In her most recent email blast, Superintendent Mary Gormley reviewed the 3 recent incidents at the high school involving live ammunition and which resulted on two occasions in lockdowns.

She noted that “The recent discoveries of live ammunition on the Milton High School campus, as well as the subsequent lockdowns of Milton High have impacted students throughout the Milton Public Schools over the past several weeks” and confirmed “a suspect has been identified in the April 13th incident and is now facing both criminal charges and school administrative action.”

Among the points he made were:

• Our Alert-Now emails were sent to parents as soon as it was deemed safe to do so. The decision as to when to send the alert, in all cases, was a joint decision made by me and Chief Wells.
  We are considering the installation of video surveillance cameras in and around Milton High School. We are consulting with the Milton Police Department and looking into funding sources for this project.
• Parents/guardians who have a firearm license should double-check their weapons and an ammunition supply to be sure nothing is missing. Take this opportunity to be sure all weapons are kept in a secure location.
• Police Chief Wells and I encouraged all of the parents who attended the forum and I am strongly encouraging you now to take the time to sit down with your children to discuss the recent issues.

She stressed the need to “Communicate to your children that if they have information of any kind about the recent incidents they can speak with you or any adult in our schools. Your children have to be encouraged to share any information they have without the fear of punishment or discipline from you or any adult within our schools.”

She also reviewed the changes made to foreign language and first grade enrollment. FLES has been reinstated in the first grade. There will be one 30 minute period to the English program.

The administration is implementing an” Alternate Assignment” system. This will use a  “Tiered Lottery” system to determine school placement in the event that either French Immersion or English FLES is oversubscribed at a home school. In addition, “there will no longer be “Grandfathering” for siblings if your child is assigned to a school other than your Home School. (This will only affect incoming grade one students.)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Parents must choose a program and submit the necessary paperwork by April 30th. If you do not have the proper forms, visit this link: http://www.miltonps.org/documents/Grade_1_Choice_Form.pdf. Parents who are interested in obtaining more information about the World Language Program changes are encouraged to view the presentation from our recent Grade One Information Night. This is available at: http://www.miltonps.org/documents/Grade_1_Presentation.pdf

You can find the full text of Ms. Gormley’s most recent email blast here.