April 24, 2020

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As I stated in my communication earlier in the week, Governor DeWine has closed schools for the remainder of this academic year.  With that announcement, we turned our attention to providing a structure to close our school buildings and allow for parents/students to pick up any materials that may remain in the buildings as well as drop off any District-owned materials such as textbooks.  The Governor has not given us definitive plans for the start of the academic year next year, which is understandable due to all the factors that are involved in opening up our state again.  With that, we are also starting to plan for various options that may exist next year. 

To allow our teachers additional time to not only close this school year but to begin planning for next year, we will be ending instruction for students on Friday, May 22, 2020, instead of May 29, 2020.  It is our expectation that all students up through 11th grade will be involved in academic learning and activities through May 22. For seniors, instructional activities will end on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, and senior check-out will occur on May 22.  

Below you will find the schedule and additional information regarding the plans for the next several weeks.  If you have specific questions about these schedules, please contact your building principal.

As always, I appreciate your support of our schools.

Sincerely,

Greg Gurka
Superintendent
North Royalton City Schools
ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE
  • During the period of April 27 - May 22, teachers will continue to work remotely with students and assign instructional activities.

  • During the week of April 27, elementary and middle school teachers will organize student materials left in the classrooms, including materials from elementary students' desks and place the materials in bags, labeled with the child’s name on them, in the hallway outside the classroom.  Parent and community members should not come to the school buildings the week of April 27.

  • Beginning on Monday, May 4 and following the schedule outlined below, parents/students should come to their buildings to pick up materials left by the teacher and return District-owned materials.  At this time, lockers should also be cleaned out.  For middle school students, school-owned band instruments will need to be placed in the band room and band lockers should be emptied.  

  • Chromebooks
  • Grades K-5
If you borrowed a Chromebook from the technology department you will receive details from them at a later date regarding the collection of those devices after instruction has ended.
  • Grades 6 & 7 
Students will be keeping their Chromebooks over the summer. 
  • Grade 8
Students will be receiving new Chromebooks at the start of the school year, so we will be collecting their devices the week of May 26-29. Details regarding that drop off process will come at a later date through the middle school Constant Contact.

  • We will have staff on duty to check people in at the doors and to assure that there are not too many people in one area of the building at a time.  With that in mind, we are asking that only one parent accompany their student(s) into the building.

  • We ask that parents adhere to the regulations set forth by Governor DeWine for proper social distancing.

  • If medications need to be picked up, a parent must be present.

  • The building principal will be sending out additional instructions in regards to which doors you may enter and the specific procedures that will be followed.

  • The schedule for the week of May 4 will be divided up by the first letter of the student’s last name. Please do not come at a time other than your designated time.  Contact your building principal if any special situation arises.
HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE
  • During the period of April 27 - May 22, teachers will continue to work remotely with students and assign instructional activities.  The building will remain closed to students and parents during this time except for food distribution activities.

GRADES 9 -11

  • May 18 - 21 will be designated as days for freshmen through juniors to report to school following the schedule below to clean out their hallway lockers and band/gym lockers, return books or any other District-owned materials.  Students will be keeping their Chromebooks over the summer.

  • Mr. Osborne will be sending out additional instructions in regards to which doors students may enter and the specific procedures that will be followed.

  • If medications are needed to be picked up, a parent must be present.

  • The following schedule will be enforced to assure safe social distancing practices and is based on the first letter of the student’s last name:
THE CLASS OF 2020

  • Wednesday, May 20 will be the last day of remote learning for seniors.

  • Friday, May 22 will be designated as senior check out day.

  • Seniors will report to school following the schedule below to clean out their hallway lockers and band/gym lockers, return books or any other District-owned materials.  Chromebooks will also be collected at this time.

  • Mr. Osborne will be sending out additional instructions in regards to which doors students may enter and the specific procedures that will be followed.

  • If medications are needed to be picked up, a parent must be present.

  • The following schedule will be enforced to assure safe social distancing practices and is based on the first letter of the student’s last name:
High School students who need to return an athletic uniform, band uniform or choir uniform, will receive specific instructions for that process from the director or coach.