Please click here for Glover's 2020-2021 Arrival/Dismissal Protocols

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Milton is a participating community in The William James INTERFACE Referral Service. Interface is a mental health and wellness referral Helpline available Monday through Friday, 9 am-5 pm, at 888-244-6843.

This is a free, confidential referral service for residents of Milton and other participating communities.

Callers from these participating communities are matched with licensed mental health providers from our extensive database, on average, within 2 weeks of their call to INTERFACE.

Each referral best meets the location, insurance, and specialty needs of the caller. All updates on Family Resources – food, heating assistance, health insurance, financial assistance, contacts – can be found at this link.

School Hours and Schedules:  On April 5th, Glover School hours will return to 8:50am-3:19pm daily. For in-person learners, arrival will begin at 8:35.

Arrival and dismissal procedures will be largely unchanged. Remote schedules will be communicated directly with remote families from teachers. In-person schedules will be shared with in-person families by classroom teachers. 

Lunch and Snack (in-person students): All students will now be eating lunch and snack in school. Unless there is inclement weather, students will be eating outside at all times. Students will be 6’ apart when eating. Glover School is peanut and nut free. Please do not send your child with any snacks/lunch items that contain nuts. Please send along items that are relatively simple for students to eat and navigate as they will not be seated at tables while eating. Students will have the opportunity to have school-provided lunch every day. Lunches and breakfasts will continue to be offered free of charge through the end of the year. School lunches will be “grab and go” options and students can sign up each morning during lunch count in the classroom.

Outside Time: Weather permitting, students may be outside more than in a typical year. All meal times will be outside and specialist classes are now in-person and may be held outside when possible. In addition, with movement being limited in the classroom, teachers may choose to maximize our beautiful outdoor space throughout the day for different activities/lessons. We are thankful to the Glover PTO for providing us tents and picnic tables! Please help your child dress for the weather and on sunny days, remember to apply sunscreen before school. Hats are always welcome for outside times. 

Movement Breaks: Recess doesn’t look like “recess” at Glover this year but students will have opportunities for safe movement breaks throughout the day, both inside their classrooms and outside. The Glover PTO has arranged for parent volunteers to help us paint fun and engaging movement activities on our blacktops that will keep kids moving in a safe way. They have also purchased and will be giving every child (remote and in-person) a special Glover Break Bag filled with individual sidewalk chalk, hackie sacks, jump ropes, and activities to help students move while still staying distanced. Thank you Glover PTO! We are hard at work coming up with awesome ways to keep our students moving and grooving in safe ways!

Medication Drop Off: Curbside, minimal contact medication drop off can be arranged with your school nurse. Please email your school nurse directly with your student’s name, the medication that will be dropped off, and the accompanying MD order.  MPS forms can be found here: MPS Over the Counter Medication Form; MPS Prescription Medication. After receipt of the required forms, the nurse will arrange drop off of the epipens, inhalers, seizure and over the counter medication.  Controlled substances, such as stimulant medication, must be handed directly to the nurse and proper pill count must be signed for. 

Click here for updated information about MPS Covid-19 policies

COVID-Related Policies and Absences:

Students are instructed to stay home and quarantine for 14 days if they have been notified by the Board of Health or Kim Coughlin that they are a close contact of a positive case.  This is also the case if someone has been notified by a friend or family member that they have been in contact with, because sometimes the BOH has a bit of a delay before they are able to reach all contacts.  This is true, even if the student's COVID test is negative.

Students (and staff) will be instructed to stay home while household members are waiting for results of a test.  This eliminates additional potential exposures if that household member ends up testing positive.

In short, staff and students should stay home if they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or someone in their household is waiting for results of a COVID-19 test. 

If a student is asked to stay home for any of these reasons, that student will be allowed to live stream into their regularly scheduled in-person classes only on they day(s) they would be in those in-person classes. 

All elementary families of students who loan out an MPS Chromebook have the option of purchasing insurance for their student’s Chromebook for the 2020-21 school year.  The optional insurance is thirty dollars and will cover any accidental damages to your student’s Chromebook.  Here is a link with instructions on how to purchase Optional Chromebook Insurance.

Chromebook Not Working? We are here to help!

If your school-issued device is not working, please email helpdesk@miltonps.org and we can arrange for a swap-out. Before you request a new chromebook, please make sure you have completed these steps:

1. Update your Chromebook

2. Turn Your Computer Off and Back On using the Power Button

3. Check to See that the Keyboard is Set to US 

4. Make Sure the Chromebook Charger is Fully Plugged In

5. If the device still does not work after trying these steps, please let us know.