March 13, 2023
Dear MSAD #60 Community;
The weather patterns certainly have not been in our favor over the course of the winter season. While there have been a few weekend storms, the bulk of the accumulating snowfall has occurred during the work/school week. Just when it was looking like big snow storms were in our rearview mirror, here we are dealing with another one, front and center.
It is important to relay information in anticipation of Tuesday and Wednesday snowfall, snow cleanup, and school schedules. The district is carefully monitoring weather reports and radar tracking for this storm. Based on the information we have at this time, we are canceling the late start/early release schedule for Wednesday, March 15, 2023. That means that for this week, Wednesday will follow the typical Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday schedule. That shift provides flexibility if there is a need to call a straight across-the-board two hour delay on Wednesday morning due to road clean up.
Some school offices have fielded a few questions about remote snow/inclement weather days. Remote snow days were not an option for MSAD #60 this year due to some specific regulations around online learning and school nutrition. There is an additional concern for the high number of power outages across the district and the impact to student attendance. The regulations are evolving and we hope to integrate some form of remote learning days for inclement weather days for the 2023-2024 school year.
We will keep you posted on any potential school schedule updates for Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
Sincerely,
Audra Beauvais
Superintendent of Schools