New Family Commitment Form
Reopening School
Dear District 41 New Family, clic para espanol
Welcome to District 41! Our records indicate you recently registered a new student to Glen Ellyn District 41. The office staff from your school will be reaching out to finalize your registration. Prior to this we wanted to share some information with you on our Reopening Plan. Over the past several weeks we have been reviewing the Restore Illinois Plan and the Illinois State Board of Education guidance document to determine the best plan for District 41. This has been a monumental task for school districts in Illinois and nationally and through this work we developed the District 41 Reopening Plan. Our next step in getting ready for the first day of school on August 21 is to get some information from you. Below you will find a form which we need completed to finalize details.
Please respond to this form within 3 days of receipt. If we do not receive your form, we will place your children in the in-person/blended model. We cannot automatically place you in full remote but you have the choice to opt for full remote. Remember to keep your email and phone contact information updated. Please also make certain that you have NOT blocked email from School Messenger, Skyward or Smore.com. These are the means of communication for District 41.
Governor Pritzker shared that the State of Illinois will be providing a cloth mask for every student in Illinois. We do not have any additional information about this yet nor have we been given a delivery date. Parents/Guardians will be expected to provide a cloth mask for their child/children on a daily basis if they are participating in in-person instruction. District 41 will maintain an inventory of disposable masks in the event that your child’s mask becomes unwearable during the day. Children will be required to have a mask on prior to boarding the school bus.
We will be sending detailed information out in a separate communication regarding our process for self-certification and on-site temperature/symptom checks.
In District 41, we will make a fully remote learning opportunity available to all students who need this and to all students whose parents elect this option.
Important information to keep in mind:
A blended model of instruction includes a half day of in-person learning and a half day of remote learning or what is referred to as an AM/PM model, 5 days per week, where 50% of our students attend in the AM and 50% in the PM. AM/PM assignments will be forthcoming as soon as they are available. Principals will do their very best to address the numerous special requests.
AM Session will be 8:30-11:00 AM and PM will be 1:00-3:30PM. 11:00-1:00 will be staff lunch, plan, PLC and for mid-day sanitizing and cleaning.
Students would eat lunch at home. Students who qualify for Free/Reduced lunch would be provided with a bag lunch daily. AM students would take a bag lunch home with them after the AM session. PM students would take a bag lunch home with them after the PM session which is their lunch for the following day. We will work with our food service vendor to determine whether they have the capability to make bag lunches available for purchase. More information will be forthcoming.
Preliminary information was shared with the YMCA and the Park District based on the Parent Questionnaire. At this time they continue to work on creating this option of childcare for families. Please note that, if this program materializes, it is a relationship directly between the Park District/YMCA and each family. The commitment to participate will be made directly between the Park District/YMCA and the family. In the event that D41 is directed to return to a fully remote program of learning, any continuation of this program would be at the discretion of the YMCA/Park District.
Parents of students with Section 504 Plans and/or IEPs will receive additional information directly from Director of Student Services, Laurel O’Brien. Please respond to this form as best as possible but know that you will be receiving additional information and decisions will be made on an individual basis to address the contents of the IEP/504 Plan.
Parents of students in the Early Childhood Program will receive additional information directly from Dr. Katie McCluskey, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching, Learning and Accountability. Please do NOT respond to this form for your incoming EC student.
You can complete the form below or CLICK HERE.
Thank you for completing this form. We will use the data to continue our planning for the 2020-2021 school year.
Dr. Melissa Kaczkowski
Superintendent
Glen Ellyn School District 41
Email: webmaster@d41.org
Website: www.d41.org
Location: 793 North Main Street, Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
Phone: 630.790.6400
Facebook: facebook.com/glenellynd41
Twitter: @glenellynd41