Superintendent's Update (5 minutes)

Transcript (~3 min @ 12:56)

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▶ 12:56 Margaret Raymond Driscoll: executive session next on our agenda this evening is the announcements of the superintendent of

▶ 13:01 Speaker 4: schools superintendent tamar right a couple of things um and really i'm speaking more to the public than the members of the school committee um the flu has arrived and it's making its way

▶ 13:11 Speaker 4: through our buildings along with the neurovirus sometimes we can't tell which which is which dpw as always terrific partners are trying to stay ahead of it disinfecting the buildings have brought a particular disinfectant that's supposed to hit something like seven viruses or bacteria wiping down continuously when a case of flu is reported they send in the green team to wipe down all the common areas again but it is making its way through the buildings um and i really ask parents for two things stress the importance of washing your hands and if your trial child is sick please keep your child home until for 48 hours until after the temperature has broken i know this is difficult for working parents having been there but this is spreading faster every day and we've got a long way to go until february break so that is one announcement i wanted to make my other announcements are in there ms driscoll already referred to we're very excited about tomorrow the community teaching day my roots are showing and my staff has come along for the ride on this but they're excited the most important thing is the staff see this as a real good opportunity to connect with children to build on relationships and to share their love of learning with the kids and I look forward to what happens at the middle school in the high school with this and the other thing that I have is a kudos some of you may know we had an incident I think it's ten days ago on a Friday basketball game a gentleman in these stands had went into cardiac accurate arrest our staff and one of our off-duty firefighters were able to revive the gentleman and he's had some follow-up treatment is according to what I've been told is doing well but I am really thankful for the training our people have had I think it's important any questions for our superintendent

▶ 15:18 Speaker 3: mr. cell please pass along our thanks to your staff that assisted the gentleman my son was in the stands videoing the game and was very well aware of what happened he said it was very orderly and very quick and I commend you all thank