NORTH ROBINSON — At a Colonel Crawford Local Schools Board of Education meeting being live-streamed on Monday night, Colonel Crawford Local Schools Superintendent Todd Martin gave the board, and those who were watching online, an update on COVID-19 and how the school is handling Gov. Mike DeWine’s extended spring break.
“As we continue to do online instruction, we allow parents to come pick things up, and we allow staff in here at staggered times to prepare their lessons and the custodians come in still—these are all considered essential duties which are allowable under the order,” Martin said.
Martin also said beginning Wednesday, school officials are going to be handing out food for the students of families who need a little extra help. Food service staff, secretarial staff, administration, and aides will be engaged beginning Wednesday, and every day during the week, packing 200 bags of food items to be handed out.
The time to stop by the school to pick up the food is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Individuals are to pull up in front of the K-12 building by the flagpole, and either Martin or someone else will walk to the car and hand off the food through the window. Individuals are asked to not get out of their cars for their own health and safety, as well for those who are working.
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One thing Martin noted that needs to be stopped is families bringing their kids to the school to play on the playground, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s “stay-at-home” order. Under the order, kids are still encouraged to go outdoors, just not on school property.
“We have to adhere to that and close down our playground until further notice, and I apologize for that inconvenience,” Martin said.
“As superintendent, I am very proud of our staff—they are really diving into this right now in these uncertain times and only things that work right now are thinking outside of the box—the online instruction—we’ve got some samples of teachers that are preparing online lessons and are available for questions via email,” Martin added. “The goal this week is for teachers to call every kid and touch base with them. If you receive a restricted call, don’t ignore it because it is very likely that it is our teachers trying to get in contact with the students.”
Martin encourages parents to give their thoughts on how things are going and to have students ask questions if they have any.
If the closure extends, then April 1-7 there will totes with manila envelopes in front of the school for parents to drop off their child’s homework. Each tote will be labeled as to what wing they belong to, and parents are asked to bring their own pen and write their child’s name on the envelope that they put their homework in. The totes will be left out overnight for people to drop off assignments and won’t go out until April 1.
On April 7, should the closure continue, there will be more assignments going up online. Copies will be in the North building for pickup, but it is encouraged that individuals only get hard copies of the homework if they do not have internet access.
There have been no plans made for senior projects yet at this time, but should the closure be extended, staff will begin to figure out what to do for the senior projects.
Also during the meeting, the board accepted the resignation of Amber Christy as high school girls’ volleyball coach.
The next board meeting is scheduled for April 27 at 7pm.