Task Force Work and Highlights from the News

May 27, 2020

Dear Families:

The Concord Journal highlighted these efforts of a Concord Middle School student.  It is great to see students giving back!  View Article Here

The CCHS Class of 2020 car parade has been postponed to Sunday, May 31 given the potential for storms on Saturday.  We look forward to seeing everyone from a distance!

The Concord Education Fund’s Operation Celebration where you can send balloons to the home of a CCHS senior.  The information is found here:  http://concordedfund.org/community-support/operation-celebration/

The District COVID Task Force met this morning.  The recording of the meeting is posted here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eoCBd4JlTf8R1r95Wgcx4pcH4u6DFkLC/view?usp=sharing

The presentation that provides an overview of the process is found here:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14MqzjugGr_f_kYxVBMczVyBNVzAnIZauN1RNh7KAKK4/edit?usp=sharing

Two articles published today reflect the work of the Task Force as to what school could look like in the fall are worth reading.  This first one offers comments from Commissioner of Education Jeff Riley:  https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/05/27/massachusetts-schools-fall-2020

A Boston Globe article captured all of the questions we are grappling with while being highly committed to a fruitful 2020-2021 school year educationally:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/26/nation/reopening-public-schools-this-fall-would-come-with-daunting-issues/?p1=HP_TrendingBar

Best,

Laurie