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Emergency Board Meeting Rescheduled for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020 at 4 pm at Vandenberg Elementary. The agenda item will be to discuss continued pay for classified employees through May 1, 2020. Click to see agenda.

***Moved to Wednesday, March 25***
Today Gov. Noem announced that schools remain closed until May 1, 2020. Douglas School District will hold an emergency board meeting today, March 24 at 4 pm at Vandenberg Elementary. The agenda item will be to discuss continued pay for employees through May 1, 2020.

INSTRUCTIONAL DISTRIBUTION
MARCH 20, 2020
While schools are closed from guidance of local, state, and federal authorities,
school districts are directed to move instructional practices to remote learning and
maintain continuation of instructional practices.
Below is the information to access instructional material by SCHOOL.
● As of now, the State has not told us whether the time will need to be made up.
● However, DSD has filled out an application to count these days as instructional
minutes. (DSD will notify parents when these applications are approved.)
THAT MEANS STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE WORK TO GET CREDIT.
● Information on how to access instruction is listed below

***Food pantry will be open Thursday the 19th from 3:30 to 6pm.***

Update on Instruction: Effective March 18, 2020
Governor Noem has just announced that school will also be closed next week,
March 23-27. Under advisement from the State, the State Department of Health,
and CDC guidance and out of great care and concern for our students, staff and
the greater community health and safety, we have made the following decisions:

***Food pantry will be open Thursday the 19th from 3:30 to 6pm.***
From Administration: At this time, the district has not rescheduled anything. We are meeting today to see everything that needs to be rescheduled, considered, and communicated. Please be patient with DSD staff and admin. As we navigate through this time. We will have official communications from the district office by 5 pm today. Central Office is not taking calls at this time, as we are working together on the DSD plan. To help curb more confusion, we ask that you wait for official communication before posting times or dates.
Thanks for your patience and help,
DSD Admin

Douglas School District just received word--

Governor Noem announced today, March 17, at her media availability in Sioux Falls that all schools in South Dakota will be closed for one more week, the week of March 23-27. During the next week of closure, schools should make all efforts to provide flex, or alternate, education. Once again, this step is being taken in order to stay ahead of the spread of the coronavirus.

All Douglas administrators are meeting Wednesday to finalize preparations for providing access to technology, paper copies of work, and food services. Please monitor your email or social media for updates on how we will provide instructional materials.

Thank you for the patience and kindness as our district and community work through this crisis.

Douglas Families,

To clear up a bit of confusion about instructional expectations, below are a couple of notes.

The article contains a link to an extensive list of resources for continuing education during this closure. In addition, please visit the District Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/douglasschooldistrict) for even more resources and ideas.

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3/13/20 2:45 PM Update: DHS Cabaret and DMS Theater Production tonight and tomorrow have been cancelled.