MPV has an employee who has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result of the positive, 6 students have been quarantined. This is a statement for September 28, 2020.
Tomorrow, September 26, 2020 is our 4th Virtual Learning Saturday. We only have two more after tomorrow. Please support our students in completing the assignments. Our teachers and principals are available for students by email. There will not be any students or staff at the school sites physically.
There will be a Title 1 meeting at 5:30 P.M. Thursday evening, September 24, 2020. The meeting will be held in the District Administration Building. The district will share information about the use of federal funds to meet the needs of our students. We will also have our Annual Report to the Public at 5:45 p.m. This meeting will be for the purpose of sharing the current academic and financial status of MPV School District. The address is 424 Alma Avenue, Mulberry, AR.
Tomorrow, September 19th, 2020 is a Virtual Learning Day. Please direct questions to the appropriate school principal. It is important to remember that completed school assignments will be the method for recording attendance. It is also important to remember that no students or staff are required to be physically present at the school site.
Important Announcement:
The Mulberry/Pleasant View Bi-County School District is excited to announce a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for our new MPV Auditorium. It will be held September 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. . The public is invited. Masks will be required and temperatures will be taken due to COvID-19. Parking is limited at this time. Overflow parking will be available in the high school parking lot East of Mulberry High School and in an open lot west of MPV Auditorium on Alma Avenue.
Reminder: Saturday, September 12th (day after tomorrow) is a virtual learning day for MPV School District. This will be the 2nd of 6 virtual days we are doing. Please support our students in providing and completing these assignments or assessments. Completing the assignment counts as the daily attendance.
Reminder to all staff, students, parents and guardians:
1. Do not come to school if Running a fever.
2. If you or anyone in your household is tested for COVID-19, do not return to school until test results indicate you and your family members are not a positive case of COVID-19.
Thank you for helping us work towards a healthy learning environment.
Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that school district data reflecting the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in each school district will be reported on the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) website. Additionally, trend information on new cases in school district zones can be found on the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) website. MPV has a Point of Contact (POC) identified to be the liaison with ADH and a process in place to help minimize the risk in out schools. As cases associated with students or staff in the school district are confirmed, those individuals will be notified by health department officials. Any student or staff member who has been identified as a probable close contact will be notified by health department officials or the District POC and will be advised of next steps. For the privacy of students and staff, MPV will not be sharing any detailed information related to individual cases. We are committed to providing the safest learning environment and will continue to follow guidance by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in conjunction with the Arkansas Department of Health.
Saturday, August 29th is a Virtual Learning Day. Principals and teachers will inform students of the day’s assignment. Teaches and Principals will be available on Saturday via email if needed. Please call your school principal if you have questions. Encourage all students to engage with the planned assignment.
MPV School District: Issues regarding our phone system have been resolved.
MPV School District: We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our phone system. We are working on resolving this problem as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Important reminders for the health and safety of our students, staff and community:
1. Please make sure to have an updated phone number on file with your child’s school.
2. Please keep children home if they are running fever, coughing, or generally appear to be ill. . 100.4 and above is the unacceptable temperature but any fever should be reason to keep a child at home during COVID-19.
3. Put a mask on your child before they get on the bus.
4. If a child appears to be ill the bus driver may take a child’s temperature with a touch-less thermometer. Please be available if possible if there is a need to keep the child home.
5. If you have a young child riding the bus please try to be with them at the bus stop.
6. Please be at the bus stop early the first few days in order to become familiar with the arrival time each morning.
7. Parents dropping off children at school should not get out of car to go to classrooms. Contact your principal if there is a need to do otherwise.
8. All visitors should wear a mask and check in at the respective school office.
9. Please be patient as we all do our best to follow ADH guidelines and keep our children healthy.
10. Positive cases within our student body or staff should be reported to the Point of Contact (POC) for MPV Schools, Mr. Anthony Hood. Phone numbers are: 479-997-8469 or 479-297-1948.
11. Marvin Primary Phone number is 479-997-1495, Pleasant View Campus 479-997-8469 and Mulberry High School is 479-997-1363. Please call your school principal if you have questions.
We love our kids and can’t wait to see them. We are optimistic and excited to begin the year!
Breakfast and lunch will be available to MPV Virtual Students. In order to reserve meals for your children, you may request meals from the nearest cafeteria or the cafeteria of your choice. Please call the office at the campus you choose before 9:00 a.m. This will allow the needed time for cafeteria staff to prepare the number of meals ordered. The meals may be picked up in the front office at each respective school between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Mulberry High School—997-1363
Pleasant View Campus—997-8469
Marvin Primary—997-1495
From MPV Administration: The Revised 2020-21 School Calendar will be on the website. An updated informational letter concerning the starting of school will also be on the website.
MPV Administration: We understand everyone is a bit anxious about getting information concerning the start of school. The difficulty of releasing plans to this point has been the ever changing directives and guidelines from the department of education and Arkansas Department of Health. Even yesterday, we were informed that we would have to change the date for starting school. When we do send information, we want to be as accurate as humanly possible. Toward that end, the District plans to release a letter to parents and community during the week of July 20th. That date will be one month before school starts on August 24th. We are hopeful the Arkansas Department of Health and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for Arkansas will be fairly certain of their expectations for us by then. It is important to understand that information could change after that date depending on the status of COVID-19. We appreciate your patience and can’t wait to see our students!
The Governor announced today that schools would not be allowed to start until August 24th. We will anticipate starting that day. Some adjustments will have to be made to our school calendar but we will work through that as promptly as possible. The MPV School District’s number one priority is our students and we are looking forward to seeing each student on the 24th. Keep looking for updates from the District as we prepare for a successful year.
ArtUp invites you to help celebrate the 4th of July. The celebration is called “Chalk the Walk” and all get a free snow cone if a work of art is completed in a pre-marked social distance space provided. Chalk for the project is provided. Hot Dogs and Snow Cones will be for sale as well. This event is Saturday, June 27th in Downtown Mulberry. We encourage MPV students to take advantage of this fun experience provided by ArtUp!
MPV Administration: Parents and Guardians will be receiving a letter from Dr. Myers concerning returning to school. It is somewhat general in nature with many more specifics coming later in July as we get closer to school. For now the District is attempting to obtain a close estimate as to how many parents will send students back to school (with safety guidelines in place being followed) and how many parents will most likely prefer remote (at home learning) via technology. We will also offer a blended program using some instruction face to face and some instruction done remotely. In summary, the letter basically will ask you to contact your principal if remote learning is what you fully expect to do. Please don’t worry about this being a final answer. We are simply attempting to determine how many students we may be serving remotely. Thanks and we appreciate you!
All report cards that have not been picked up at the school site are now located at the Administration Building located at 424 Alma Avenue. You may pick them up between the hours of 8:30-2:30 Monday-Friday.
Message from MPV Administration:
MPV School District will have a Title 1 Evaluation and Planning meeting June 15th, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. in the District Administration Building. Parents and Guardians are invited to attend in order to help us plan on how to most effectively support our students.