Superintendent's Weekly Update---October 1, 2020

Newsletter Highlights Include:

Town Hall Forum

Phases of learning

DPS Weekly COVID Dashboard

Substitute teachers

Community Impact Survey

Important Documents


This is just a reminder that next Friday October 9, the district will be closed for a scheduled professional development day for teachers. Additionally, on Monday October 12 we will also be closed for Columbus Day. I hope you can take some time to recharge, get outside, and enjoy some time together; we all need it.


Town Hall Forum:

The week of October 12 I will host a Town Hall Forum for each of the buildings. Now that we have finished two weeks of school and the first full cycle, I would like to hear your feedback on what is going well and what isn’t. Please take a moment to fill out the quick survey so that I can have your feedback. Below are links to the surveys by building and the zoom links to the forums. 


Primary School Survey

Elementary School Survey

Middle School Survey

High School Survey


Primary School Zoom Information

Topic: Primary School

Time: Oct 14, 2020 06:00 PM 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://douglasps-net.zoom.us/j/84357103564?pwd=UlhFNldOb1RFT0tZcVg3SGdodjhEQT09

Meeting ID: 843 5710 3564

Password: 127767

        

Elementary School Zoom Information

Topic: Elementary School

Time: Oct 14, 2020 07:00 PM 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://douglasps-net.zoom.us/j/87377743838?pwd=cGdvTDdadkYwdU1RTEpBd2dqUHhVUT09

Meeting ID: 873 7774 3838

Password: 921928


Middle School School Zoom Information

Topic: Middle School

Time: Oct 13, 2020 06:00 PM 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://douglasps-net.zoom.us/j/85880599887?pwd=OWZlaEtOS1M3VkpLeGIrVmI2bVZLQT09

Meeting ID: 858 8059 9887

Password: 266127


High School Zoom Information

Topic: High School

Time: Oct 13, 2020 07:00 PM 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://douglasps-net.zoom.us/j/89897431322?pwd=MXUzSlpiZDQ0Z0toNXdrQmluZjk4QT09

Meeting ID: 898 9743 1322

Password: 641276



This week's data show:

Douglas's Average Daily Case Rate: 1.52 per 100,000 

Douglas's 14 Day Percent Positivity Rate: .4%

MA  Positivity Rate on September 16, 2020 - 1.0%


Last week's data show:

Douglas's Average Daily Case Rate: 1.52 per 100,000 

Douglas's 14 Day Percent Positivity Rate: .47%

MA  Positivity Rate on September 16, 2020 - .80%


Link To COVID Dashboard


Need for Substitutes and Education Support Personnel

The Douglas Public Schools are in need of full-time building substitutes and Education Support Personnel. If you are interested or if you know someone interested please contact me at pvieira@douglasps.net and I will get you more information.


Community Impact Survey

The Town has asked that I forward this link to a community impact survey. The COVID-19 Community Impact Survey (CCIS) is an online survey aimed at collecting data to better understand and identify the social, economic, and health needs and inequities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Attached is the link, thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.


Important Documents

Here are links to 3 documents. The first document provides information to families on what to do if your student is sick. The second is a link to our mask protocol along our guidelines for when we will change models.

guidance for families

Mask and Change in model guidance

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