Dear Merrill Families,

Posted July 8, 2020

Hope you are well and enjoying your summer break. Superintendent Susana Cordova recently released a letter about what next school year will look like. If you haven’t seen the letter you can read it here. As stated in the letter, all DPS schools will resume at full capacity for the 20-21 school year. Families will have the option to choose full remote learning if they are not comfortable sending their children to school at this time.  If you choose the remote option your child will still hold their place at Merrill.  We expect to have updated information about Registration and our process in the coming weeks. 

Please note that the hours of the school day have been changed from 7:30 – 2:45.  The school day will start and end 15 minutes earlier.  This was a budgetary decision made by transportation to save money due to the budget crisis.  It was not a building level decision.  Please contact transportation@dpsk12.org if you have questions.

The safety of our students and staff is our top priority.  We will send a more detailed communication in August with safety protocols and procedures. Here are some measures that all DPS schools will be taking to keep everyone safe:

•             There will be required health screenings of all students and staff before or as they arrive at school.

•             Masks will be required inside the school.

•             We will adjust class schedules in order to keep groups of students together and limit student movement throughout the day.

•             There will be no assemblies or large gatherings, and students will likely eat breakfast and lunch in their classrooms.

•             Schools will have supplies of hand sanitizer and soap to allow for frequent hand-washing.

•             School facilities will be disinfected regularly.

For enrollment and planning purposes, please fill out this survey by July 10th.  While there is still a lot to figure out before we are back together in August, we are extremely excited to be able to welcome students back to Merrill. Enjoy the rest of your summer. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Christina Sylvester, Ed.D.

She/Hers

Principal

Merrill Middle School