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Chronic Absenteeism- You may or may not have seen that ODE has released a chronic absenteeism website titled Every-Day-Matters. There are some great resources to help schools help students improve attendance. Bullying-October is bullying prevention month. It is a topic … Continue reading →

MAC Survey- Thank you for your participation in our MAC survey this past week. Please be sure that you and any other staff that have not yet completed the survey do so soon. From Mara: With our first MAC survey … Continue reading →

Start Times- Thank you for your work sharing the new start time information with you staff. Please include the following in an upcoming newsletter: New school start times for 2019-20: Next fall, elementary schools will start approximately one hour EARLIER. … Continue reading →

SBAC Data- If you haven’t already had an opportunity to review the SBAC comparison school data that Dave sent out earlier this week, I suggest you take some time to look. The data reflects very well on the work you … Continue reading →

We are attempting to go through this blog to deliver any information that is not immediately urgent. We are hoping that having it come in one place at one time will be easier for you to keep track of and … Continue reading →

SBAC Notification- Dave V. sent out English and Spanish versions of the SBAC parent notification that earlier this week, but I’ve linked them again in case you missed Dave’s email. Please send those soon. Opt out forms will come at … Continue reading →

Enrollment- Elementary is still under projection. In fact, our deficit has grown since the first day of school.  Needless to say, we are not using the 2 FTE and won’t be unless we see dramatic growth. Let me know if … Continue reading →

Thank you all for such a great start to the school year. I was fortunate enough to make it to all of your schools on Wednesday or Thursday and what I saw was inspiring! Happy students, happy parents and happy … Continue reading →

Enrollment- I bet you are surprised I’m starting with this! As of 7:50 AM Friday we are still 87 under what was projected in your staffing plans. The bulk of that is in kindergarten and first grade. That means we … Continue reading →

Enrollment/Staffing- I’ll start with the topic that is at the forefront of everyone’s mind- enrollment and staffing. As of this morning, elementary schools were 165 under enrollment projections. We need to get much closer to projections before I can release … Continue reading →