We Need Your Help To Keep Schools Open---November 2, 2020
Dear Families, I am writing to you to ask for your assistance in helping us keep our schools open. Today, Governor Baker held a press conference in which he stated he wants schools to stay open. He went on to say that based on the data, schools are not super spreaders. In order to slow the spread of the virus, keep schools and the economy open, he issued the following executive orders . Information from DESE and the State tell us that the spread is not happening in schools but at restaurants and small social gatherings. One of the many reasons for these new restrictions is to help keep schools open for our students. The Douglas Public Schools use several data points to monitor the spread of the virus. In addition to this, we remain in contact with our local Board of Health and others to assess the situation. At the start of the school year the School Committee adopted the following metric as a guide to determine which model of learning the Douglas Public Schools will use. METRIC MAT