{"id":11171,"date":"2020-03-14T18:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T22:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/?p=11171"},"modified":"2020-03-14T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T22:17:32","slug":"message-from-superintendent-dr-peter-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/message-from-superintendent-dr-peter-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"March 14, 2020: Important Message From Superintendent Dr. Peter Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 14, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Families and Staff,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This afternoon Superintendents from across Onondaga County met with County Executive Ryan McMahon and County Health Commissioner Dr. Gupta to discuss COVID-19 and the impact on schools.&nbsp; As I am sure you have heard by now, per order of the County Executive students will be out of school beginning Monday, March 23, 2020.&nbsp; Students are scheduled to return on Tuesday, April 14, 2020.&nbsp; &nbsp;Closing schools is an important step to contain the coronavirus and to protect against an outbreak of COVID-19, which helps to reduce cases and protect our medical infrastructure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the closing of school we are faced with the dual challenge of educating our students and maintaining our child nutrition program during this extended closure.&nbsp; Staff in each of the buildings have started planning for the close of schools and the challenging task of providing resources for students.&nbsp; Over the course of the next few days, we will continue to prepare materials for students.&nbsp; Preparations to maintain the child nutrition program are underway, as well.&nbsp; Additional information about educational resources and the child nutrition program will be provided as soon as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the County Executive, the reason to close at the end of this week is to allow time to prepare and plan.&nbsp; This time will allow families to make plans for an extended closure.&nbsp; We recognize that some of you may be uncomfortable sending your children to school.&nbsp; Please know that we respect your right as families to choose what is best for your child and an absence this week due to concerns about COVID-19 will be a legal reason should you keep your child home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures we are taking today are aimed at protecting our students, staff, and our community.&nbsp; This is an unprecedented national crisis, but the Jamesville-DeWitt community is compassionate, strong, and resilient.&nbsp; Together we will weather this storm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact me if you have any questions.&nbsp; Thank you for your support as we work together to protect our students and our community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter C. Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superintendent<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the closing announcement, note that&nbsp;to align with the Governor\u2019s regulations on mass gathering we are postponing events through April 14&nbsp;including,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>High school band, chorus, and orchestra concerts,<\/li><li>Jamesville Elementary open house,<\/li><li>Moses DeWitt and Tecumseh Bingo and Baskets,<\/li><li>Middle School band, chorus, and orchestra concerts,<\/li><li>Tecumseh Book Fair and Science Fair, and<\/li><li>Spanish National Honor Society fund raiser.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The start of spring sports will be postponed until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about other events, please contact your building principal or the district office for the most up-to-date information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 14, 2020 Dear Families and Staff, This afternoon Superintendents from across Onondaga County met with County Executive Ryan McMahon and County Health Commissioner Dr. Gupta to discuss COVID-19 and the impact on schools.&nbsp; As I am sure you have heard by now, per order of the County Executive students will be out of school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}