School Reopening Fall 2020

Dear Gill-Montague Families, In the chaos of the pandemic, I have not yet taken the time to reach out and introduce myself. I am very happy to be here as the new Superintendent and have deeply appreciated the support and direction of so many people working over the summer, including administrators, administrative assistants, participants on the Pandemic Response Advisory Committee and members of the School Committee. I have been an educator in Massachusetts for 23 years, including the last 16 years as a high school/middle school administrator at Mohawk Trail Regional, Athol High School...
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Meal Delivery Changes Starting Wednesday July 22! Montague Catholic Social Ministries service time: NOW: 11:45 am – 12:30 pm   Meal Delivery Site at “The Patch” (11th & H St) CANCELLED NOW: Peskeomskut Park, Ave A (near the Post Office) Same time: 12:50–1:05 pm
To: GMRSD Staff and Community From: Michael Sullivan, Superintendent Re: Pandemic Response Advisory Committee The school committee has approved the creation of a pandemic response advisory committee to make recommendations to the school committee and district administration regarding the reopening of schools in the fall. Here are some of the details: What: A committee that will review DESE guidelines and parent and staff survey results and then make recommendations to the school committee on how to structure schools for the fall reopening. Who: 3 School Committee members...
Responding to Racism Dear GMRSD Community, A white police officer kneels on a black man’s neck, casually, hands in pockets, while colleagues assist, until the man dies.  A white woman dog walker in Central Park calls the police on a black man bird watcher, and in a contrived call for help she attempts to use her power and privilege to endanger him.  Meanwhile, across the nation, twice as many people of color contract and die from this awful virus.  We are all outraged.  What is a school community to do? Two tracks are active in Gill-Montague.  First, as our...
June 3, 2020 Dear District Families, We would like to invite you to take a brief survey about what this spring’s remote learning experience has been like for your students and for your household.  The survey may be found at this link and you may take it multiple times if you have multiple students: PARENT SURVEY FOR REMOTE LEARNING We plan to use the information provided in this survey to help inform changes to any remote learning we may need to provide in the fall.  I expect your feedback will be quite useful in this regard.  So, thanks, in advance, for taking a few...
Dear District Families, Due to the Monday holiday next week, on Tuesday, May 26, we will follow a Monday schedule and remote classes will not take place.  Remote classes will resume on Wednesday.  Regards, Michael Sullivan
April 17, 2020 Dear Gill-Montague Families, Here are some end of the week updates from the school district. 1. Next Monday a state holiday, Patriots Day, and on Tuesday we will follow our recently adopted Monday remote learning schedule.  This means that most teachers will be having meetings with colleagues and planning lessons.  On Wednesday we will resume with the regular Wednesday remote learning schedule. 2. Also, due to the holiday, next week our student remote meal delivery program will distribute on Tuesday and Friday only.  Meals to last in between these...
Dear District Families, Here are a few updates.  The school committee listened to the vast majority of you who expressed an interest in continuing remote learning days during what would have been April vacation.  So, Monday, April 20 will be a break from school, as it is a holiday, but remote learning will return on April 21-24.  This means that the last day of school this year will now be June 12, whether in person or still remote learning. We wanted you all to know that Gill Elementary Principal Conor Driscoll will be leaving us at the end of the school year to...
Dear Parents and Guardians, Please READ MORE on a summary of the plans we have put in place for remote learning and support during the emergency school closure.  If you have questions about these plans please contact your students’ teachers, counselors, or school principal.  We are striving to balance providing some continued student learning while also hoping to limit undue stress upon families at this unprecedented time.  Your ongoing feedback and your partnering with our educators will be essential to any successes we have together.   These plans will take...
Due to the state directive to practice social distancing, the School Committee Meeting for March 31, 2020 was held via video-conferencing and recorded. A link to the recording can be found in the School Comittee page.

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