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This email this afternoon from the superintendent on how to learn of school closures – I just signed up for the alerts –

MEDFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ROBERT CMAGUIRE
Superintendent of Schools

October 26,2012
Dear Parents

With the storm currently predicted for next week as well as preparing for the upcoming winter season, I thoughtthis would be a good opportunity to remind everyone of the process we have in place for a school closing or delay.

We call the television stations – Channels 4, 5, 7 and FOX 25. Radio stations receive the information from that call as radio stations are not individually called. We also put information on our school website when school is cancelled or delayed.

Three televisions stations have notified us that they have a free feature for notifying parents of school closings and delays. Parents have an option to sign up for a text message/cell phone call/email (whichever you choose when signing up) from the following TV stations:

WCVB/ChanneI5 at:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/closingssignup !index.html

NBC/Channel 7 (includes Channel 56) at:
http://www.whdh.com click on “Snow Day Alert”

FOX 25 at:
http://www.mvfoxboston.com.llink/584423/school closings-text alerts

I hope you find this helpful as we head into another winter season.
Robert C. Maguire
Superintendent of Schools

Email 20 minutes ago from Nat Vaughn –

Good afternoon –

This afternoon (around 12:30 p.m.) our fire alarms went off due to a ‘burning smell in the art wing’ and we evacuated the building. The fire and police department investigated, and the cause of the smell was a burned out heat motor in the ventilation system. The problem has been addressed and all students have returned to their last period class for the afternoon. As a safety precaution, we are keeping the art rooms clear while the space is ventilated. We commend our students and staff for their cooperation and responsibility during our evacuation.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Take care.

Nat Vaughn

Nathaniel Vaughn

Principal

Thomas A. Blake Middle School

The Medfield High School is seeking one more host family for a Chinese student for next year, but will need to cancel this Friday if a host family cannot be located by then.  This was the email from Superintendent Robert Maguire –

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Pete,

I am reaching out to see if you have any ideas on a problem I am trying to solve and I am running out of ideas or options.

You are likely aware that we have a thriving partnership with a school district in China. The exchange and cooperation between our districts is a nationally recognized model.

As part of the program development we are looking to host students from the Chinese high school for the next school year. Back at the end of March the high school there proposed sending 3 students. They will reside with host families in Medfield. 2 boys and one girl. I began trying to recruit host families and have 2 confirmed now. Despite good effort I am striking out on locating a third family and unfortunately the clock is running out.

I am feeling that it will be disheartening to tell one of the students they cant come so I am pushing to see if I can find a family (or two if they want to split the year) to help.

This program is very simiiar to what the schools here have done for years hosting foreign students through AFS programs. The difference is that this program connects us directly with a school that we have an established partnership with and expands the cooperation between us.

Any ideas or connections that you may have would be greatly appreciated. I
think I need to give the other school the bad news by this Friday if I can’t locate an option. Richard DeSorgher has agreed to work as a liason/coordinator for the program for next year.

Thanks
Bob

The Medfield school enrollment is projected to decline fairly dramatically over the next several years.   The school enrollment should be declining, because the entering classes are much smaller than the graduating classes.  Total school enrollment this year of 2,930 is projected to decline by about a quarter to 2,195 over the next seven years, by 2017-2018.  This should ultimately translate into relief of pressure on the town budgets.

See the enrollment charts at https://medfield02052.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/enrollment-charts.pdf