Palermo Consolidated School

*Key Information for Parents* Parents provide the first level of health safety each day. The following are newly revised guidelines to assist you in this process. COVID-19 like Symptoms Low Risk Symptoms *Headache *Muscle Aches *Runny Nose/ congestion *Nausea/ vomiting/ diarrhea (* *Return to school 24 hours after symptom-free if 2 low risks) High Risk Symptoms: New Cough Shortness of Breath New loss of taste Fever 100.4 Sore Throat Chills If your child has TWO or more LOW-RISK symptoms he or she will be sent home from school and CANNOT return to school until after 24 hours of being symptom free. If your child has ONE or more HIGH-RISK symptoms he or she will need to be seen by a Health Care Provider and may return to school with a doctor's note. If your child IS NOT seen by a Health Care Provider he or she may return to school after a minimum of 10 days, assuming they are symptom free. If your child has had a known exposure to COVID-19 he or she will need to be quarantined for 14 days post-exposure and follow CDC guidelines for return to school. *All students being sent home will be expected to be picked up within an hour * Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in these trying times.

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Hi there, Our phones are not working this morning. If you need to reach us, please email me at ahelm@svrsu.org. Thanks so much!

A message to parents regarding the cost of meals at PCS.: USDA has expanded NO COST MEALS for all students until December 31. Please let us know if your child would like breakfast and lunch provided by the school. Online learners are able to have meals provided if they are picked up at school. Please call for more information. 993-2352

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the Summer Food Service Program through December 2020. What does this mean to RSU 12 students and families? Free School Meals (breakfast and lunch) for all students until the end of December, 2020. FREE MEALS will be available to all in-school students. FREE MEALS will be available to all remote learning students for parent/guardian pick-up. If your child is a remote learner and you would like to pick up meals for them, please contact their school next week.

Palermo Consolidated School Bus Routes Roy Donahue: Route begins on Western Ridge Road at 6:50, Martin Woods Road at 6:55, Arnold Lane at 7:00, North Palermo Road at 7:05, Chisholm Pond Road at 7:10, North Palermo Road at 7:20, Carrs Corner Road at 7:25, Marden Hill at 7:30, Nelson Lane at 7:35, North Palermo Road at 7:40, and Route 3 at 7:45. Carroll Brann: Route begins on Colby Road at 6:55, Horak Lane at 7:05, Turner Ridge Road/Jones Road end at 7:10, Remainder of Turner Ridge Road 7:15, Route 3 at 7:20, Banton Road at 7:25, Route 3 at 7:30, Plummer Road at 7:35, Route 3 at 7:40, Seigars at 7:45. In the afternoon, the bus route will be the opposite. Jonathan Pershouse: Route begins at the Lachcik home on North Palermo Road at 6:50, Level Hill Road at 6:55, Hostile Valley Road at 7:10, Level Hill Road at 7:20, Boots and Saddle Road 7:22, Cain Hill Road at 7:30, Parmenter Road at 7:35, Jones Road (Route 3 side) 7:40. Jonathan’s run has the potential to run earlier on some days. We have some houses that are pretty far out on some of his roads and in the event that they need transportation, he will need to leave earlier. Thanks for helping us make the bus routes work.

The school board agenda and other documents including RSU 12's proposed Reopening Plan for the August 13, 2020 Board meeting can be found here, https://www.svrsu.org/o/district/browse/158889. You can watch the board meeting streamed on the RSU 12 Youtube Channel here, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuXtnpy60EeMTRku92l7I4Q/featured

RSU 12 is pleased to announce that the Boys & Girls Club plans to offer before and after school child care at Chelsea, Whitefield, and Windsor Schools assuming there is enough interest. If you would like to sign your child up for care at any of these locations, please visit https://www.bgckv.org/signupforchildcare.html and complete the registration packet. Specific questions about the child care program can be directed to the Boys & Girls Club at 207-582-8458.

A letter about RSU 12 plans for reopening schools has been posted on our website. It is critical for parents/caregivers to read this letter and complete the survey that is linked in the letter. You can find the letter here, https://5il.co/iuzv

Through a partnership with RSU 12, the Boys and Girls Club of Kennebec Valley is exploring options for providing child care in RSU 12 schools in the coming year. In order to inform these plans, please take a moment to complete this survey and let us know if your family is interested in childcare before or after school and on school vacations. The survey will be open until Monday, July 13. Thank you! https://forms.gle/kPgvWPRKWnkbzXebA

RSU 12 would like to remind our families that your children may be eligible for free and reduced meals in the fall. If your financial circumstances have changed recently, please consider completing the application at http://svrsu.schoollunchapp.com. This will allow us to determine whether we can provide your child meals for free or at a reduced rate in the first month of school next year.

RSU 12 is able to continue providing meals through the months of July and August to children living in the district. Please take a moment before the end of the day Wednesday, June 10, to complete this survey to let us know if you would like meals for your children. Thank you! https://forms.gle/ta5hRGcnVajj6obU8

Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade belongings are outside to be picked up today until 1:00. If you weren't able to make it earlier in the week to pick up things, please call and we will put those outside too. Thanks so much for all your help with this. Be safe and take care!!

RSU 12 would like to remind our families that your children may be eligible for free and reduced meals in the fall. If your financial circumstances have changed recently, please consider completing the application at http://svrsu.schoollunchapp.com. This will allow us to determine whether we can provide your child meals for free or at a reduced rate in the first month of school next year. In the meantime, we will continue to bus meals to our students during the current school closure.

Today we have 7th and 8th grade belongings ready to pick up out front until 1:00. Please let us know if you would like siblings belongings too. Hope to see some of you! Take care!!

Calling all 4-year-olds! RSU 12 is now accepting PreK applications for the 2020-21 school year. Please contact one the RSU 12 schools or go online at https://www.svrsu.org/documents for an application. RSU 12 has PreK classrooms at Chelsea, Somerville, Whitefield, and Windsor.

Just a reminder that packets and lunches, for those of you have been getting them, are going out this morning. Please be outside waiting for the bus, roughly two hours later than normal. Let us know if you don't want a delivery! Thank you for your help with this!!

RSU 12 is excited to share this information from the Maine Department of Education. Some of our teachers are involved in this project! Many thanks to them and to all of the teachers that made this possible. Maine Public, the Maine Department of Education, and Educate Maine have joined forces to create original, educational programming for grade school students in Grades 3 to 5. Dedicated teachers from across Maine have developed original video lessons, pulling content from their own lesson plans and sources to provide exceptional learning opportunities for Maine students. The Learning Space will be broadcast on Maine Public Television at 12:30 p.m. each weekday starting on Monday, April 27. As more episodes are developed, the broadcast schedule will expand to run from Noon to 1:00. Episodes of The Learning Space will be archived for later viewing on numerous platforms online including on mainepublic.org. The Learning Space will air through the spring to mid-June.

Unless conditions change, RSU 12 classrooms will remain closed and RSU 12 students will continue distance learning until the last day of school, June 12th. Find more information about this extended classroom closure here, https://5il.co/fa08

Thank you to all of you who responded to the recent survey about remote learning in RSU 12. Please visit https://www.svrsu.org/rsu-12-s-response-to-covid-19 for a summary of the results, resources for learning, information about RSU 12's response to COVID19, and more. Stay safe, everyone! We can't wait to see our students again!