Millbrae School Closure, Remote Learning And Meals Served

Press release from the Millbrae School District:

March 18, 2020

Dear Millbrae Families,

Please join me in giving a Shout Out to our district office teammates, site administration, teachers and support staff who have buckled down these last few days and nights to prepare and provide a remote/distance learning plan for our students, meal service preparations and essential cleaning of our campuses.

While our campuses are closed, the Millbrae Elementary School District Child Nutrition Services is providing an opportunity for families to drive through and pick up meals for the children in their families. Meals will be provided at no cost to all children through age 18. Children must be present in order for meals to be provided. Meals will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, March 18th to April 3rd. Initial sites are Lomita Park, Taylor and Meadows. With the exception of Meadows School, please stay in your car and meals will be distributed, based on the number of children in the car. If you cannot drive to the site, you can walk by and pick-up. Meals will be offered on a “first come, first served” basis and the number of meals will be adjusted based on the number of children needing food. See informational Flyer HERE (English, Spanish, Chinese)

MILLBRAE SCHOOL DISTRICT’s Distance Learning Platforms + Tools for PARENTS

PDF Document HERE

You should or will receive more information from your Principals regarding instructional

materials/devices pick-up (if applicable) and from your child’s teacher regarding their individual

distance learning plan. Your teacher will establish specific office hours during which time they

will be checking emails and corresponding with you and your child in a variety of ways.

Resources for Parents and Families

• Common Sense Education has published vetted resources for parents to find educational video games and apps and ways to assess if an online tool is useful for learning.

• Zero to Three published guidance on how to talk to kids about the COVID-19.
• Colorín Colorado developed Multilingual Resources forSchools to use in communicating with families of English learners.
• NPR developed a comic strip to support information sharing with kids about COVID-19.
• BrainPop has made a short video explaining COVID-19 in friendly accessible language and engaging content.
• PBS Kids published guidance on how to talk to kids about the coronavirus.
• Newsela also published resources to help students understand coronavirus.

We are excited and look forward to our continued partnership with parents and families.

We will continue to update our MSD's COVID-19 FAQ webpage as new information is learned and/or updated. Feel free to contact your site principals or teachers directly should you have any specific questions regarding your child’s remote/distance learning plan.

Once again, thank you for your continued support.

Regards,

Vahn Phayprasert
Superintendent

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