Messages from Superintendent

With the latest announcement today stating schools will be closed for the rest of the year, we have a plan in place to meet the new criteria which is to meet the 160 instructional days. As we proceed into next week and the following weeks I have sent you an email describing how we will proceed with eLearning. Teachers will be in contact with your students each week, so please stay in contact with them. Again, eLearning is a challenge for just one day, let alone for several days. While lengthy periods of eLearning is not optimal for our student population, it is the best alternative in our current situation. From April 13th through May we will have a revised eLearning schedule for Tuesday through Friday. (See schedule below) We will also continue to have food services the month of April from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at door 17 at the High School. We encourage parents to take advantage of this service. Applause go to our food services for making over 4000 meals over the past two weeks. If you have any questions or have concerns please email me, the administrators or your teachers. We are here to help during this difficult time. Stay healthy and continue to pray for our community. ** Student paper packets have been delivered and will be picked up on May 1st.  

With the latest announcement today stating schools will be closed for the rest of the year, we have a plan in place to meet the new criteria which is to meet the 160 instructional days. As we proceed into next week and the following weeks I have sent you an email describing how we will proceed with eLearning. Teachers will be in contact with your students each week, so please stay in contact with them. Again, eLearning is a challenge for just one day, let alone for several days. While lengthy periods of eLearning is not optimal for our student population, it is the best alternative in our current situation. The plan for this month is, we will not have school from April 7th through April 10th and will be a week of preparation for staff. However, from April 13th through May 1st we will have a revised eLearning schedule for Tuesday through Thursday. I will update you at the end of April for the May schedule. (See schedule below) We will also continue to have food services on Tuesday, April 7th from 10:00 am to Noon and from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at door 17 at the High School. We encourage parents to take advantage of this service. Applause go to our food services for making over 4000 meals over the past two weeks. If you have any questions or have concerns please email me, the administrators or your teachers. We are here to help during this difficult time. Stay healthy and continue to pray for our community. ** Student paper packets will be delivered on Monday April 13th, and will be picked up each  Friday.

Lewis Cass has served all 2500 student meals as of 5:00pm this evening. Thanks for participating and we will be serving meals next week as well. 

Last week the Lewis School board passed a resolution for our employees in response to the  Families First Coronavirus Response Act . The Families First Coronavirus Response Act has made additional qualifications for FMLA coverage as well as for paid sick leave. The link below will take you to the latest guidance from the Department of Labor regarding these changes. Please review the attached FFCRA_Poster_WH1422_Non-Federal.pdf  FMLA document or visit our website @ www.lewiscass.net if you believe you meet any of the qualifications. For help please contact Jeanie Robertson @ 574-626-2525 or via email robertsonj@lewiscass.net .

Lewis Cass food services will be offering breakfast and lunch to our students again. On Tuesday,March 31st students/parents may come to Door 17 at the high school from 10:00am to 12:00pm and from 4:00pm to 6:00pm . You will be allowed to pick-up five breakfasts and five lunches per student. This is available on a first come first serve basis. We will continue to serve our students after Spring break and will update parents at the end of this week. Please continue to be safe and praying for all of our families. 

Good afternoon, this is Dr. Tim Garland superintendent of Lewis Cass Schools. Due to the latest changes made by the local, state and federal governments the Lewis Cass School Board must also make a few changes and adapt to a new normal. The Lewis Cass School Board will be holding a board meeting at the administration office on Wednesday, March 25th @ 6:00pm. The meeting will be open to the public but please be aware we will have to abide by the guidelines that no more than 10 people can be in a gathering. Once we have met the capacity of tn people in total we will not allow anyone else to attend the meeting. If you have been in contact with someone that has the Coronavirus, have symptoms that relate to the Coronavirus or have been out of the continental United States in the past 14 days, we ask that you please not attend the meeting. Thank you for understanding.

Good afternoon, this is Dr. Tim Garland superintendent of Lewis Cass Schools. Parent Letter for Closing Schools.pdf A meeting was held with all Cass County Schools and several surrounding schools to review the latest information from the Governor’s Office and the Indiana Department of Education. After careful consideration, Lewis Cass Schools will be closed beginning Monday, March 16th thru Sunday, April 5th to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Lewis Cass will conduct eLearning from Monday, March 16th through Friday, March 20th. Lewis Cass will then be on Spring break from March 23rd through April 3rd. All Extra Curricular Activities are cancelled starting Monday, March 16th thru Sunday April 5th, this includes all sports, robotics, winter winds and any field trips. If your student forgot to take something home today we are allowing students to pick up devices, clothes or sporting equipment on Monday, March 16th from 8:00am-10:00am at both buildings. Any student that does not have the internet will have the ability to pick up paper packets to complete eLearning assignments. We will communicate the dates and time this will occur. Lewis Cass will continue to communicate with our families to provide more information regarding this plan and other information as it is established by the state. We would like to reassure our parents/guardians and all stakeholders that we have been and will continue to take the necessary precautions to disinfect and proactively work within our schools to ensure our students, staff and visitors are in an environment that is clean and safe. Thank you for understanding and continued prayers for our schools.