Dear Parents and Guardians: We’ve committed to keeping you informed about our pandemic operation plans, as this public health emergency evolves. Friday, we outlined dozens of currently positive COVID cases and mandatory quarantines affecting people in each of our school buildings. The District hasn’t gone one day in January without a new positive case within …
The Board of Education’s January 11, 2021 meeting was live-streamed for members of the community. The virtual meeting began at 7 p.m. and can be viewed below: All Board of Education members and administrators participated remotely via Google Meet. Board of Education agendas and minutes can be found here: https://go.boarddocs.com/ny/gfsd/board.nsf/public
Dear Parents and Guardians: Thank you for your resilience and determination during our first week of all-remote learning. If the current COVID infection trends within our school community continue, we will all need even more tenacity and resolve to keep learning over the next few weeks. We’ll be reaching back out to you early next …
To help you prepare for your child’s remote learning experience from Monday, 1/4 through Friday, 1/15, classroom plans have been posted for each teacher here: https://www.gfsd.org/elementary-remote-learning-plans/ For your convenience, the Big Cross plans and teacher emails are listed below. Please check out this helpful resource for logging on to Google Meets and Classroom, Chromebook tech …
Glens Falls City Schools’ leadership team is extremely disappointed to learn about “an underage drinking/sleepover party” last weekend in a neighboring county involving multiple individuals, some current students, and some recent alumni — many with connections to other Glens Falls students, teachers and staff. More than 10 positive COVID cases have been linked to this …
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Because of a positive COVID case in the extended school community that was discovered this evening, winter student athletes from multiple GFHS teams may have been exposed to Coronavirus outside of school. Until Warren County Public Health can complete its contact tracing and notifications, all Glens Falls athletics are on pause until further notice. All …
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This afternoon, Glens Falls City School administrators were notified that a staff member at Jackson Heights and a student at the High School have each tested positive for COVID-19. These two (unrelated) individuals have not been in either building since Wednesday, Dec. 16th. As soon as we were notified of the positive cases, the Superintendent …
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This evening, Glens Falls City School administrators were notified that a staff member at Jackson Heights has tested positive for COVID-19. This individual was last in the school building on Friday, Dec. 18th. As soon as we were notified of the positive case, the Superintendent was in direct contact with the Warren County Public Health …
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Dear Elementary Parents and Guardians: Our goal remains to stay safely OPEN for the in-person instruction, meal service, social connection, and emotional support that our students need. Many families have submitted the school-based COVID-19 testing consent form for each child attending school as part of the in-person/hybrid groups. Thank you! As we prepare for the …
Special holiday break meal bags will be provided for every student to enjoy, including treats like Mini Blueberry Waffles, Pop-Tarts, Frudel fruit strudel, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal bar, Buffalo Chicken and BBQ Chicken Wraps, Chicken Patty, Mozzarella Sticks, Walking Tacos, Tater Tots, fruit/veggie side dishes and Chocolate Milk or Skim Milk for every meal!! Families, …
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