{"id":2210,"date":"2020-04-14T08:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnhsd.org\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2020-04-14T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:09:08","slug":"superintendents-report-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hnhsd.org\/?p=2210","title":{"rendered":"Superintendent’s Report April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Superintendent\u2019s Report \u2013 April 2020<\/p>\n

It seems like an understatement, but much has happened since our March Board meeting.<\/p>\n

A safe environment for our employees is of paramount importance. Toward that end we have used a new cleaning machine, we purchased a few months ago, to deep clean and sanitize our buildings.\u00a0 Each morning our custodians sanitize the spaces that were used the day before. In addition, the custodians frequently sanitize the commonly used surfaces we have identified such as the outside door handles to each building. The outside door to the SAU building is sanitized hourly, as we frequently have guests that need to access the SAU building. Overall we have dramatically reduced the number of staff who enter all our buildings. Whenever possible we are using Zoom meetings to handle our necessary meetings. For example, our case managers, and special education administrators are using Zoom meeting to meet with our case managers twice a week.<\/p>\n

Thankfully the Hinsdale School District is promised approximately $200,000 as part of the Cares Act, which passed Congress on March 27th. As a result of the new funding law, each District in New Hampshire will receives about 82% of the amount we received this year in Title 1 funds. Title 1 funding is directly related to our free\/reduced lunch count. This is another example of the importance of our free\/reduced lunch count total.<\/p>\n

We are currently implementing the second phase of our remote learning plan which began on Tuesday, March 31st<\/sup>. We continue to provide continuous learning opportunities for students through remote learning but are focusing our remote learning activities four days per week (Tuesdays-Fridays). Mondays is now a planning day for teachers to work on outreach, preparation, or attend to other needs as they arise in a remote instruction and learning environment.\u00a0 Our remote learning plan continues to be responsive to parent and student feedback and is more respectful of the demands on families as they face issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students continue to receive weekly assignments. We have established recommended guidelines for maximum student commitment each day. The guidelines are as follows:<\/p>\n

Pre-K: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

K-1: 45 minutes<\/p>\n

Grades 2-3: 60 minutes.<\/p>\n

Grades 4-5: 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

Grades 6-12: 30 minutes per teacher for a maximum of three hours per day.<\/p>\n

We are trying to be attentive to the social-emotional needs of our students. Considerations to that end include:<\/p>\n