Good Evening, Reading Public School Community,

We wanted to continue to give you updates regarding the ever evolving COVID-19 pandemic.  We have been following communications from the CDC, DPH, MASS, DESE, as well as closely monitoring other school districts, to ensure we have the most updated information.   Over the last several days, I have been in ongoing communication with area Superintendents, other district leaders, Reading Public School staff and town officials regarding this situation.  This has led to a number of decisions that were communicated in my briefing yesterday to the school community.   Tomorrow, I will be joining Superintendents and other district leaders on a conference call with DESE Commissioner Riley and the Department of Public Health regarding the current situation.  Based on the information that we receive during the conference call and through meetings with other officials, I will communicate our next steps.  My plan is to communicate this information by tomorrow afternoon.  School will be in session for tomorrow, March 13^th.

In addition, we have the following updates:

• The MIAA Board of Directors today voted to delay the start of the High School Spring Sports Season until March 30^th.
• The SAT testing that was originally scheduled at RMHS on Saturday has been cancelled.  Director of Guidance Lynna Williams will communicate additional information to those impacted.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you and take care.