Welcome to the Medway Public Schools website.
Dear Medway families,
Thank you for your engagement, questions, conversations and support that you have provided to the district and to our school leaders in these recent weeks. Your partnership has allowed us to ensure that the development of an MPS Fall 2020 School Return Framework is measured, rooted in known data, and structured to mitigate risk for students, faculty, and staff.
During the August 13 special meeting of the School Committee, the Medway Public Schools Fall 2020 Reopening Recommendation was approved unanimously by the School Committee. We presented an overview of the plan through a slide presentation which can be found here. The full plan is an extensive, important document that we encourage you to read in full. We have created an Executive Summary to share the highlights and also included an important Frequently Asked Questions document in the Appendix. You can access the full plan here. Please note that we will continue to make adjustments as new information becomes available.
We have much more to do to be prepared to open schools to our learners on September 16. This work cannot be accomplished without your continued partnership and engagement. Most immediate is our need to understand which Student Learning Model your child(ren) will engage in and whether or not your child will require transportation for the Fall. We are asking ALL families to please complete the Final Student Commitment Survey and any families who are eligible for bus transportation to complete the Final School Transportation Commitment Survey, linked below, for each child in your household BY AUGUST 19, 2020. This timeline is important as we need this final data to assign students to their cohorts and build our class lists. These are time intensive tasks. Our goal is to communicate to families, your child(ren)’s cohort assignment by the end of August and then set up orientation meetings with families and students.
DUE AUGUST 19: Final Student Commitment Survey
DUE AUGUST 19: Final School Transportation Commitment Survey
Families of children who have been identified for participation in Cohort C (attend school Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday) will receive a notification of this recommendation from the building principal by Monday, August 17.
We understand that the decision whether or not to have your child return to school, even two days per week, is a difficult one. Please know that any decision that you make and for whatever reason is a personal decision and one that everyone throughout the district respects. We will do all that we can to ensure that your child(ren) is/are supported in each of the Student Learning Models.
If you would like an opportunity to hear the overall plans for the Virtual School Model, we invite you to join us for a webinar on August 17 at 3:00 p.m. Please register here.
Sincerely,
Armand Pires, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Community Webinar for families on the Virtual School Student Learning Model:
Monday, August 17 at 3:00 p.m. Please register here.
We continue to hope that our families and broader community are staying well during these most challenging times. We miss our students and are excited for their safe and supportive return to schools.
Please find information here connected with our Fall 2020 Feasibility Study for a full school return that was shared with our community on July 23, 2020.
Below, please find information connected with our Fall 2020 School Reopening Plans.
Community Webinar on Fall 2020 Reopening Recommendation:
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., we conducted a webinar with Reopening Recommendations. If you were unable to attend the webinar, a recording can be viewed here.
Grade Span Specific Webinars:
Elementary (PK-4) School Hybrid Model Webinar. If you were unable to attend the webinar, a recording can be viewed here.
Middle School (5-8) Hybrid Model Webinar. If you were unable to attend the webinar, a recording can be viewed here.
High School (9-12) Hybrid Model Webinar. If you were unable to attend the webinar, a recording can be viewed here.
Please see the two surveys below:
Fall 2020 MPS School Return Student Learning Model COMMITMENT Survey
Fall 2020 MPS School Return Transportation COMMITMENT Survey
To ensure that you are connected to the latest information and communications associated with our school return planning and decisions, please check back to this site often. Additionally, all families of the Medway Public Schools should be receiving regular email updates from building principals and the superintendent of schools. If you are not receiving regular updates, please email parent@medwayschools.org so that we can ensure that we have accurate information within our system.
Additional information from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education can be found here.
We encourage families to stay in touch with our school leaders with questions and concerns as they arise. These are uncharted waters and we are all learning as we go; please be patient as we navigate this new reality together.
For Information Regarding Online Registration, please visit our Student Registration site.