June 24, 2020 - 8:00pm: Update from Lynn Cota, Superintendent
Dear FNESU Parents and Guardians,
I hope this letter finds you well, and you are enjoying the start of the summer vacation with your children.
Summer Meals
Summer meal delivery will continue in all of our communities throughout the summer months. We have reduced the number of busses and will be delivering two times per week in each community.
Meal Delivery Schedule
The June 30th delivery will cover all meals needed until the new delivery system starts the week of July 6th. Please make sure you leave ice in your cooler, and know there will be quite a lot of food left on June 30th.
New Delivery Schedule
Beginning on July 6th, here is the new delivery schedule:
Monday & Thursday Deliveries
Montgomery
Enosburg
Richford
Tuesday & Friday Deliveries
Bakersfield
Sheldon
Berkshire
If you no longer wish to receive meal deliveries this summer, please call your child’s school and leave a voicemail in the general mailbox.
Temporarily Stopping Meal Delivery
If you are going on vacation, please stop the meals while you are away then restart them upon your return. Please call your child’s school and leave a voicemail in the general mailbox.
Bakersfield Elementary and Middle School - (802) 827-6611
Berkshire Elementary School - (802) 933-2290
Enosburg Elementary School - (802) 933-2171
Enosburg Middle School - (802) 933-7777
Enosburg Falls High School - (802) 933-7777
Montgomery Elementary School - (802) 326-4618
Richford Elementary School - (802) 848-7453
Richford Jr-Sr High School - (802) 848-7416
Sheldon Elementary School - (802) 933-4909
Coolers
Please remember to leave a cooler and ice packs at the drop off location for your meals. If we try to deliver and food is still in the cooler from the last delivery we will not leave additional food. If that occurs, we’ll stop meal deliveries and you’ll need to give the school a call to restart the delivery.
Menu Changes
The menu items are changing and will include more frozen drinks and food options in order to help with the refrigeration of products in the coolers.
Delivery Throughout the Summer
We will be doing door to door delivery until August 14. From August 17- 25 we will be offering pick-up locations throughout the supervisory union.
Preparing for a Safe Return in the Fall
Late last week, we received the safety and health guidance for reopening schools in the fall. We are beginning the work of developing our FNESU Reopening plans for fall. Unlike the closing that occurred in March, this time around we have an opportunity to be more proactive about our approaches. Your feedback on how this remote learning phase went has been very helpful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. In our plan we will develop multiple contingencies so that we will be able to shift in and out of a variety of modes based on the health data.
Overview of the AOE Safety and Health Guidance
Some of the big take-aways from this guidance include:
Additionally,
Teams Working on Safety and Health Guidance
We have teams working at the Supervisory Union level and we’ll have teams working at the school level to develop our local Reopening plans. This guidance is complex and it will take us several weeks to unpack it, get clarification on certain aspects of the plan, and work within our school, regional, and state level teams. We know some of the aspects of the plan may take much of the summer to develop and implement.
In addition to the Safety and Health Guidance, we have a team focused on Facilities Re-Occupancy planning and considerations. Their primary focus will be on developing a Re-Occupancy plan focused on the physical plant and facilities related planning. In addition, they will consider how facilities issues impact things like remote learning, educational programming, student, employees, and visitor health and safety, transportation, athletics, and food service. We anticipate this planning will be complete by the middle to end of July.
More Agency of Education Guidance is Expected
Secretary French has indicated that systems can expect to receive guidance from the agency on the continuation of learning requirements for fall, and special education. In addition, we can expect there will be other forms of clarifying information and new guidance on other topics.
Family Engagement Survey
As you can imagine, the work of unpacking all of this guidance and planning forward is monumental. This work will rely on the efforts of many in order to be prepared for the Safe and Healthy return to in-person learning in the fall. We hope to engage families with this information in a variety of ways throughout the summer. We would like to hear from you about where your current thinking is about the fall reopening guidelines. If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey. Our SU and school teams will engage with your feedback and use it to help us plan forward.
Wishing you all a safe, happy, and healthy summer!
Sincerely,
Lynn Cota
Superintendent
Dear FNESU Parents and Guardians,
I hope this letter finds you well, and you are enjoying the start of the summer vacation with your children.
Summer Meals
Summer meal delivery will continue in all of our communities throughout the summer months. We have reduced the number of busses and will be delivering two times per week in each community.
Meal Delivery Schedule
The June 30th delivery will cover all meals needed until the new delivery system starts the week of July 6th. Please make sure you leave ice in your cooler, and know there will be quite a lot of food left on June 30th.
New Delivery Schedule
Beginning on July 6th, here is the new delivery schedule:
Monday & Thursday Deliveries
Montgomery
Enosburg
Richford
Tuesday & Friday Deliveries
Bakersfield
Sheldon
Berkshire
- Please note: Meal delivery times will vary from what you are used to because we are using fewer busses to deliver over the summer, so all the bus routes have changed. Some of the busses are covering deliveries in multiple towns.
