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Brodhead School District COVID-19 update By Leonard Lueck
Beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, all Brodhead school activities, including daily face-to-face instruction, before and after school activities, and all athletic and co-curricular practices, competitions, and weekend events are canceled/postponed indefinitely/until the school closure mandate has been lifted (per Governor Evers’ order). This includes all community use of the facilities. The Brodhead School District has sent out and will be posting its updated Pandemic Plan. This can be found on the District website. On Tuesday, March 17, the District Pandemic Committee developed the following recommendations regarding our plan moving forward. The Brodhead School Board approved these recommendations Wednesday night. During this mandated closure, the following plans will be in place: School Building Access/ Communication: • All schools are currently locked but are allowing access to mail, deliveries, and essential staff. All buildings will be locked and no access will be allowed March 25-April 5. Starting Monday, April 6 through the remainder of this mandated closure, only essential staff will be allowed in the schools. There will be limited staff in the District and building offices. If there is an emergency, you can contact the District Office at (608) 897-2141 or (608) 558-2220 and we will respond as soon as possible. All communications regarding the home-based learning program should
follow the directions that will be supplied in the near future from each school. Medications/Student Belongings: • If your child has medications at school and you need them, you may come to your child’s school Monday, March 23 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to pick them up. If you need to make alternate arrangements outside of these hours, please contact the District Office and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. Since the closure has been extended indefinitely, we will be opening the schools one last day, Tuesday, March 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for students to pick up items they may need. Students should follow the 6-foot social distance rules, go to their locker/locker room only, and leave immediately. They should not go to the office or any other area of the building. They should not be in groups, loiter in the building, or congregate outside the buildings. Home-Based Learning: • The District will be transitioning to home-based learning. We feel that it is important to continue the education of our students during this mandated closure. Our staff has developed enrichment activities and resources for students to use. Home-based learning will look a little different for each building because of the age levels. You will be receiving details from your specific school/teacher early next week. Those details will include teacher office hours so that you can communicate with them regarding your student’s learning. We sincerely hope that you
will encourage your students with their continued learning. Since a majority of the work for grades 6-12 will be computer-based, we will be communicating a plan to check out Chromebooks for MS students. HS students already have Chromebooks and they should have brought them home with them before break. This home-based learning program will begin March 30. Food Service: • Brodhead School District will be offering breakfasts and lunches to all students who wish to take part. These meals will be free to ANY resident 18 years old or younger (even those younger than school age). Beginning Monday, March 23 and continuing throughout Governor Evers’ school closure mandate, we will be providing grab-and-go cold-bagged meals consisting of lunch for the day along with breakfast for the following day. These meals will be available for pick up at Brodhead High School between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Meals will be handed out in a “drive-up” format. We
ask that people pull up to the front of the High School and the meals will be brought out to each vehicle. Meals are to be picked up and taken away, not eaten on site. If you would like to take part in our lunch/breakfast program during our extended time out of school, please use the following link https:// tinyurl.com/s4w8rl6 to sign up so we know how many meals to prepare each day. We will deliver meals to families that do not have transportation or have extenuating circumstances that do not allow for pick-up. Please contact the District Office to request this service. • Our Brodhead Backpack Food Program will continue through this time as well. Backpacks will be available every Friday, just as they were during the regular school year. Plans will be worked out with the families we support regarding whether backpacks can be picked up at the school or if they need to be delivered to students’ homes. If families have any questions about our Backpack Food Program, contact David Novy at (608) 897-2146.
Volunteer/Donations/Child Care: • Several people have inquired as to how they can help support families in need. We are currently working with our local groups/organizations to identify what, how, when, volunteers are needed. If you are interested in volunteering/donating you can contact Erin Menzel through bridgingbrodhead@ gmail.com. They can be contacted through their Facebook page as well. There are other organizations that are still working out some details and we will be forwarding that information to you as we get it. • Local childcare provider Chelsea Andrews has offered to take in more children and there are other local providers as well. Parents looking for child care can check the Department of Children and Families website for regulated providers if the local sites are full. Internet Access: • For our families that do not have internet access at home and have not
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