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Happy Friday
I hope you enjoyed your spring break and had a successful first week back post-break.
Returning secondary
We are excited to have a good number of our 6-12th gr ade students returning to some in-person learning through our hybrid model on Monday, April 19th. As I shared with the board of directors this past We dnesday, we continue to proceed cautiously with the implementation steps we have been employing throughout this year by applying our health and safety protocols. Thank you to all of those involved with all of the time intensi ve details and work you have done to get ready for Monday.
Update from Superintendent Vivanco on 03/12/202 0 regarding 4th & 5th grade students returning in person from the < a href="http://mountvernonschools.org/SuperintendentsOffice/blog" target="_ blank" rel="noopener">MVSD website:
Happy Friday,
A few updates for you this week below.&nb sp;
Governor Inslee Announcement
On Friday, March 12, 2021, Governor Inslee announced his proclamatio n for districts to provide the option for in-person learning for K-12 stude nts. The details of his announcement align with the current and anticipated planning work the District is involved with for our secondary students. Ou r elementary model, that will be completely in place once grades 4 and 5 be gin in-person learning opportunities later this month, meets the expectatio ns of the proclamation.
Grades 4 & 5 retu rn
On Monday, March 22, we will transition our fin al group of elementary students back into our buildings for hybrid learning . Approximately 83% of our fourth and fifth graders will transition to the Hybrid Model, while approximately 17% will remain remote. To support the tr ansition from remote instruction to the hybrid model for our fourth and fif th graders, teachers will take three days to finalize preparations for the transition. The three days will be March 16, 18 and 19. Teachers will provi de students remote work and asynchronous work on those three days. There wi ll be no live instruction on those days. As with every week, Wednesday, Mar ch 17 will operate on a normal Wednesday schedule with a 30 minute, live, o nline class meeting to begin the day. Parents, as you prepare for your chil d’s transition, I encourage you to visit our HYBRID FAQ PAGE to learn more about w hat you can expect. We look forward to welcoming fourth and fifth grade stu dents into our buildings!
Update from Superinten dent Vivanco on 03/08/2020 regarding Middle and High School students return ing in person from the MVSD website:
Marc h 8, 2021
Dear MVSD Families,
I hope this m
essage finds you well and in good health. As the District was finalizing pl
ans for increasing in-person opportunities for secondary students last week
, President Biden directed the Federal Retail Pharmacy Vaccination Program
to begin vaccinating school staff and a local provider, SeaMar, began to do
just that. In collaboration with Skagit County Public Health on
These recent announcements regarding the vac cination of school staff enhance our ability to provide in-person learning for our secondary students. The plans the district announced last week will not be enacted and instead replaced by opportunities for more in-person ti me for secondary students. This will change the timing of our parent survey , which was scheduled to be sent out this week. The Mount Bake r Middle School and Mount Vernon High School Return to Campus Webinars sche duled for this week will be rescheduled for a later date. &nb sp;
The Mount Vernon School Board and I are very supportive of these changes. We would like our students to be in person to the extent possible while complying with health department guidance.
< p dir="ltr">As our efforts to increase in-person learning continue, I thank you for your patience and understanding. Planning will continue and more i nformation will be provided as soon as it is available.Ple ase stay healthy and safe.
Respectfully,
Su perintendent Vivanco
Upda te from Superintendent Vivanco on 03/04/2020 regarding Middle and High Scho ol students returning in person from the MVSD website:
http://www.mountvernonschools.org/SecondaryHy brid
Update from Superintendent Vivanco on 0 2/18/2020 from the MVSD website:
02.18.21
Dear Mount Vernon Community,
As you know, Mount Vernon began hybrid learning for kinder and first grade students on M onday, February 8. We are thrilled to have our first group of elementary st udents back in our schools and look forward to welcoming second and third g rade students on tentative dates of March 1 and fourth and fift h grade students on March 22.
