Wachusett understands that families are adjusting to the current circumstances, and that the school district’s administration, faculty, and staff can serve to decrease the stress experienced by families. We hope to institute accountability with flexibility and grace in order to assign students responsibility for engaging with assignments and learning tasks, while doing our best to support students and families who are facing significant challenges. District and school-based administrators, faculty, and staff welcome parents, guardians, and students to be transparent and open about the ways in which they are impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak and the extended school closure in the hopes that the district’s response helps students and their families to acclimate to these new circumstances.

While these interactions cannot fully replicate a face-to-face interaction, it is the hope that this outreach will increase feelings of student and family connectedness with school during the school closure. This sense of engagement and connectedness will support the transition back to school when schools reopen district-wide.

A list of health and mental health resources has been made available to WRSD families during the school closure. These resources are intended to provide practical guidance to parents/guardians about how best to explain the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as link families with area resources to mitigate the negative impact of the school closure on the functioning of families in the school district. Follow this link for resources

WRSD school counselors, psychologists, and nurses are valuable resources for students and families to navigate through barriers to health and mental health treatment that have resulted from the COVID-19 quarantine, to the extent that is possible.

Feel free to reach out to your child’s Principal or Assistant Principal as a first point of contact. You can also email Brendan Keenan, District Director of Social-Emotional Learning (Brendan_Keenan@wrsd.net), Christine Smith, Administrator of Special Education (Christine_Smith@wrsd.net), or Jeffrey Carlson, Director of Human Resources (Jeff_Carlson@wrsd.net) if you have any questions, ideas, or feedback.