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318 —— September 3, 2020 editor@newslj.com
news letter journal Education
Photos by Alexis Barker/NLJ
Carter Doell and his mom make their way up the walk on the first day of
school,
Aug. 26, at Newcastle Elementary School; substitute teacher Mary Ragland
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she walks away from mom, Nlcole Blssey.
To our partners,
Weston County School
District # 1 is pleased to report
that the 2020-21 school year
is officially underway and
I would like to personally
thank all of the students,
staff members and citizens
of this community who came
together last week to help
us overcome the challenges
presented by the ongoing
coronavirus pandemic so we
could get our kids back in
school.
Your patience and flexibility
is crucial to our continued
success, and I recognize the
vital importance of keeping
all lines of communication
open as we move forward.
That’s why I want to take
a moment to inform all of
our stakeholders that we are
pleased with the way our
children and'staff members
handled the first days back
in school, especially since
we did have to make some
adjustments on the fly. We
fully anticipate that we will
have to do more of that
as new challenges present
themselves, so we are grateful
that all of our partners
demonstrated a willingness
to act in cooperation with
our guidelines, adapt to
necessary changes and
support students and staff
members as we learned how
best to deal with some of the
situations we faced in our
return to school.
To our parents and other
child care-givers, we want
to thank you for the patience
you’ve shown in picking up
and dropping off children
each day despite some of
the crowding and confusion
we experienced in those first
days. We feel we’ve created
a system that will greatly
streamline the process, and
we appreciate parents waiting
until the time assigned under
our new NES Dismissal Plan
to come and pick their
child at the end of the day.
By pulling up to the curb
to pick up your children
without getting out of your
car, you are ensuring that we
will keep our children safe,
and get you all on your way
home in a reasonable amount
of time. Once we all become
accustomed to the new plan,
we believe our child pick-
up routine will be safer and
more efficient than it was
prior to COVID-19.
We would also like to thank
those of you who attended
or participated in sporting
events in Newcastle last
weekend. We are pleased to
report that, due to the effort
and support of parents and
other fans, we hosted events
safely and without any
significant issues.
Those events did provide
new insights, however,
and that has allowed us to
update our guidelines for
allowing spectators at school
events and provide greater
clarity to fans. We ask that
you continue to monitor the
school district’s website and
social media to keep abreast
of future updates. Please
remember these events are
being held for our students,
and we need the ongoing
cooperation of all parents
and fans in maintaining the
social distancing guidelines
that have been established
to avoid interruption to our
seasons.
We’re grateful to those who
made an effort last weekend
to wear masks during entry
and exit of events, and in
those situations when social
distancing could not be
maintained. We applaud the
example you set for those who
attend future Dogie events,
and sincerely thank you for
benefitting our students by
increasing the likelihood that
they will be able to complete
their seasons.
When we drafted the
guidelines that are governing
our safe return to school and
submitted them to the State
of Wyoming for approval, we
knew we could count on our
community to help us keep
our focus on our ultimate
goal to keep our schools
open to the greatest extent
possible so we can provide
the highest quality of services
and support to the greatest
number of children possible.
You responded by rewarding
our faith in the incredible
ability of this community to
come together and rally in
the face of adversity, and it
gives me great confidence in
the prospects for this school
year.
I personally thank our
students and staff and
that includes teachers,
administrators, directors
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and the support personnel
that are more important
now than ever before for
displaying the kind of
empathy and understanding
it will require for. us to
work through difficulties
that create occasional
misunderstandings or
confusion.
I am just as grateful to the
citizens of this community
for maintaining a positive
and supportive attitude that
sets a tone that allows us to
respect each other and work
together to do what’ 5 best for
our kids.
We are counting on all of
you to communicate with us
as we move forward. If there
are any suggestions for how
to do things differently, we
want to hear them. When
it comes to doing the right
thing for kids, there is no
greater resource than the
members of this community
and we want you to share
your ideas and concerns with
us as we navigate through
the various obstacles we
encounter over the course of
the year. Please don’t hesitate
to send your comments via
email to
or contact me at the district’s
administration office at 746-
4451.
I really do appreciate all of
you, and what you are doing
for our children.
Sincerely,
Brad LaCroix
www.wcsd1.orgl
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