As districts around us begin to share plans for bringing back middle and high school students, we want t o assure you that MVSD is also actively having conversations around our sec ondary return to in-person learning. Specifically, we are finalizing s cheduling options that support the physical distancing concept and the othe r guidance and requirements from the Department of Health. We will survey s econdary parents to determine interest in remaining remote or returning to in-person instruction in a Hybrid model that combines at-school learning wi th remote learning. As for tentative dates, we a re looking at the natural breaks of the trimester break and/or the quarter breaks as opportunities to begin hybrid instruction. The third and final tr imester for MVHS begins on March 15. The fourth and final quarter for our m iddle schools begins on April 12. To reiterate, those are tent ative dates at this time as schedule options, parents surveys and employee group discussions continue.
We recogniz e that remote learning is not the preferred educational model and that students, staff, and families alike are struggling with the challenges tha t this pandemic presents. Many of our middle and high school students are s truggling to learn and engage in remote learning. They miss the unique lear ning opportunities only present in-person through direct interactions with talented teachers who can support their diverse learning needs. Of course t hey miss their friends and the unique social interactions that school bring s. While this is not an ideal learning model, our focus has always been, an d remains, on returning students to the classroom as safely for all as poss ible.
During this time, I have read many emails and talked with families, students, staff, and community members. I have heard about the s truggles you are facing as this pandemic continues to disrupt our daily liv es. Amid the challenges, I have also seen and heard about great resilience, creativity, and innovation throughout our community as we work collectivel y to support our students.
I am hopeful that our conversations in the upcoming days will be productive and provide us with more clarity an d direction moving forward. Communication will be sent as early as we are a ble to provide any specific information.
In the meantime, we as k that you continue to follow safety protocols by limiting large gatherings , practicing good hygiene, wearing your masks, and showing compassion to yo ur fellow community members. We will get through this together.
Respectfully,
Superintendent Vivanco
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Update from Superintendent Vivanco on 12/29/2020 fro m the MVSD website:
< p>I hope you all are staying safe during this break. I want to provide you with a brief update. Since our last communication on December 11th, there h as been an update on the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DECISION TREE from the governor that remains in alignment with our reopeni ng plan steps. As stated in previous communications, our priority remains to return our youngest learners next, beginning with Kinde rgarten and first grade students. This will be in a hybrid model that combines in-building learning time with remote learning time so that we can comply with the physical distancing requirements. We anticipate that the earliest we would begin a K-1 Hybrid would be at the semester break, wh ich occurs on January 25. We will be communicating with parents and staff.& nbsp;We will be surveying our parents to determine their preference of am o r pm in-person service or remain in remote learning. We will then need to build cohorts, bus routes and provide our teachers preparation time to move from remote to hybrid instruction. We will continue to monitor our cou nty's health environment and move forward as appropriate. Our w inter edition of Community Link will be out mid-January where you will find additional information on the district's future learning plans. In the mea ntime, I hope you enjoy the rest of the holiday break. Wishing you all a Ha ppy New Year! Superintendent Vivanco Espero que todos es tén manteniéndose seguros durante este receso. Quiero proporcionarles una b reve actualización. Desde nuestra última comunicación el 11 de diciembre, h a habido una actualización al ÁRBOL DE DECISIONES DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE SALUD por el gob ernador que se mantiene en alineación con nuestro plan de pasos de reapertu ra. Como se había declarado en comunicaciones previas, nuestra priori dad sigue siendo regresar a los estudiantes más jóvenes próximamente, empez ando con los estudiantes de kínder y primer grado. Este será un modelo híbr ido que combina aprendizaje en las instalaciones con aprendizaje remoto par a poder cumplir con los requisitos de distanciamiento físico. Anticipamos q ue lo más pronto que empezaremos el Modelo Híbrido K-1 sería en el receso d e semestre, que ocurrirá el 25 de enero. Nos comunicaremos con los padres y el personal. Estaremos encuestando a nuestros padres para determinar sus p referencias de servicios en persona de turno de mañana o tarde o si permane cerán en aprendizaje remoto. Entonces necesitaremos formar los cohortes, ru tas de autobús y proporcionar a nuestros maestros tiempo para prepararse a cambiar de instrucción remota a hibrida. Continuaremos monitoreando el ento rno de salud de nuestro condado y proceder apropiadamente. Nuestro boletín Community Link, edición de invierno, será publicado a media dos de enero donde encontrará información adicional sobre los planes de apr endizaje del distrito. Mientras tanto, espero que disfruten el resto de sus vacaciones. ¡Les deseo a todos un feliz año nuevo! Superintendente Vivanco |
