Message from the President

Changes to Remote/Hybrid Schedule

As you probably are aware, last Monday night, the Board of Education approved going remote for all students, teachers, para-educators and secretaries starting November 23rd through December 11th. On December 14th, those grades and programs that have already been hybrid will return to hybrid.  The request to go to this schedule came from the building principals and assistant principals. As I mentioned last week, we have staff who will have to travel outside of New England during Thanksgiving for family obligations - picking up college students and caring for elderly parents or grandparents. Of all the calls I took, none of them were traveling because they wanted to, it was because they had to travel. 

The proposal form the principals also asked for a similar schedule after the December/holiday break.  That motion was not approved, but instead, the calendar for that as well as accelerating hybrid after the December/holiday break was sent to the Curriculum and Evaluation Committee. That committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, November 17th at 6:00pm via Zoom. I did ask that the committee have public comment so those who wish to express an opinion can do so.  You can also give your feedback to the committee via email.  The Board members on the committee include Ms. Brown, Ms. Johnson, Ms. Timmons; Ms. Bishop is the alternate (Board of Education contact information). I do expect most of the Board to be at the meeting and anything decided in the committee will ultimately have to be approved by the full Board.  To email the entire Board, use boe@nashua.edu. Please note that any email sent to the full Board or any Board member is a public email and subject to the Right to Know law. I will continue to provide updates as I have them.

When I was teaching 1st grade, I would ask my students how to cook a Thanksgiving turkey.  Each student wrote their own recipe for cooking a turkey. I have never laughed so hard in my life reading their recipes.  Here are 2 new recipes from November 2010.