September 30, 2020

Concordia R-II Community:

The Concordia R-II School District will be closed Thursday (10/1/20) and Friday (10/2/20) to our students.  Our staff will still work both days to help deep clean buildings, prepare technology, catch up with distance learning students and those recently quarantined, and continue to plan.  Since my statement last Friday, we have added 3 positive cases at the high school and 2 positive cases at the elementary school, bringing the total to 4 and 3 respectively.  We currently have approximately 30 students at CES and 70 students at CHS that are quarantining because of possible school/outside of school contact with someone that has tested positive.  We have 17 staff members that are quarantining (none have tested positive) as well because of possible exposure in school/outside of school.

Trying to cover for the staff that are quarantining has become extremely difficult especially with the limited number of substitutes that are currently available.  The large majority of our staff and students are scheduled to return from quarantine next Monday and Tuesday.  This two day closure will not only give us an opportunity to thoroughly clean the buildings and provide an opportunity for our distance learning students/staff to catch up, but will provide extra time for our quarantined staff to return to work so less subs will be needed.  Our plan is to return to school on Monday as normal, but we will make that decision based on how things go the next few days.  Either way, we will release that information by 7pm on Saturday evening at the latest to give everyone time to make preparations.  If cases and quarantines continue to increase, we will consider switching to our district distance learning platform (google classroom) as well.

We are in desperate need of substitute teachers.  Please call the district office (660-463-7235) if you are interested and want to see if you do/could meet the qualifications. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we continue to try and provide the best education for our students as possible while keeping everyone healthy and safe.  The district will continue to work with the Lafayette County Health Department to ensure best protocols are being followed.

Sincerely,

Brent Cooper, Superintendent

Possible exposure to a positive case of COVID-19: The health department received a report of a possible public exposure to COVID-19. If you attended a dance in Emma Saturday, September 19th, from 6:00pm-11:00pm, you may have been exposed to a positive case of COVID-19. Please monitor for the following symptoms: Headache, fatigue, nausea/vomiting, congestion, sore throat, loss of taste/smell, severe back ache, diarrhea, fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, shortness of breath. If you experience any of these symptoms, please seek testing. Please call the health department at 660-259-4371 option 4 if you need information on testing in our area.

Lafayette County Health Department

Enrollment forms may be found:

CES: https://concordia.socs.net/vnews/display.v/SEC/CES%7CCES%20Enrollment%20Papers
CHS: https://concordia.socs.net/vnews/display.v/SEC/CHS%7CEnrollment%20Paperwork

September 10, 2020

Concordia R-II Community:

Due to an extension of a federally funded program that we participated in last spring, beginning September 14^th the Concordia School District will be providing free meals (breakfast & lunch) to all students.  This will be available through December 18^th(last day of 1^st semester) for our district or until the federal funds are exhausted.  We will update you if that should occur before December 18^th.  Parents do not need to sign anything to enroll students in the program that are already attending school in person.  This will happen automatically, and their balances will remain unchanged until the end of this program unless they purchase extras or ala cart items which will still be charged at the regular rate.  

For children ages 1-18 that are not attending the Concordia R-II School District and would like to participate, please have a parent call the Concordia High School Office (660-463-2246) or visit the district website and complete the online form (Click Here for Form ) by Friday 10:00am to be able to participate in the grab & go meals (no dine-in option for non-students) for the following week.  Meal pick-up for students not attending the district schools in person will take place on each Monday, or the first day of the week we are in attendance, at the High School Office from 10:00-11:00am.  Breakfast and lunch will be available for the entire week at that time only, there will not be meals available for pick up at any other time or day of the week. 

Sincerely,

Brent Cooper
Superintendent of Schools

The Concordia R-II School District participates in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Below is a list of forms and/or resources that parents may find useful:  (If another language is requested, please ask your school secretary.)

Medical Statement for Students Needing Modified Meals