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School Reopening Fall 2020
22 Sep 2020
Dear Gill-Montague Families,
Family Technology Resource webpage - We are continuing to add resources to this webpage available on our District website at www.gmrsd.org. We have added more video and online resources to help our families navigate their students' remote learning environment. Please visit the site if you need help in logging into your Chromebook, your students' Google Classroom, using the SeeSaw tools, and more. There is also a way to send a support ticket to our GMRSD HelpDesk if you have specific questions about the technology.
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28 Aug 2020
Dear Gill-Montague Families,
Family Need Survey:
I am writing this letter to allow the schools to gather information on the needs of each student. Each school is requesting that each family respond to the survey by September 1st for each child in your home, who attends each school. This information is important for each school to be able to organize student classes and understand which children need materials. There are 3 ways that families can respond to this brief survey:
Fill out the brief survey on-line (the survey link is below and posted on the district website)
Complete...
21 Aug 2020
Dear Gill-Montague Families,
District Reopening Plan for September 14th- Student Return to Learning:
At the School Committee meeting on Tuesday August 18th, the district voted to start student learning on September 14th, with all students learning remotely. We all understand that none of the options sitting before school districts this fall will be ideal and each causes stress for students, families and staff alike. The primary objective is always the safety of students, staff, families and the community. The committee based its decision upon the following: ...
12 Aug 2020
Dear Gill-Montague Families, Staff & School Committee,
District Reopening Active Draft Plans:
At last night’s School Committee meeting we summarized the key elements of our District and Schools Reopening Plans. The comprehensive draft plans can be viewed at the following link:
https://t.ly/kJv8
Please be aware that this is an active draft. This means that the content of the document will evolve. We will send out communications that highlight specific changes, when they are not minor details and might impact family planning or staff assignments....
09 Aug 2020
Dear Gill-Montague Families, Staff & School Committee,
Please review the following update on planning for the re-opening of school and how you can share your thoughts, ideas and concerns with School Committee.
Update on Opening of School Planning:
Our planning process continues to be guided by a vigilant monitoring of public health data in Massachusetts, and we are encouraged that indicators about the virus continue to move in the right direction, in Franklin County. However, this is not the case statewide. And nationally, many states across the country are...
03 Aug 2020
Dear Gill Montague Families & Staff,
I am writing with an update on our planning process for the start of a new school year and to share some important information from Governor Baker.
School Year Calendar Changes:
Many of you may be aware that the School Committee voted to make changes to the School-Year Calendar, in order to accommodate the need for extensive staff training and preparation. Below are the changes to the dates for the opening days of the school year and a link to the updated School Year Calendar:
-New Teacher Orientation August...
03 Aug 2020
Gill-Montague Regional School District will be implementing a new home education plan application to take effect for the 2020-2021 school year. We appreciate this is a change for our home/ school families and we ask that you please bear with us! We have identified a need to improve upon our record keeping relative to district residency, student grade assignments, and "child find" and identification of students who may require or qualify for special services who are either home schooled or attending a private school at private expense. Please note as of August 3, 2020 we...
16 Jul 2020
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28 Jul 2020
Dear Gill-Montague Families,
Since the state closure of schools began, the School Committee has had to meet remotely, to ensure the safety of the public and their members. It has been a challenge to allow public participation. However, the need for public participation in real time is very important and highly valued. Thus we are taking our first try at tonight's meeting.
The School Committee is inviting public participation to our remote meetings starting tonight, Tuesday July 28th, at 6:30 PM. For our initial try at this, the public may send an email to one of our members,...