From the Public
School and Career & Technical School Communities of Susquehanna, Wyoming,
Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike Counties.
We want to
thank you all for your patience, flexibility, and understanding during these
uncertain times. We realize that you are anxious to get your children
back to their typical routine and for everyone in our country to return to a
sense of normalcy. We as educators and school leaders feel the same way.
We especially want to encourage the Class of 2020 to remain positive and look
to the future. COVID-19 should not take away from your accomplishments and
future plans!
The
Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit school districts; Abington Heights,
Blue Ridge, Carbondale Area, Dunmore, Elk Lake, Forest City Regional,
Lackawanna Trail, Lakeland, Mid Valley, Montrose Area, Mountain View, North
Pocono, Old Forge, Riverside, Scranton, Susquehanna Community, Valley View,
Wallenpaupack Area, Wayne Highlands, Western Wayne, NEIU and Career and
Technology Centers continue to work together as we receive guidance from our
state and federal leaders. We have rapidly put food programs in place to
support our communities and we are all working with local food banks to help support
our students and their families. As
always, our primary goal is the health, safety and welfare of our
children. Secondary to that, is the
continuation of our students’ education.
This week all
districts are continuing their work on their individual and unique “Continuity
of Education” plans. The plans will be
centered on recommended Pennsylvania Department of Education “Enrichment and
Review” activities. The activities are
not mandatory, will not be graded and are designed to help students maintain or
extend current academic skills. Your
individual district plans will be rolled out in the coming days. We believe these plans to be the most
appropriate and reasonable way to engage with our students at this time. Please understand that, as public school
entities, we are subject to many federal and state regulations that we all must
take into account when devising these plans.
These plans may change as we receive further guidance on implementation
from our State and Federal leadership.
As with any
good education plan, we will need your support at home, as we look at
alternative ways of continuing your child’s education in these unprecedented
times. We are committed to doing the
very best we can for each one of our students and we look forward to the day
when we can welcome all of our students and teachers back to our school
buildings. Ensuring that we are a healthy community must remain our top
priority until this threat has passed.
