Community Impact Team Sponsors NR Night Off

The Community Impact Team (CIT)’s K12 Action Team will sponsor its fifth “North Reading Night Off” on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. North Reading Night Off is an evening designed to provide families with more time to spend together after 5:00pm. Schools are asked to relax homework requirements, municipal entities are asked to not schedule evening meetings on this date (to the best of their ability), and select local restaurants will offer "specials" if you choose to take your family out or use take out. Superintendent Jon Bernard noted, “We’re asking families and adults to enjoy a night off spending it however they choose and not having to run to a practice or meeting. This isn’t about going out together either. Stay home, play a game, or catch up on that book you’ve been meaning to read.”

This initiative is in response to ongoing feedback from North Reading families that stress and the need to balance family life is a widespread concern. While we can’t change our culture with one night, we can help provide a few hours during which families can enjoy dinner and a stress-free evening together. The CIT is seeking support form town committees, schools, leagues and families by pledging to take the night off. A list of specials offered by town restaurants will be published soon.

About the North Reading Community Impact Team

The North Reading Community Impact Team (CIT) is a partnership between the North Reading Police Department, North Reading Youth Services, North Reading School Department, North Reading Parks & Recreation, North Reading Fire Department, North Reading Elder Services, North Reading Board of Health and the North Reading Board of Selectmen. The team was developed to better coordinate the services provided to the community. The CIT’s mission is to work together to better the quality of life for all citizens. The Team emphasizes the use of innovative, non-traditional methods of impacting crime and the fear of crime and strives toward cooperative interaction between the community, law enforcement and town departments. The CIT works to identify factors that have a negative impact on the quality of life for the citizens of North Reading and to implement solutions that solve the underlying problems. The group is organized into Action Teams including: K-12, Youth Substance Use Prevention Coalition, Communications, Public Safety, Social Services, and Business Coalition.