A message from Nassau County School Superintendent

From: Dr. Kathy Burns, Superintendent of Schools
Monday, March 30, 2020

To All Nassau County Citizens ‐

As Superintendent of Nassau County Schools, I wanted to take a moment to update you on our School District and plans for the days ahead. On Friday, March 13th, teachers had a planning day and we were all preparing for Spring Break.

By the end of the day things changed, FOR EVERYONE! Schools were closing and we had to completely redesign what school would look like for our students. It happened! In true educator fashion – local administrators, teachers, volunteers, and our communities, came together to figure it out! It’s remarkable the work that has been done in just a few short days.

I would like to share just a few of the highlights from the past week:

1) Over 14,000 meals were served to Nassau County students. On Friday, they were provided with not only
Friday’s meal, but breakfast and lunch for Saturday and Sunday as well
2) Over 14,000 calls were received by Nassau County families from our 16 schools.
3) Over 3000 computers were distributed to Nassau County students.
4) Over 6000 learning packets were mailed to elementary students on Friday. There will be more information coming this week about your learning packets.
5) Over 60 teachers and other personnel volunteered their time this past week to begin lesson planning and creating instructional videos – all this in an effort to provide quality lessons and assist their colleagues and team members in the days ahead.

As we move forward, here’s some additional information that may be helpful to you:

1) We will continue to serve meals from 10‐1 PM daily at Southside Elementary, Yulee Middle School, Callahan Elementary School, and Hilliard Middle Senior High School.
2) Plans will be posted soon on bus routes that will begin on Wednesday, April 1st delivering meals and other items to our students.
3) If you did not request a computer for your child but still have a need, please contact your child’s school.
4) Teachers will be contacting their students and families this week.
5) If you have additional questions, you may contact your child’s school or the District Office at 4919900.
6) Starting today, you may go to our district website, click on the COVID19 update and look to the left – you will see FAQs. You may submit your questions there and answers will be updated each day. Hopefully this will answer some questions and assist in clarifying misinformation.

I could not be prouder of our School District team and our County as a whole. Our theme in the school district is “We Are Nassau!” This is a time when it must ring true for ALL OF US. We are all in this together. We must continue to move forward with a strong sense of camaraderie and teamwork. We are in a challenging time and we are going to strive to do our VERY BEST WORK during this time.