Greenview Community School District

Good morning! We have a very IMPORTANT request- we are asking the kindest way possible. When the staff drops food or items off at homes PLEASE stay at least 10 feet away from our crew. It is so important that we all practice good social distancing. Everyone has been awesome so far and we are doing great things helping each other in this crazy time. We want to make sure we do all we can to prevent the spread to our team and the community. I do expect more information today from the State of Illinois on the status of school closings. We will share what we learn at the earliest convenience. Hang in there everyone! -Mr. Heavner

On Friday, March 20th, Governor Pritzker issued an executive order requiring residents to “stay at home” effective Saturday, March 21 at 5:00 pm, through the end of April 7. As part of the Governor’s order, he announced that school will remain closed through at least April 8. During this stay at home order, essential school personnel may still report to work as long as they are practicing social distancing. The governor’s office has assured school districts that school personnel involved in providing meals will not be in violation of the governor’s executive order and that we can, and should, continue with our program. The Superintendents’s office and school staff will work hard to ensure this continues. We recognize that this development may raise questions about the impact on students, staff, and families as well as the school’s vital role of providing meals to students and families while schools are closed. We anticipate further guidance and details from the Illinois State Board of Education next week. Right now there are many questions we cannot answer and need to work through things. Schools in modern times have never faced an issue like this. We plan to hold a graduation ceremony and the traditional Spring programs best we can when this all blows over. I ask everyone to take a deep breath and be kind. We will get through this together. It is important to encourage your students to do the best they can. This time should be focused around learning what you can. Be there for each other. Please use this opportunity to focus on staying safe and helping to slow the spread of the virus. As always, thank you for your patience and support as we all work through the COVID-19 Pandemic. As you have seen, this situation is evolving rapidly. As events unfold, we will continue to communicate in a timely and transparent manner. Ryan Heavner Superintendent of Schools

(312) 841-7078 will be a number families can text message to get information to staff during this school disruption. Please identify who is sending the message if you need help with something g. Please spread the word. We will do our best to monitor it. Food deliveries are getting ready to roll out now. Families in the backpack program will get delivery today as well. We will be running a route this afternoon to deliver spirit wear and books that came in. We think there is another order of books still out in the wild we have yet to receive. When we get them they will go out. Please contact your child’s teacher and keep up on learning best we can. I am so proud of everyone that has worked hard on things this week. Hang in there everyone! -Mr. Heavner

We plan to deliver the Bulldog Spring Apparel that came in tomorrow(Friday) to homes in our district. If you would like to be added to the lunch deliveries please let us know. It is our pleasure to help in this project. We are thrilled with how well it’s going. We ask families that are getting food to have a cooler or box by the door to keep food dry. This would be a huge help if families do not come to the door. We want to avoid wet food for the kids. Hang in there everyone! We appreciate everyone doing the best they can. We appreciate our kitchen staff and drivers they are amazing people and I am so thankful for the way they have stepped up! Please be there for each other. This is such a tough time for many, show people kindness and happiness where you can. -Mr. Heavner -

We LOVE our health care workers! We appreciate all they are doing to help others during this tough stretch in our country! We are so thankful for you!

Today’s food deliveries went out. Please contact school if you have any issues. We are so thankful for our kitchen team and our transport team!

We thank everyone who voted in today’s election. The referendum for Greenview School District passed with a 2 to 1 majority. We are excited we will have this opportunity to work to improve our facility to give our students a great place to learn and grow. The school board, administrators, educators, staff and students appreciate your support of Greenview CUSD #200. It’s a GREAT day to be a BULLDOG!!! -Mr. Heavner

3 of our seniors Landon, Athena and Logan are serving as election judges today. We are proud of their participation in the election today!

Food deliveries are rolling out now, if you do not get it by 1:00 please message us.

Information on what to do if you are not feeling well from Memorial Hospital: if you or anyone you know has a cough, fever, chest congestion or difficulty breathing, there is now a respiratory clinic nurse hotline thru Memorial to call FIRST before they just show up for treatment.   217-588-4019.    They will tell you what to do and will take care of reporting it to IDPH.   The express care on south 6th st is going to be the respiratory clinic for the time being.

Monday Morning Updates: -If you are coming to school PLEASE CALL before you come. There will he staff at the building over the break off and on. We don’t want folks waiting outside if can be avoided. PLEASE remember social distances when you come to school. We are saying this in the nicest way possible :) -if you need to sign up for the lunch breakfast program please sign up. Email food@greenviewschools.org to be a part of this program. This is free to all students in our district. We will provide food for every child under the age of 18 in the home. This starts tomorrow (Tuesday March 17th and will run Monday-Friday. We will drop food at homes between 11:00 am and 12:30. THE STAFF WILL SET FOOD ON THE STEPS. PLEASE REMEMBER SOCIAL DISTANCES AS WE DELIVER. Please contact the school if you have any issues or questions. We are thankful for everyone working hard on this so far. -elearning is an important activity we are working through. The staff has done a great job getting this together so quick. PLEASE UNDERSTAND DEADLINES are more suggestive than mandatory. We ask families attempt to stay on track but we absolutely understand if work cannot not completed. Do what you can and we will sort this out when it’s done. PLEASE reach out if you have questions. If you have other thoughts or needs let us know. We have many resources available to help in the community. Have a great day! -Mr. Heavner

