Morton School District

Important message on 4th quarter, view on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dJICH26N99c

Public Service Announcement DATE: March 30th, 2020 RE: Spring Break Notice TO: Students and Families of Morton School District Beginning on April 6th, next Monday, through Friday, April 10th, the district will not be offering its childcare or food service programs due to its scheduled spring break. The district does not have enough staff to carry out these programs during our pre-planned spring break. Both services will resume beginning April 13th at their regularly scheduled times.

For any student, Preschool thru 12th, who doesn't have access to the internet or a computer to link to online resources, please call the Morton Grade School at 360-496-5143 and request a weekly packet for your student. The grade school office will be open Monday thru Friday from 7:30 to 3:00 to take requests.

Tonight the Governor announced a Stay Home Order that is effective in 48 hours. Our childcare and food service will continue until we receive further guidance from the State.

To help ensure that you continue learning, we will provide a list of online resources on the Morton School District webpage which will be updated throughout the week. http://www.morton.k12.wa.us/closure-educational-resources We strongly encourage you to utilize this information. Develop a routine: schedule a time each day for reading, mathematics, writing, and exercise. Stay healthy, stay safe, maintain social distancing and wash your hands often.

Our food service staff is working hard to get meals out to our kiddos! It's not too late to begin receiving meals. There are delivery and pick up options available-fill out the survey at this link to get your meal service started. http://shorturl.at/inQW1 FREE to any 18 and under community members!

(March 20th, 9:20AM) Please follow the link for a Public Service Announcement from our district. https://5il.co/dzgs

Reminder: Beginning Monday, March 23rd, the Morton School District will begin providing breakfast and lunch for all children in our district ages 0-18. These meals will be delivered curb side even if your child is not on our normal bus routes; Morton area delivery will be approximately 9:00 am and Mineral will be approximately 9:25 am Children must be present at the time of meal drop off. The meals are free of charge to all 0-18 year olds in our district. Please fill out the survey at shorturl.at/inQW1 if you are going to sign up for meal service for your child/ren. Also, child care to students whose parents/guardians work in the medical field or are first responders begins on Monday, March 23rd. Please fill out the survey at shorturl.at/orxU5 if you qualify for child care from the district. Both food service and child care links can also be found on our website at the top of the page.

Here are the links for tonight's remote board meeting. You can either join via Hangouts or by phone. Join Hangouts Meet meet.google.com/neo-qjge-eie Join by phone ‪+1 224-990-0105‬ PIN: ‪927 750 036‬#

The board meeting scheduled for this evening is going to be done remotely. A link for the meeting will be provided later today.

Here are quick links for the child care and food service surveys mentioned in our 3/15/2020 Public Service Announcement. Child Care: http://shorturl.at/orxU5 Food Service: http://shorturl.at/inQW1

(March 16th 10:15 AM) Please follow the link for a public service announcement from our district. https://5il.co/dsbe

On 3/15 the Lewis County HD sent notice that our county has had its 1st confirmed case of COVID-19. Link: https://5il.co/dr4x

Good evening, beginning Monday, March 16th through Friday, March 20th, breakfast and lunch will be served at normal times at the elementary and jr. sr. high school cafeterias for students who can get to the buildings.

All activities scheduled this weekend on Morton campuses are cancelled.

Today Gov. Inslee has closed all schools. Morton School District will be closed following school today and will resume on April 27th. During this closure, there will be no after school programs of any kind. School buildings and grounds will not be available for use by outside groups during this time period. The district will provide childcare and food service beginning on March 23rd as recommended by the Governor. More on childcare and food service to come next week.

All MWP spring sports games or contests scheduled for next week have been postponed. Practices for spring sports are still scheduled as normal.

Public Service Announcement DATE: March 12th, 2020 RE: Follow-up to Gov. Inslee’s Message TO: Morton School District Staff, Students, and Community Members Today at 2:00 PM Governor Inslee announced a directive to close K-12 schools in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties from March 16th through April 24th. Districts in these counties can continue to provide food services, instructional programs (not in large group settings), and are asked to provide child-care services to health care and first responders. Morton School District, Lewis County, and the rest of the state will continue to be monitored as this decision may grow over time to affect others. The decision will be based on the spread of the virus and the rates of confirmed cases.

Public Service Announcement DATE: March 11th, 2020 RE: Potential School Closure and District Action TO: Morton School District Staff, Students, and Community Members This morning Governor Jay Inslee and state health officials held a press conference in response to the latest data concerning COVID-19. During his remarks, he specifically stated that schools, including ours, are preparing for potential school closure and the various ramifications this could lead to. We have been planning our action steps and as more information and recommendations come in, we will respond to those as appropriate. Gov. Inslee and others continue to state that we should expect within the near future, potentially days, guidance on what actions the State may take. What you need to know at this time: School is operating as normal without any changes to our schedule or events. Planning on how to address potential recommendations are already underway with more to come. We are committed to keeping everyone in the loop with what we know, but at this time we are getting the same information as each of you. If a potential school closure does occur, we will do what is necessary for our kids to continue to reach their academic, social, and emotional goals.

Please follow the link for both an English and Spanish public information release from Health Officer Dr. Rachel Wood regarding the local status of COVID 19. https://5il.co/djkt (English) https://5il.co/djkv (Spanish)