Marshall County CSD

11-19-2020 MCC Families, This letter contains important information regarding our school schedule between Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break. Our plan is to continue operating school with the same hybrid schedule we ran in November through the Christmas Holiday break. Our school board met and discussed how our current system was working. We have had ongoing check-ins with public health and discussed the situation with our school leadership team as well. We are very proud of our staff and our families for following our safety procedures which is allowing us to still be able to continue school in this hybrid setting. We will be constantly monitoring how things are working and this is all contingent on us staying adequately staffed and families following protocols of staying home if sick or staying home if named close contacts. So far our systems have been working well. Please continue to follow safety measures outside of school in the community and in your homes so that we can continue having in person opportunities for our students. One important note: We need our parents help for when our hybrid students are home. Teachers are providing students work and taking valuable time to explain what needs to be complete; however, we had a low percentage of work completed and turned in this past week. As a result we have a lot of students on our deficiency list this week because they did not turn in their work. Please take time to check in on your child and make sure they are doing homework. Teachers are using e-mail and Google Classroom to remind your child. If you aren’t sure what needs to be done, check in with your child’s teacher especially on the Wednesdays when they are available to assist students and parents. Next Week’s school Calendar: Meal Sign Ups go to: https://forms.gle/rJsff6Jnp8Mh83hC9 Monday, November 23: Head Start, K-4 all students, and 5-12 Group 1 students Tuesday, November 24: Preschool, K-4 all students, and 5-12 Group 2 students Wednesday, November 25: All students at home in distance learning that day. Teachers will provide work for your child. Please be sure that they are completing their work at home and returning it to school on their next scheduled school day. November 30 - December 22: We will continue to follow our current hybrid schedule. Please see the attached calendar which identifies which days each student group attends school. #MCCSTRONG Superintendent Jeffrey Lund

The school board met last night in regular session. You can access the board brief : https://bit.ly/3bO777x. A recording of the board meeting is available here: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/ivadJR7a3TNsA0zPT3IoC2fjUBSm3xR5Ec9224J18Y8Pg8YeZwFEvfLUQZv7b6Vm.WhrrubrwT-_PuNby Passcode: u#42L9!W

Reminder: All students home Wed. 11/18. Teachers/Paras available at school. Call/E-mail if you need assistance. 11/19 & 11/20 In School: Preschool, Grades K-4, and Grade 5-12 Group 2 For meal sign ups click here: https://forms.gle/dK65rPLbLWEo6Fkt9

Sorry for the inconvenience, our NFHS camera system is not working for some reason. Tonight’s volleyball match versus Sacred Heart is on MCC schools Facebook account.

We are aware that our NFHS link is not working, we are in the process of troubleshooting, we hope to get the Volleyball match vs. Sacred Heart up and running as soon as possible.

Northern Freeze Football game @ Goodridge for tomorrow November 17th - tickets need to be purchased at the High School office by the end of the day tomorrow. Admission is $7 regardless of age. Game time is 5:00pm

Correction to Board meeting date/time: Meeting is Tuesday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m.

The state of Minnesota has free Mail Order Testing available to Minnesota families: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/testsites/athome.html or https://learn.vaulthealth.com/state-of-minnesota/ The Minnesota Department of health also opened up 11 MDH Testing Centers across the state. The nearest center to us is at the National Guard Armory in Crookston. The Crookston site is open from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. on November 16-18, 23-24; December 1-5, December 9-11, December 16-19, December 21-22, and December 28-30. You must go online to schedule an appointment here: https://www.primarybio.com/r/crookston

The MCC School Board meets in regular session on Tuesday, November 16 via Zoom. Agenda is: https://5il.co/n3oj. If you are interested in obtaining access to the board meeting, please e-mail Superintendent Lund by 3:00 p.m. Tuesday and he will send you an invitation.

Reminder this week: Headstart goes to school Monday-Tuesday; K-4 goes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; Grade 5-12 group 1 goes to school Monday-Tuesday ; Grades 5-12 group 2 goes to school Thursday-Friday; Preschool goes to school Thursday-Friday; Everyone is distance on Wednesday If you need lunches any days your children are home sign up here: https://forms.gle/dK65rPLbLWEo6Fkt9

Reminder this week: Headstart goes to school Monday-Tuesday K-4 goes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Grades 5-12 group 1 goes to school Monday-Tuesday Grades 5-12 group 2 goes to school Thursday-Friday Everyone is distance on Wednesday If you need lunches any days your children are home sign up here: https://forms.gle/dK65rPLbLWEo6Fkt9

Reminder: If you need meals for this week, please use the spreadsheet to sign up. https://forms.gle/vvEPCkvvgpQHhzmD8 Thursday & Friday: Preschool, K-4, and 5-12 Group 2 in school.

