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May 8, 2020

Happy Friday all! I hope you had as wonderful as a Teacher Appreciation Week as possible in this time. You are all very appreciated! 
And a very happy Mother's Day to all of you who are positive mother figures to children, especially this year.

You were all cc'd on the letter to seniors but I wanted to share it here as well. My hope is the faculty can be a part of the graduation parade on June 7, 2020 by lining the drive of Ashland High School for the parade. I shared with the seniors today that 77% of respondents listed having faculty and staff as a part of their celebration as important (4-5 on the scale).
Letter to the Class of 2020 re: Graduation plans


Here are some reminders from the email sent by Barbara Durand regarding clean-out: 
Each teacher may sign up for a maximum of four (4) sessions.  If you think you will need more than the four slots, please email Barbara Durand and me to let us know.  If you are not on the list for sign up and would like an opportunity to come in, please send an email to Linda Chaney to ask for your name to be added to the list. Linda will share your name with Central Office.  This applies to ESP's for the most part. Please do not plan to be in the building at the same time as a teacher you share a room with. If you only need to come for short time to collect belongings you can plan to come by for 15 minutes to do so without signing up for a slot.

You must enter and exit the building through the front door. Doors should be propped open.  At the front door there will be hand sanitizer and baggies with a set of 15 masks and gloves. If you need them please take ONE set.  If you have your own mask/gloves you do not need to take any of these. You do not need to wear your mask when you are in your classroom/office alone.
Please pick up the work packets and materials in the lobby when you arrive and bring them to your classroom (or recycle them). We'd like to clear the tables for use.

Custodians are in the process of cleaning out all lockers. They are bagging the personal items and labeling them. You will also find bags and tape for labeling in your rooms. You can put student belongings left in your room in the bags and label them. If you do not know who they belong to please secure them in your closets. 

We will work to consolidate bags with anything from lockers and custodians will move all bags to the gym, which will be our eventual staging area for pick up after Memorial Day.

At this time there is not a plan for students to return textbooks and other items. We hope to have a plan for this ready for early to mid-June. 

I will continue to say, you have all been amazing. Enjoy your weekend! I look forward to seeing some of you on Monday.

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