Link to t his information on the MVSD website: http://mou ntvernonschools.org/SuperintendentsOffice/blog
Mount Vernon School District's Remote Learning Resources: http://www.mou ntvernonschools.org/RemoteLearning
Principal's Update from 8/17/2 0 and class orientation which is 8/24-28: https://www.smore.co m/15xpv-principal-s-update
Join the live Q & A ZOOM Session on August 25th. Find more info here: < a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/616142812433313/">https://www.facebook.com/events/616142812433313/
Follow the MVSDtv page for lots of updates by MVSD staff: https://www.facebook.com/m vhstv
Letter from the Superintendent and B oard President 7/27/2020:
Dear MVSD Community,
Over the c ourse of the summer, district staff have been working on three different wa ys to re-open schools this fall. As we think about in-school models or appr oaches that combine time in-school with remote instruction, we are mindful of the guidance provided by OSPI, the Governor, and the Department of Healt h. This includes social distancing, face coverings, daily health screenings , and protocols for incidents of COVID exposure that could result in studen t and/or staff quarantines. We are also mindful of the current public healt h environment in our community. Unfortunately, it has been worsening during July based on Skagit County Health Department data. Finally, we recognize that remote learning creates hardships for families and leads to inequitabl e learning opportunities for our students. We know we do our best work and serve our students, families, and community most effectively when we are ab le to teach children in our schools 100% of the time. Given all of these co nsiderations, we believe the best option to reopen our schools this fall on September 2nd is a model we are referring to as Mount Vernon's Remote Plus Model for a Safe Start.
Mount Vernon's Remote PLUS Model for a Safe Start means opening schools on September 2nd with a remote learning m odel PLUS a level of "at-school" opportunities for specifically identified students. This would provide targeted students some opportunities for face- to-face instruction with staff. PLUS services would support students with s pecial needs, English language learners, kindergartners, and other students "furthest from educational justice". Mount Vernon would remain in this mod el up to December 18. The status of public health in our community will be monitored and our plan will be modified as appropriate for the second half of the school year. The rationale for this plan is as follows:
The public health environment in our community is not improving. This leads to restrictive guidance and suggests those restrictions are more likely to increase rather than decrease in the foreseeable future.
With any “at school” model it is very likely that we will quickly have staff and student cohorts quarantined due to exposures. This will create significant disruptions and no predictable teaching/learning model. Students and staff perform most effectively with a stable, consistent instructional plan wher e expectations for engagement and learning are clear and implemented.
Committing to this approach now allows all district resources and en ergy to focus on improving our remote model, based upon the successes and l essons learned from our spring experience. Our remote instruction must and will improve.
Committing to this approach now will help distric t staff focus on opportunities for specifically identified students with un ique needs, such as kindergarteners, English language learners, students wi th special needs, and other students "furthest from educational justice," t o have some level of “at-school" or in-person interaction with staff. These will be tightly managed experiences, adhering to all OSPI, Department of H ealth, and Governor's Office guidance.
We know that this decisi on will challenge our community in many ways, including impacts to work sch edules and needs for childcare. Making this decision now will provide paren ts time to develop plans. Telephone: (360) 428-6110 Fax: (360) 428-6172&nbs p;
124 E. Lawrence St. Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 www.mountvernon schools.org
The Mount Vernon School Board will hear more about this plan at their next meeting on Wednesday, July 29. Ultimately, every sc hool board in all 295 school districts in Washington State are required to adopt a reopening plan. It is likely our board will hear and consider a rec ommendation from staff to adopt Mount Vernon's reopening plan at their Augu st 5th meeting.
We live in a richly diverse community and this pandemic has challenged all of us in many ways. We recognize any change to our regular school model creates complications. We make this decision with strong belief that it is the safest option for our community as a whole. We want to express our gratitude and appreciation for your patience and under standing. Now, more than ever is the time to show compassion and grace. Ple ase continue to check our website and social media channels for updates.&nb sp;
Please stay safe, healthy and take care,
Dr. Ismael V ivanco, Superintendent
Larry Otes, Board President
Find the full details for current plans for reopening Mount Vernon Sc
hools here: bit.ly/32Z1aUt