11-11-2020 MCC Families, I wanted to take a moment to provide a general update to families. I know that many of you may be feeling anxious or have questions about how things are going at school or what we are thinking about. Each day, we are focused on doing whatever it takes to help the children in our community. This pandemic doesn’t make that task easy, but our MCC team remains committed to caring for and educating your child in the best way we can under these circumstances. We are still on track to remain in the hybrid setting through Thanksgiving break. Our school board has a regular meeting on November 17 and our leadership team meets on November 18. There will be discussions in both those meetings in regards to how things are working and what we are planning between Thanksgiving and Christmas Break. Ideally by Thanksgiving we are hopeful county numbers will level off and start going down. That is really up to all of us in school and out of school. We must get everyone in the community following the safety protocols of wearing masks, maintaining social distance, staying home when not feeling well, and washing hands often. School remains very safe in terms that we are not seeing spreading in schools. Our school families and staff have been doing very well not coming to school when sick and following expectations. We have had two cases requiring notifications and close contact quarantines. Everyone is doing what is needed and that has allowed us to continue with schooling in our hybrid setting. Athletics has been a hot topic. We are following guidance from MDE and MDH and will continue to hold activities while we remain in school under all in person or hybrid settings. There are many benefits to school activities for student physical and mental health. We have safety protocols to screen and maintain a safe environment. We have good communication with other schools. There may be times we have to cancel events or not allow fans out of precaution. However, we will maintain activities for our students as long as we remain in a setting where we have students at school. I am sure seeing some neighboring schools going distance has made you wonder if we are. Again, we remain committed to remaining in school in this hybrid setting for the time being. I have been proud of our families and our staff for remaining flexible, remaining understanding that everyone is doing their best. Everything we are doing and you are doing is important to help us get through this. There is a light at the end of this long tunnel. We remain committed to getting through all this together. #mccstrong If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns please feel free to call and let us know. Thank you, Jeffrey Lund Superintendent/Elementary Principal

Reminder: If you need meals for this week, please use the spreadsheet to sign up. https://forms.gle/vvEPCkvvgpQHhzmD8 Tuesday & Wednesday: Head Start, K-4, and 5-12 Group 1 in school.

Reminder: No School on Monday, November 9. If you need meals for next week, please use the spreadsheet to sign up. https://forms.gle/vvEPCkvvgpQHhzmD8 Tuesday/Wednesday next week: Head Start, K-4, and 5-12 Group 1 in school. Thursday/Friday next week: Preschool, K-4, and 5-12 Group 2 in school. Enjoy the weekend! Hunters please stay safe!

Meal Sign Up for next week is available: https://forms.gle/vvEPCkvvgpQHhzmD8. You can also access it by going to our COVID 19 adjustments page: https://bit.ly/3jGTISB and clicking on the meal form link. There is no meals on Monday, November 9 as there is no school that day.

Election Results: MCC had a school board election on the ballot. Congratulations Craig Bakke, Mark Knutson, Rob Anderson, and Zackary Nicklin for winning election and serving the MCC Community. MCC also had an operating referendum revoke/replace question. That vote passed 522 - 427. Thank you for supporting your school!

Reminder: We are on our Hybrid Schedule starting this week. Group 2 High School Students attend Thursday and Friday. You can find the November Hybrid Calendar, Hybrid Roster for Grades 5-12, and the meal sign up form for the week on our school website COVID 19 Info page: http://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/o/mccsd/page/covid-19-information--23

We are looking to add an additional paraprofessional to Newfolden Elementary School. Please visit http://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/o/mccsd/page/job-postings--41 for information on how to apply.

Reminder: We are on our Hybrid Schedule starting this week. You can find the November Hybrid Calendar, Hybrid Roster for Grades 5-12, and the meal sign up form for the week on our school website COVID 19 Info page: http://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/o/mccsd/page/covid-19-information--23