{"id":6364,"date":"2026-02-13T20:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:13:57","slug":"february-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2026\/02\/13\/february-13\/","title":{"rendered":"February 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday:\u00a0 Enjoy! \u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday: K-2 Literacy Team (A3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday: \u00a0Care Team Meeting @ 8:00 (Den); SRO Fun Activities @ Lunches; Regular ED EA Meeting @ 1:00 (A6); SIW-Teacher Discretionary Time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday: MTSS: 1<sup>st<\/sup> (C5)\u00a0 PLC: K, 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-5<sup>th<\/sup> @ 2:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for letting me know if you would be interested in being part of the <strong>Lion Dash planning team.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes for you about March Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-On <strong>Tuesday,<\/strong> we&#8217;re planning to send home <strong>conference scheduling sheets<\/strong> to families.  You&#8217;ll find these in your mailbox in the morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Sibling Conference <\/strong>scheduling is <strong>March 3rd @ 2:30 (Media Center)<\/strong>.  Thank you for waiting to schedule conferences until after this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Wednesday we included <a href=\"https:\/\/app.smore.com\/n\/jhqanw\">this conference information<\/a> in the newsletter. Please let Laci or I know if we can provide any support with questions\/issues that may arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Below is a is a mutually developed message from Bend-La Pine and BEA that principals have been asked to share about conferences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If a family requests a virtual or phone format for their conference, please honor this request.\u00a0 Here are some details for you and the why behind it:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our expectation is that teachers reasonably accommodate individual requests for need-based circumstances.\u00a0 However, if the request is due to vacation, leisure travel, or related discretionary activities that the family chose to take during conferences, you are not required to honor a modified format request.\u00a0 If you feel a family is making an unreasonable request or the request unfairly burdens your time, contact your admin team for support.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A family might request a modified format due to illness, lack of transportation, lack of safety being in public spaces right now, or other personal reasons.\u00a0 Families are not required to disclose personal details of their circumstances in order to access a phone or virtual option.\u00a0<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-at-10.41.14-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-at-10.41.14-AM.png 1009w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-at-10.41.14-AM-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-at-10.41.14-AM-768x393.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Room Tidy Team:&nbsp; <strong>2nd Grade Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Week is a <strong>B week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-1024x364.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-1024x364.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM.png 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: \u00a0 Thank you for letting me know if you would be interested in being part of the Lion Dash planning team. Notes for you about March Conferences -On Tuesday, we&#8217;re planning to send home &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2026\/02\/13\/february-13\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6364"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6378,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}