REMOTE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES NOTIFICATION AND GUIDANCE

Dear Nashoba Families,

This letter is to provide you important information related to remote learning guidelines.

In accordance with state and federal laws, including the Massachusetts Wiretapping Act and FERPA, parents and students must refrain from recording any and all remote lessons. Exceptions may be made on an individual basis due to special circumstances, and only with the consent of everyone involved in the lesson. In addition, while parents/ guardians are discouraged to observe online instruction, to the extent that remote learning opportunities provide access to confidential student information, all participants agree, by participating in this remote learning opportunity, to refrain from disseminating any confidential student information about other student participants with any and all third parties. By participating in the remote learning opportunities, consent to this request is hereby provided.

The administration has invested much time researching and exploring all opportunities for remote learning to engage our students to the fullest extent, keeping in mind that student safety, security, privacy, and their civil rights are a top priority. Similarly, we ask everyone in our school community to recognize that video conferences and other online services will be taking place in the homes of the educators and students who participate in the calls, and to be mindful of everyone's right to privacy. To that end, we remind our students to dress appropriately and choose an appropriate location in their home from which to participate in any and all remote learning opportunities, particularly those with a video component. Parents/ guardians should take all precautions to safeguard personal or private information that they do not wish to be disclosed.

Students will be expected to behave in accordance with school rules of conduct while participating in remote instruction. Cyber-bullying, harassment, discrimination, and abuse of the remote learning process will not be tolerated. The District reserves the right to suspend from remote-learning any student who violates a school’s code of conduct and may impose additional consequences when in-person learning resumes. Further the District reserves the right to remove from a virtual session any participant or parent observer who violates school policies or refuses to behave in a non-disruptive manner. The District ·encourages its staff and students alike to limit disruptions to remote lessons to the extent feasible (while also recognizing that sometimes pets, small children, and technical difficulties cannot be prevented from disrupting a lesson that happens at home).

Special education teachers, ELL/ SEI teachers, and individual service providers will be in contact with parents/ guardians of students with specialized learning needs regarding necessary modifications to the remote instruction opportunities offered to other members of an individual student's class, as well as to discuss direct and group service provision.

The following tools are recommended for our Remote Learning Module.

Google Hangouts

Google Meet

Google Classroom

SeeSaw

Additionally, to view a list of online educational tools that have been approved for use at Nashoba

CLICK HERE.

Parents/ guardians may choose to request that analog materials be provided as a substitute to

online lessons to the extent feasible. By accessing these services, the District recognizes that you and your child consent to access online instruction and agree to fully comply with the requirements of this letter.

Please reach out to your child's Principal as soon as possible if you anticipate or become aware of any issues with your child accessing the remote opportunities provided by the District.

We appreciate your time and attention to this notice.

Sincerely,