Brookside Elementary School

Help us help our community. Participate in the Canned Food Drive at Brookside Elementary School, supporting the Willits Community Food Bank.

Hi Brookside Families, Some of us are interested in finding ways to get together as families after school. If you are interested, please take our survey by Monday, September 19th at 3:00. Access survey here => https://forms.gle/4ZE9TAVqgBRFUx7JA Thanks!

Good evening Brookside families. Tomorrow, June 9th is a minimum day. School is out at 1:10 pm. We hope you enjoy your summer. We look forward to seeing you again next school year.

Good evening room 2 families. Room 2 K graduation has been moved. It is now at Brookside School outside of room 2 on the blacktop. Hope to see you there.

Good evening Brookside families. We have a visiting author coming to Brookside tomorrow. She will be giving a presentation to each grade level. The kids will be having snack outside just for tomorrow. Please make sure your student has something warm to wear.

Good evening Brookside families. There is no school tomorrow, Friday, January 14th due to our district being heavily impacted by COVID. There will be no school on Monday, January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A letter was sent home with your student today. If you have any questions please call the district office. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Thank you.

​Enrollment for the Emergency Broadband Benefit is now open. The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price. Families of WUSD all qualify under the CEP free lunch food program. Please check to see if your service provider is participating under the Emergency Broadband Benefit and go to https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit for more information now! La inscripción para el beneficio de banda ancha de emergencia ya está abierta. El beneficio de banda ancha de emergencia proporcionará un descuento de hasta $ 50 por mes para el servicio de banda ancha para hogares elegibles y hasta $ 75 por mes para hogares en tierras tribales elegibles. Los hogares elegibles también pueden recibir un descuento único de hasta $ 100 para comprar una computadora portátil, computadora de escritorio o tableta de los proveedores participantes si contribuyen más de $ 10 y menos de $ 50 al precio de compra. Todas las familias de WUSD califican bajo el programa de almuerzos gratuitos de CEP. Verifique si su proveedor de servicios participa en el beneficio de banda ancha de emergencia y visite https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit para obtener más información ahora.

Message from our Superintendent re returning to school after travel: If you travel over spring break, please be aware of the current guidelines for NON-Vaccinated individuals. Voluntary travel outside of the area (usually 120 miles or more) should be done cautiously, wear face masks, maintain social distance and wash your hands . If you are going somewhere and participating in higher risk areas like parks, hotels, etc., the current CDC guideline is to quarantine for a minimum of 7 days after traveling. It is further recommended to take a COVID test 3-5 days after you return, if negative you may return to work/school 7 days after travel. If you do not test you must stay out for 10 days and continue to monitor for COVID symptoms for 14 days.

BACK TO SCHOOL !!

Reopening for on-site instruction. This is the phased in process that will be used. March 15/16 There will be no school for students at Brookside, Blosser, BGMS to prepare the staff and site for the return of students. March 17 Wednesday 0n-site and Dist.Learning resumes - Brookside K-2, Blosser 3-5, BGMS 6th grade only. March 22 Sherwood K-8, Sanhedrin 9-12, BGMS 7-8 March 28 WHS 9th and 10th, Ind. Study students where space is available April 12 WHS 11th and 12th Bus runs, start times and schedule changes will be sent out by the schools sites on Friday.

Brookside had an electrical short in a heating blower that smolder this afternoon. The staff acted quickly got the fire department there to take care of it. It was room 19 in the west wing everything is back in place now. Thank you to the fire department for the quick service.

Brookside had an electrical short in a heating blower that smolder this afternoon. The staff acted quickly got the fire department there to take care of it. It was room 19 in the west wing everything is back in place now. Thank you to the fire department for the quick service.

Good Morning Brookside Families. We are happy to announce that electricity has been restored to Brookside. Please contact your child's teacher if you would like more information. Thank you.

Hi Brookside Families... we have electricity at Brookside! Thank you, PG&E! We are planning to resume our schedule as it was before the storms. If your child comes to school tomorrow, it would be wise to verify with your teacher, via Dojo or email, that your teacher and/or para-educator will be there. Some people are still greatly affected by the storm. Thanks for your patience through this. We appreciate you very much and hope that you are doing well.

The Willits teachers will open up today on their online classes if they’re able to and we would like students to connect if they can. We understand that there are still some power issues around town but if you have access please login.

Good evening Brookside families. Due to a power outage at Brookside School, there will be only distance learning for Brookside students. There will be no students at Brookside School on Thursday 1/27. Thank you.

So far WUSD has only received responses representing 370 of approximately 1500 students in the district. In order for us to get a clearer picture of your wishes, we must hear from more of our families. Below are the current results. If you have not filled out the survey please click on this link. https://www.willitsunified.com/o/wusd/page/school-reopening

WUSD has developed a draft plan with input from administration and teachers on how to reopen schools safely. I expect that this plan will have changes to it as time, data and procedures change. A major goal before coming back on site is to develop a viable academic plan, share it with our parents and then poll our parents to determine who wants to send their students back to on-site learning. Without question, WUSD will be following all the County Health Department guidelines for example; masks will be required, social distancing as much as possible, and small cohort sizes. I envision there is a group of parents who are not going to send their child back regardless of the hybrid model we have in place and others who are passionate about getting them back in even if it’s for a short period of time. WUSD wants to provide what the community needs and will have options for either on-site or to continue with distance learning. In order to provide our parents with choices it may require some staff movement and could take some time to put in place. WUSD will be doing a survey with the parents of all students to get information back to help plan for a reopen, whenever that can take place. The district has all the PPE necessary for staff and students. Every classroom will have a hospital grade air purifier and daily disinfection. Each site will have a set of health standards protocols. (Attached) At this time, COVID numbers are growing daily and reopening in a fully hybrid model is in not a good idea. The District also has several import safety items on back order, such as air purifiers. Currently WUSD is allowing students on campus to meet one on one with their teachers as needed, and providing direct services for our students with special needs. In the next few weeks, I would like the coaches to begin athletic conditioning with our students, following all the rules established by the athletic department. With the holidays approaching this is an opportune time to refine the practices and protocols. After the holidays, in mid-January we will have data to determine if it is allowable to reopen. Mark Westerburg Parent survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTNwoD3lYplGUpOBaDjXqVJnggfkQrExjieJOdR5_ts_jzAQ/viewform More information and Health and Safety Protocols https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1005611/WUSD_Health_and_Safety_Procedures_and_Protocols.pdf

Thank you to Stan Cooley for taking his Veterans Day to come down to the track and level it out before the rains and fixing the road to the Ag. Farm.

THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS The passing of Measure I will help us to fix and repair our facilities. We appreciate the vote of support.