Schools Closing for Two Weeks

Dear staff, parents and members of the Newmarket community-

Though the number of presumptive cases of the Coronavirus in New Hampshire are relatively low (seven), there are three known cases in Rockingham county and last night one in Manchester was confirmed. Given these cases continue to be identified in our general area and it will become increasingly more difficult to trace contact with others outside of our school setting, I no longer feel comfortable having students return to school on Monday. For this reason, and out of an abundance of caution, we will be closing school for students for at least the next two weeks. I wanted to give you as much advance notice of this as possible to allow you time to make plans.

Monday and Tuesday, staff will continue making necessary preparations to initiate a remote learning plan that will allow us to provide education and support services to students during the closure. We will be talking to the commissioner at noontime today to seek guidance about current remote learning expectations and we will provide you with more information about our plan over the next several days.

Thank you for your cooperation and flexibility as we navigate this very dynamic situation. More information will follow later today.

Susan K. Givens, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools