Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Zone PTA Update - Week of 3/15/21


ZONE update:

  • The Zone PTA Exec Board will be meeting with Dr. Meloche virtually on Tuesday April 6, 2021.  If you have any questions you would like us to ask Dr. Meloche, please submit all inquiries before 12:00PM Friday March 26, 2021.


  • Please continue to share the word about Fair Funding! We need to increase awareness regarding Fair Funding for CHPS! Here are some simple actions that can be done to keep the momentum going!

  1. Education on why Fair Funding is so important! Refer to recent press regarding Evesham School District’s proposed measures to compensate for a 16% cut in their State Funding.  

  2. Parents should continue  to send those Thank You letters to our State Legislators. See attached documents.

  3. It’s all in the way you say it.  We have all heard people say “we have lost out on $140 million in Fair Funding”.  That statement would be much more impactful if expressed as “we have lost out on $140 million in facility maintenance.”  Same number of words but what a difference in application.  

  4. Familiarize yourself with the District budget and decision-making process.  At last week’s BOE meeting, there was a budget presentation by Lynn Shugars of the preliminary budget. It begins at about the 2 minutes mark.  The budget discussion begins at 3:12:49 with the Business & Facilities portion of the agenda and lasts about 2 hours video of March 9, 2021 BOE Meeting  

  5. Share the Fair Funding for CHPS website & Fair Funding for CHPS Facebook page  with other parents.

  6. Attend Fair Funding Committee meetings! The committee meets the last Thursday of every month during the school year.  The next meeting  is Thursday March 25th at 7:00pm via Zoom.  

  • A reminder to our school community to follow the COVID-19 checklist guidelines

    • Report to the nurse if student or any household member tests positive for COVID, or if they have an actual or suspected COVID exposure;

    • Keep student home when they are sick;

    • Promptly pick student up if they become sick at school;

    • Alert the school nurse about any planned travel to discuss the required post-quarantine guideline, prior to sending student back to school;

    • Questions or concerns, reach out to school nurse for guidance.

    • Stay apprised of the CDC guidelines for travel and exposure/close contact 



DISTRICT update: 

For CHPS information and resources, please visit  https://www.chclc.org/chclc

  • Special BOE meeting regarding the 2021-2022 Budget is today, Tuesday March 16 , 2021 at 6:00pm.

    • Join the meeting via a computer or mobile device at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81694410918

    • Join the meeting by phone: 646-558-8656  or 301-715-8592; Dial the Meeting ID 816 9441 0918 followed by # when prompted 

  • We Return to Learn: The latest presentation on our WE Return to Learn Plan for fall 2021, which includes 5-day, in-person learning and an option for full-remote learning (pending approval from the NJ Department of Education) is now available on CHPS website. Dr. Mahan’s presentation of the Fall 2021 WE Return to Learn plan is available at March 9, 2021 Board of Education meeting

  • Thanks to an extension of federal funds, CHPS distribution of FREE meals to ALL CHERRY HILL STUDENTS (public, private and home-schooled) continues on every Monday. Pick up 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 10 snacks per student from noon-2:00pm and 4:00-6:00pm at High School East or High School West -- no income threshold required!  

    • Friendly reminder: Please mask up when picking up FREE meals/snacks! WE want to keep you & the Aramark team safe & healthy as they hand out meals to 1,000+ cars each Monday while being unable to maintain 6 feet of distance. These are state, Cherry Hill, Aramark & CDC guidelines.

    • Meal distribution during Spring Break will be on Monday, March 29, 2021.

  • Through the summer of 2021: Any family currently receiving free wifi from the District will automatically keep it through the summer, unless their youngest/only child is a high school senior (Class of 2021).

 

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