May is Foster Care Month, and we’d like to acknowledge the role that foster families play in the school community.

One of the unfortunate side effects of this extended period of distance learning is the effect that it has on the welfare of children at home.

The executive order closing schools for the remainder of the school year requires schools to address “communication pathways with student families, community input on student and family needs, and other outreach opportunities.”

Just a few weeks before COVID-19 turned our lives upside-down, our newsletter focused on protecting your staff and students from potential hazards at your school.

Thank you for all the hard work you have put in over the last two weeks preparing to conduct classes remotely.

We recognize these last two weeks have been challenging to build a complete plan for distance learning in the event that circumstances require shelter-in-place in your community or across the state.

In response to Governor Walz’s order to close schools beginning this Wednesday due to COVID-19, we have developed a Distance Learning Policy that incorporates the requirements that the state has created.

Like McDonald’s or political ads, Coronavirus is seemingly everywhere. While we certainly aren’t health experts, we do think a lot about policy and how schools can prepare for COVID-19 in their community.