Dear Ranger Families,

I want to give you a quick update on how we plan to stay engaged with you and your children over the course of the school shutdown.

This week your children should receive a call or request to video chat using ZOOM, an online platform. This is the best method that we have at this point to stay in contact with each of our students. In this first week, we are checking in with each student to check in on their well-being. We know that this shutdown is incredibly stressful on you and your family, and we want to ensure your children are supported by one of their strongest adult advocates after you, their teachers.

As you know, today we started providing meals for anyone 18 years old and younger who wants them. Tomorrow we will begin delivery to those areas and at the times as advertised on the flyer on our website and Facebook.

Next week and in the weeks that follow, your child’s teacher will stay in contact to support her or his learning and engagement in the learning. To support that, we will be sending home instructional materials every Tuesday and Friday that will be delivered at the same times and in the same places as the meals. If you are able to come to school to pick up these materials, please let your child’s teacher know during the contact next week.

At this point, plans for graduation, scheduled for June 6^th at 2:00 PM have not changed. Our seniors and juniors will be receiving work and assignments from their teachers. For these students, there is an expectation that they continue to stay engaged with the work, so they are able to earn the credits they need to make progress toward graduation.

Our staff is committed to ensuring we support the engagement in learning for each student in the district throughout the shutdown. While we have an outline of a plan of how that will work, know that much will change throughout the next six weeks. One thing that we do not plan to change is our scheduled Spring Break – March 30 to April 3^rd. Food service and day care will continue through the break, but there will be no teacher contact that week.

As always, I welcome your questions, advice and feedback. Contact my office at 360-765-2900 or email me at fredmon@qsd48.org.

Proud to be a Ranger with you,

Frank Redmon

Superintendent