Today Logan Doggett would have played on the Tomahawk Conference All Star team in the annual match up in Havana. Logan like many seniors has missed out on opportunities that in a normal year many of them would have enjoyed. Logan has worked hard over the years and played hard for the Bulldogs. We are all very proud of him. We have a great group of seniors at GHS. I spoke with them about the Senior Trip earlier this week and it was a great conversation, they understand what’s going on and did a great job as they shared ideas. We came to the conclusion when we return to school we will work to put a great plan in place. It’s important that these students get the recognition they deserve when this is over. I’m proud of all of our students and super proud how this group has shown leadership with the other students as this week unfolded. Our seniors and many students at schools all over are not going to have a normal finish to the school year. Who knows what the next batch of weeks will bring. I think about our students who work so hard to prepare for events that have been canceled or are now on hold. I think about our 7th and 8th graders who had been excited to travel to New York and DC this week. The students had been thrilled to go but took the news of postponement very well. This whole situation is hard on our students. I encourage everyone to acknowledge the great things students are doing at all schools! Although our Bulldogs are not going to be at school for a while, we are going to do our best to keep them moving ahead! I thank Logan for his hard work and I’m thankful for all our students who work hard and are doing great things! -Mr. Heavner

Updates: -CUSD #200 is closed closed until March, 31. This date could be extended as we learn more from the State of Illinois. -Lunch and Breakfast deliveries will begin Tuesday. All of are students can sign up for this opportunity at no cost. Please email food@greenviewschools.org how many children under 18 are in the home. You also need to let us know if there are any special dietary needs. We are taking extreme precautions in preparing the food and the delivery plan. Each family will get 1 lunch and 1 breakfast pack each day for each child in the home. We are locked in as what we can provide and can not accommodate anything other than dietary requirements. We will update this information on Monday. -As per the Governor of Illinois Election Day will still take place Tuesday. There is a vote considering the renovation and construction of the school. If you have questions on the ballot question please contact the school and we will gladly answer any question. Please contact us if we can help in any way!

School will be closed Monday, March 16th. We must look out for the well being of students, staff and the community. School will be open from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm tomorrow for students and staff to pick up any materials needed that are here. After tomorrow afternoon please contact an administrator or message this page if you have Buisness at school as campus will be closed to everyone but essential personal. We will provide more information tomorrow morning. We plan to begin delivering food on Tuesday. That information will go out Monday. We appreciate everyone working together in these unprecedented times. -Mr. Heavner

There will be a Facebook live on the school page at 1:00 pm. Tune in for information and if you have questions! 🐾⏱🎥

This is the text from the conference call with Governor Pritzker yesterday our leadership team was a part of. We are working hard and updating everyone best we can. We have a lot of work ahead at Greenview #200. Starting Tuesday we will deliver lunch to all students at no cost during the closure. We are currently developing this plan today. We will get this information out as soon as possible how to get on the delivery list. We will work together to make the best of this situation. I’m so thankful to our staff for working so hard getting things in place. I will send out information this weekend about the upcoming weeks. Please message me if I can be of help. -Mr. Heavner From Gov. Pritzker: “Thank you for your time. We are in unprecedented times. Our efforts have been focused on the public health of the people of Illinois and that includes the nearly 2,000,000 students that gather in large groups every day in public school classrooms. Later today my administration is issuing a directive to public school districts in Illinois to close for classes starting on Tuesday, March 17 and returning on Monday, March 30th. We will actively assess the situation through this time period for the possibility of further closure if public health risks continue past this date. Our decision is guided by science and information health experts have provided my administration. Here’s what we know... Today, we are taking the following decisive steps to support you as administrators and the children you are charged with educating. I have instructed the Superintendent of Schools and my legal team to prepare an executive order to relieve schools of certain state mandates during this period to give you the flexibility undoubtedly needed during this challenging period. In regards to state funding dollars that your budgets for the current fiscal year are built upon, I know that many of you have concerns about certain programs where levels of funding are derived and distributed from direct classroom instruction or direct services you provide on a daily bases. While I don’t have all of the answers to how this valid question will be answered, I want you to know that no school district's funding will be cut as a result of this public crisis. This may require waivers from the federal government, legislation from the General Assembly, adoption of certain administrative rules or a combination of the above…. Again, I am making the commitment that you will not lose state resources as a result of this closure. In this regard, I have been in contact with Senator Andy Manar and Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth who are joining us on this call. I understand that no two districts face the exact same set of challenges. To this end, I am taking two steps with likely more to come as this fluid situation evolves: First, the Illinois State Board of Education will be fully staffed over the coming weekend and during the closure period to answer all of your questions as you work through individualized issues in each of your districts. Second, I have asked Dr. Brent Clark at the IASA to put together a team of experienced superintendents to help be a resource should you need it. Dr. Clark’s team is and will be communicating regularly with Deputy Governor Jesse Ruiz. Dr. Clark & Deputy Governor Ruiz will be communicating to you how to be in touch with this group should you need their help working through specific challenges. We are all in this together and I will have your back."

It was a great time at the Jr High Dance this evening!

Spread the word! This afternoon Governor Pritzker closed all the schools closed March 17 to March 30. We will have school this Monday unless things change. If you do not feel comfortable sending your students Monday they are excused, just call on Monday. The Jr High Dance this evening is still on. We will be updating families with information as we have it to share. This is an unprecedented situation and we will try our best to make good decisions for our students. We intend to provide lunch to students over the next few weeks. I will send out information at a later time how that will be a arranged but we intend to deliver lunches to homes. Please message the page if you have questions or email me. Please be there for each other we live in a great community where we look out for each other and step up when needed.I am very proud of our staff for how hard they have worked this week to prepare for a scenario like this. During this time school is canceled campus is closed. There are no activities and events planned. Currently the plan is to not make these days up at the end of the year. There will be no practice for teams. If we can provide assistance CUSD #200 will do our best to help. Please ask if help is needed as we are in close contact with state agencies and the health department. We appreciate the support of the school in these tough times. -Mr. Heavner

The dance for this evening for grades 6-8 is still on! The dance will run 6:30 to 8:00! We are excited for the kids to have a great time!

This letter is going home with students this evening 3/12/30