Patrick C. Daly, Superintendent

  Dear North Reading Public Schools Community, Today at a press conference Governor Baker, Education Secretary Peyser, and Commissioner Riley shared their thoughts about the next steps for the public schools in Massachusetts. Commissioner Riley shared the following: Looking ahead, with the extensive mitigation strategies in place and as state health metrics continue to improve, at some point districts and schools will need to shift away from remote and hybrid learning models and return to a traditional in-person educational format. At today’s meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), I indicated that in March, I will request that the Board grant me the authority  to determine when hybrid and remote models no longer count for learning hours. This would be part of a broader plan, to be released in March, to begin returning more students to in-person learning this spring, assuming our state’s health metrics continue to improve. If granted this authority, ...

  Dear North Reading Public Schools Community, As we look forward to returning safely to school next week I want to remind everyone of the continued importance of completing the  daily health  screener  and staying home whenever you are sick or have any symptoms. In order to return to school after travel we require that everyone follow the  MA-Travel Order  and provide a negative  PCR  test result before returning to school. This applies to  any travel to any state or country  other than Hawaii, North Dakota, or Puerto Rico. Furthermore, if you did travel, you should also consider additional safety precautions as recommended by the  CDC , especially if you participated in any of the following activities that could put you at a higher risk for  COVID -19: Going to a large social gathering like a wedding, funeral, or party. Attending a mass gathering like a sporting event, concert, or parade. Being in crowds like in restaurants, ...

  Dear North Reading School Community, I’m writing to provide a few important updates related to COVID-19 Testing and Communication. COVID-19 Testing Updates Families and staff should have received a reminder today for the consent form for the  symptomatic testing  from your school principal.  Tomorrow you should be receiving a new link  that would correspond to the  pooled testing  opportunity. This will also be sent by the school principal and will require a separate consent from you for this distinct testing opportunity. Those who do not wish to consent can disregard the email. As I have previously shared we have been working closely with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) to implement a  free COVID-19 pooled testing program for students and staff at our school. Following  our COVID-19 Testing information forum  I received many good follow-u...

  Dear North Reading Public Schools Community, Due to the very latest information on this storm we will be cancelling all afternoon and evening activities in the North Reading Public Schools. We will also be dismissing the High School and Middle School early, as they are typically the later schools to dismiss. Elementary schools will follow their scheduled dismissal times for today. The YMCA after school program will remain open but they will be encouraging families to pick up their children as soon as possible this afternoon.  North Reading High School will begin dismissal at 1:00 p.m. and North Reading Middle School will begin dismissal at 1:30 p.m. Those secondary students whose lunch period is impacted by the early dismissal will have the option to take a grab and go lunch with them at dismissal. The Batchelder dismissal will remain at 2:00 p.m. and the Hood and Little dismissals will remain at 2:20 p.m. As always, our grab and go lunch program will be available for all ...