In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in anticipation and pending decisions of the Governor’s Office, the NYS Department of Health and the NYS Education Department, the East Greenbush Central School District formed a School Opening Task Force to develop plans to help safely reopen schools in the fall. The task force is composed of teachers, staff, students, parents, board members and community members.
In order to ensure this planning is comprehensive, the task force is discussing three potential scenarios:
- In-person return to school
- Hybrid model with a combination of remote and in-person school
- Extension of full-time remote learning
View Preliminary Reopening Plan
Watch Presentation of Preliminary Reopening Plan
Updates/Resources
- East Greenbush CSD Submitted Reopening Plan to State on July 30 (August 10)
- New York State Schools Permitted to Reopen in September (August 7)
- Watch: Reopening Community Forum (August 5)
- East Greenbush CSD to Host Reopening Community Forums – August 5 and 13 (August 3)
- District Presents Preliminary Reopening Plan at Board of Education Meeting (July 30)
- FAQ: Preliminary Reopening Plan (updated August 10)
- District Proposes Hybrid Model for Reopening Schools this Fall (July 27)
- District to Share Preliminary Reopening Plan with School Community on July 27 (July 24)
- Coronavirus Update: State Schedules Deadlines for School Reopening Plans (July 8)
- Plans Submitted to New York State
- NY Forward Safety Plan (August 11)
- Receipt of Business Affirmation NY Forward Business Safety Plan (August 10)
- Receipt of Pre-K to Grade 12 School Reopening Plan – NYSDOH (August 10)
- Preliminary Hybrid Reopening Plan (July 30)
- NYS Guidance
- Task Force Committee Minutes
Community Forum Schedule
- Board of Education Meeting – Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 p.m.
- Reopening Community Forum – Wednesday, August 5 at 6:30 p.m.
- Reopening Community Forum – Thursday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m.
- Reopening Community Forum – Tuesday, August 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Family Surveys
- Child Care Survey (Open July 17-July 27)
- Transportation Survey (Open July 16-July 27)
- Digital Access Survey (Open July 13-July 27)
School Opening Task Force Committee
- Health and Safety
- Ekansh Agrawal – CHS Student
- Kevin Albert, MD – District Medical Director
- Sam Beardsley – Health & Safety Specialist
- Paul Bickel – Director of Facilities
- Betsy Cohoon, RN – School Nurse
- Margaret Condo, RN – School Nurse
- Tammy Cosgrove, RN – School Nurse
- Doug Hadley – Teaching Assistant
- Michael Harkin (Chair) – Principal
- Michael Leonard – Athletic Director
- Ernestine Mann – Monitor
- Mark Mann – Board of Education Member
- Andrea Neiman – Teacher
- Kathleen O’Leary – Monitor
- Adrienne Rudat – Teaching Assistant
- Jude Shufelt – Secretary
- Sarah Tacy, RN – School Nurse
- Jeff Tooker (Chair) – Teacher/District Safety Coordinator
- James VanBuren – Head Custodian
- Transportation/Facilities/Nutrition
- Frank Asenbauer – Head Groundskeeper
- Sam Beardsley – Health & Safety Specialist
- Paul Bickel (Chair) – Director of Facilities
- Jill Bonesteel – School Bus Driver
- Steve Howland – Custodian
- Greg Jette – Teacher
- Kevin Kelley – Custodian/CSEA Union President
- Maryanne`Lindemann – Cook
- Mark Noeth (Chair) – Transportation Supervisor
- Phyllis Sanford-Krug (Chair) – Food Service Manager
- Jeff Smith – School Bus Driver
- James VanBuren – Custodian
- Teaching and Learning
- Meagan Asenbauer – Teacher/Parent
- David Bresnahan – Teacher
- Susan D’Amico – Teacher
- Frank DiDonato – Teacher
- Melissa Dupont – Teacher
- Patricia Farnan – Assistant Principal
- Natalie Fiacco – CHS Student
- Dan Garab (Chair) – Principal
- Peter Goodwin – Director of Technology
- Scott Halliday – Teacher
- Julie Hammill – Teacher
- Alison Hosier – Teacher
- Sue Livingston – Parent
- Jim McHugh (Chair) – Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
- Donnamarie Vlieg – Teacher
- Digital Equity and Access
- Jack Alvey – Principal
- LaLena DeMarco – Teacher
- Sarah Garno – Library Media Specialist
- Peter Goodwin (Chair) – Director of Technology
- Stephanie Jorgensen – Secretary
- Linda Wager – District Treasurer
- Budget and Fiscal
- Kim Berben – Director of Greenbush Child Care (GCC)
- Larry Edson – Assistant Superintendent of School Business Finance
- Drew Romanowski – Teacher/EGTA President
- Helen Squillace – Principal
- Linda Wager (Chair) – District Treasurer
- Social and Emotional Needs
- Jill Barker (Chair) – Principal
- Kathryn Biel – Physical Therapist
- James Eggleston – School Social Worker
- Jaclyn Gleason – School Counselor
- Maureen Janowski – Teaching Assistant
- Allison Milazzo – School Counselor
- Shannon Romanowski – Executive Director of Greenbush YMCA
- Karen Sheridan – School Social Worker
- Jennifer Sorensen-Chase – School Psychologist
- Helen Squillace (Chair) – Principal
- Special Education
- Andrea Baird – Teaching Assistant
- Nicole Barmen – Occupational Therapist
- Lalena DeMarco – Teacher
- Audry June – Speech/Language Pathologist
- Margaret LaHera – Speech/Language Pathologist
- Marty Mahar (Chair) – Principal
- Molly McGrath (Chair) – Director of Pupil Personnel Services
- Adrienne Rudat – Teaching Assistant
- Nancy Verdile – Teaching Assistant
- Bilingual Education/MLL/ELL
- David Adadjo – CHS Student
- Jennifer Carraher – ENL Teacher
- Wayne Grignon (Chair) – Principal
- Michelle Hall – ENL Teacher
- Ida-Marie Lindberg – ENL Teacher
- Jim McHugh (Chair) – Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
- Sabine Murphy – ENL Teacher
- Alexandra Omecinsky – ENL Teacher
- Jennifer Quail – Literacy Specialist/Parent
- Staffing/Human Resources
- Angela Adams – Secretary
- Marissa Cannon (Chair) – Director of Human Resources
- Patty Farnan (Chair) – Assistant Principal
- Shannon MacFarland – Secretary
- Michael Neumann (Chair) – Assistant Principal
- Katie Snedaker – Secretary
- At-Large Members
- Jennifer Acker – Parent
- Karen Lorette – Teaching Assistant
- Susan Pagones – Teacher
- Nathan Sanford – Head Mechanic