link your child will see tomorrow: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comicexploring-the-new-coronavirus
● Monday, March 16 is a School Council meeting in my office from 3:30-4:30...
09 Mar 2020
March 8, 2020
Dear District Families,
I am writing to update you on the status of our response to the coronavirus. We remain in contact with the Montague and Gill departments of public health to mitigate any potential risks to our students and the larger community and over the past several days, the district has participated in several conference calls concerning prevention measures and response planning.
While COVID-19 is a public health concern, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Massachusetts Department of Public Health continue to report that the immediate risk to the...