School Reopening Working Group

Dear North Reading School Community,

At this time we are awaiting additional information from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in terms of guidance for the fall reopening of schools. We expect this information on or around June 15, 2020 and we believe that there will be very structured guidance from the Department that outlines the structure of the school environment, teaching and learning, operations and business services, and behavioral health and social emotional learning.

I understand that students, parents, and guardians have many questions about our return to school and so I have decided to proactively create a working group that will have representatives from all stakeholder groups in our school community. Our existing parent advisory council will serve as the backbone of this working group, which will also include student representatives, school committee members, teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, secretaries, and food service. In addition, school and town leaders will also participate so that all voices are heard.

If you have any questions or concerns that you would like to share please feel free to email me at pdaly@nrpsk12.org and I will bring these items forward to our working group to consider. You may also share your thoughts with the parent association leaders at the individual schools or through the Special Education Advisory Council, as those leaders are members of our working group. The purpose of our group is to listen and to gain a common understanding of the questions and concerns for our North Reading students so that we have a strong foundation on which to design the best plans for the fall once the guidance is received in the coming weeks.

I imagine that there are many viewpoints and discussions to be shared on many topics and I can assure you that we will listen to our stakeholders, attempt to discover the root cause of the concern, and then do our best to design solutions that address those root causes. 

Our goal is, as always, to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for all of our students.

Thank you,

Dr. Daly