Crookston School District Superintendent Jeremy Olson will be holding Zoom meetings with parents and guardians of school district students to answer any questions they might have and to listen to any concerns they might have as the district moves into distance learning. The letter and information he is sending out to families is below –
Parents and Guardians,
I have tried to keep you informed with information about how our district is doing during this pandemic. Most of my communication has been centered around 
information being pushed out to you, as we have not been able to have large meetings to inform you about these things. With that being said, I believe that we need to have a back and forth conversation about our schools learning model, information on the actual numbers of positive cases, and the impact of our decisions on your family. At Crookston Public Schools communication is not just a value we list, it is a value that we follow.
What I have found over the course of my years as a superintendent is that the best communication happens in informal small group settings. I would like to begin these conversations with you as a family by holding small group zoom sessions that are limited to 10 zoom participants, with as many sessions as demand allows. I want to make sure that you as parents have an opportunity to hear information from me and have two-way communication about our schools during this pandemic.
To these ends, we have currently scheduled three sessions on November 24th: 4:30 pm, 5:30 pm, and 6:30 pm. The session is scheduled for 30 minutes and is focused on a quick presentation of current data on cases, the situation in schools, and a chance for you to ask questions or give input on the next steps forward.
How to participate: If you want to participate in these sessions, please contact Crookston Public Schools District Office at 218-281-5313 ext. 3 to schedule which session you would like to participate in. A zoom link will be sent out to the email that you provide when you call in and zoom sessions will be limited to 10 zoom links. If more people schedule than we have slots for, we will then open up additional sessions and add additional days.
I want to be clear that the only information that can be discussed is public information, we will not be discussing individual cases, nor will we be talking about any data that would be considered private. This time is designed to give a basic overview of the situation, answer questions that you may have, and to hear from you. Think of this as an informal meeting to discuss schools during the time of a pandemic. Please consider this a personal invitation to join us at whatever session works best for you. Go Pirates!
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