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District outlines supports for Garfield students, walking visits and family events ahead of reassignments
Summary
Following Garfield's closure, the district confirmed that K–4 families have received reassignment letters, said it will run walking visits to newly assigned schools and family social events, and maintained elementary wellness staffing while exploring university partnerships for anxiety support.
The Collingswood Public School District described multiple transition supports for students displaced by the Garfield school closure, including communications, visits and counseling resources.
A curriculum presenter told the board that all currently enrolled Garfield students in grades kindergarten through fourth grade received reassignment letters last Thursday and that the district accelerated communications to give families more time to prepare. The presenter said the district has been using a Garfield working group and will continue transition planning over the summer.
To help students acclimate, the district will organize walking field trips to newly assigned schools on the 27th during school hours and will hold family and student social events at assigned schools in June. The district also will connect individual students who need more support with "new buddies" at their assigned schools and is exploring a partnership with Temple University’s anxiety clinic to provide low-cost counseling days under supervised graduate clinicians.
Administrators emphasized that the elementary wellness team staffing was preserved as a budget priority so it could support the 113 Garfield students through reassignment; the district also plans to use interns and partner resources to extend counseling reach. The board said details about how services will be delivered and any continuing funding commitments will be shared as plans are finalized.
