Tuscola CUSD #301 News

July 27th, 2020 - Good afternoon. I hope you are having a great day! As I told a few of you in emails, before this pandemic, I always thought deciding about a snow day would be the greatest cause of my gray hair. Talking with parents, staff, students, and the members of the community, I realized people have many different viewpoints about what school should look like in August. This made me realize one-hundred percent agreement amongst all stakeholders would not be achieved. It is important to remember there is another strong belief held by a different family in the opposite direction of your beliefs. The school district is in the middle of each of these equally important passionate viewpoints. COVID-19 has added additional responsibilities and stress to parents. Whatever decision you make for your family, we respect and understand you are making the decision based on your situation. 

Illinois State Board of Education sent out additional information last Thursday. In this recommendation, they stated we must provide Remote Learning. We added the option of students to utilize Google Meet to view the classroom remotely during the school day. The building committees will reconvene to look at the Remote Leaming Option. The building committees have been meeting to put procedures in place for the safety of our students and staff to return to school. Those procedures are included in the plan. 

This is a fluid situation. We understand and recognize guidance can change at any moment and our plan may need to change with additional information and practices as they are received and established. We will continue to look at our plan and make changes as the year progresses. I ask for your patience and understanding with any changes made. The Board of Education will not vote on this tonight at the board meeting. We will discuss the plan. A special meeting will be scheduled to vote on the plan. You may email your comments to our board and administration to the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Please look over the plan and decide what is best for your family in person or remote learning. If you choose to utilize Remote Leaming, please complete the following survey by July 31 at noon. You can also email your child(ren)'s building administrator if you want to choose Remote Learning. Click HERE for the Remote Leaming survey.   

lf you are sending your child(ren) to school, you do not need to complete the survey.

Sincerely,

Gary Alexander, Superintendent

Tuscola CUSD #301
409 S. Prairie
Tuscola, IL 61953
217-253-4241   

 Click HERE to review the Remote Learning Overview

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