There are three notes of interest here today. One is a request from our Commissioner of Education regarding his reopening teams' efforts to gather public input from parents and educators. There is a link below for you to provide your feedback. Please take a minute so that our school district is well represented.
FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
To All Parents and Staff Members,
The Commissioner of Education has enlisted the help of the six Regional Education Service Centers (RESC) to form teams of Connecticut education stakeholders for the purpose of gathering, analyzing, and sharing the issues, concerns, and ideas related to the process of reopening schools. An online tool will be used to make the gathering of feedback more efficient and to reflect all the different regions and constituent groups across the state. The tool, "ThoughtExchange," is entirely confidential and anonymous to use. Your participation and feedback are essential to the process and necessary for our State leaders to consider as decisions are made about reopening our schools. I encourage everyone to use the link below to share your thoughts and help evaluate the critical issues.
Thought Exchange Link: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/493894984.
ALSO:
Another bit of information is a link below to the Town Of Portland Podcast recently recorded with First Selectwoman Bransfield, Public Works Director, Bob Shea, Chatham Health District Director, Russell Melmed, Portland Technology Coordinator, Dave Kuzminski and me.
https://youtu.be/DLSNclWHAiQ
FINALLY:
Please consider joining our ZOOM Board of Education (BOE) Meeting Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM. Among our topics will be a full review and discussion of the recent Distance Learning Survey Data we gathered from parents two weeks ago.
Thank you for your time! Please enjoy today!
Dr. O'Reilly
Superintendent