If you no longer wish to receive meal deliveries this summer, please call your child’s school and leave a voicemail in the general mailbox.
Temporarily Stopping Meal Delivery
If you are going on vacation, please stop the meals while you are away then restart them upon your return. Please call your child’s school and leave a voicemail in the general mailbox.
Bakersfield Elementary and Middle School - (802) 827-6611
Berkshire Elementary School - (802) 933-2290
Enosburg Elementary School - (802) 933-2171
Enosburg Middle School - (802) 933-7777
Enosburg Falls High School - (802) 933-7777
Montgomery Elementary School - (802) 326-4618
Richford Elementary School - (802) 848-7453
Richford Jr-Sr High School - (802) 848-7416
Sheldon Elementary School - (802) 933-4909
Coolers
Please remember to leave a cooler and ice packs at the drop off location for your meals. If we try to deliver and food is still in the cooler from the last delivery we will not leave additional food. If that occurs, we’ll stop meal deliveries and you’ll need to give the school a call to restart the delivery.
Menu Changes
The menu items are changing and will include more frozen drinks and food options in order to help with the refrigeration of products in the coolers.
Delivery Throughout the Summer
We will be doing door to door delivery until August 14. From August 17- 25 we will be offering pick-up locations throughout the supervisory union.
Preparing for a Safe Return in the Fall
Late last week, we received the safety and health guidance for reopening schools in the fall. We are beginning the work of developing our FNESU Reopening plans for fall. Unlike the closing that occurred in March, this time around we have an opportunity to be more proactive about our approaches. Your feedback on how this remote learning phase went has been very helpful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. In our plan we will develop multiple contingencies so that we will be able to shift in and out of a variety of modes based on the health data.
Overview of the AOE Safety and Health Guidance
Some of the big take-aways from this guidance include:
- Developing a safety and health plan to return to in-person instruction in the fall
- 3 possible steps (or phases) for schools next year - we will need to prepare to move between these steps depending on the current health guidance
- Step 1 - Schools are closed for in-person instruction; remote learning for all students
- Step 2 - Schools are open for in-person instruction with enhanced physical distancing measures
- Busses - limited to one student per seat, every other row, parent transportation encouraged
- Step 3 - Schools are open for in-person instruction with distancing measures and cohort restrictions that are less restrictive
- Busses - students spaced out for the number of riders, parent transportation encouraged
Additionally,
- All staff and students will have daily health screenings upon entrance
- Student health screenings will occur before they get on the bus at the bus stop
- Facial coverings required for all staff and students
- Enhanced cleaning and disinfecting protocols
- Limits for group sizes
- Guidance regarding cohorts of students remaining together
- Step 2 - keep same students and staff together in cohort; not mixing with other cohorts
- Step 3 - keep same students together, staff members can come to students
- No congregating in spaces like cafeterias, libraries, gyms, or playgrounds
- Physical distancing
- Modified Classroom Layouts/Materials
- No outside visitors, volunteers, limit on parent access
- School facilities recommendations
- Meals to be served in classrooms
Teams Working on Safety and Health Guidance
We have teams working at the Supervisory Union level and we’ll have teams working at the school level to develop our local Reopening plans. This guidance is complex and it will take us several weeks to unpack it, get clarification on certain aspects of the plan, and work within our school, regional, and state level teams. We know some of the aspects of the plan may take much of the summer to develop and implement.
In addition to the Safety and Health Guidance, we have a team focused on Facilities Re-Occupancy planning and considerations. Their primary focus will be on developing a Re-Occupancy plan focused on the physical plant and facilities related planning. In addition, they will consider how facilities issues impact things like remote learning, educational programming, student, employees, and visitor health and safety, transportation, athletics, and food service. We anticipate this planning will be complete by the middle to end of July.
More Agency of Education Guidance is Expected
Secretary French has indicated that systems can expect to receive guidance from the agency on the continuation of learning requirements for fall, and special education. In addition, we can expect there will be other forms of clarifying information and new guidance on other topics.
Family Engagement Survey
As you can imagine, the work of unpacking all of this guidance and planning forward is monumental. This work will rely on the efforts of many in order to be prepared for the Safe and Healthy return to in-person learning in the fall. We hope to engage families with this information in a variety of ways throughout the summer. We would like to hear from you about where your current thinking is about the fall reopening guidelines. If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey. Our SU and school teams will engage with your feedback and use it to help us plan forward.
Wishing you all a safe, happy, and healthy summer!
Sincerely,
Lynn Cota
Superintendent
Congratulations to the 2019 FNESU Educators of the Year!
Kris Hoyt
FNESU Middle/High Educator of the Year Richford Jr-Sr High |
Lisa Robtoy
FNESU Elementary Educator of the Year Enosburg Elementary |
FNESU Educators of the Year with Superintendent, Lynn Cota
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Christine Cullen
FNESU Educator of the Year FNESU |
Linda Marcy
FNESU Para Educator of the Year Richford Elementary |