TO DO:

From Lora: It has been so fun to be spending time each week visiting our schools…with students in them! Thanks again to all of you for your hard work in getting and keeping our schools open. One note: in my visits so far, I have noticed that some of the signage at the front of schools (welcoming words, important information) is only in English. Please make sure to have Spanish-language signs, as well. _________________________________________________________________________________

Next week is Classified Appreciation Week and we are collecting images of our classified staff members hard at work to celebrate all they do. Principals, if you have any photos you’d like to share to add to this effort, please send them to Rainier Butler (who is helping in communication right now): [email protected]. _________________________________________________________________________________

Our TLC teams are getting ready to start the curriculum ordering process for the 2021-22 school year.  We have been working hard to refine our system to make it easier for schools to determine what they need and want, and for our district-level purchasing and deployment teams to complete their parts of the process in an efficient, timely, and transparent manner that will provide more information back to sites and teachers as materials are ready for use in August.  As a reminder, this process encompasses both digital and print materials that need to be refreshed or purchased each year.  In preparation, we need a representative (or several) from each secondary site.  Please let Amy Tarnow know who your point person will be by March 8th – if not sooner, and reach out to her with any questions. _________________________________________________________________________________At our Horizontal this past week we talked about the new C19 attendance code. Here are two documents that will help explain this code and point you/your staff to see when a student is expected back to school after a C19 absence. _________________________________________________________________________________

Please share this letter regarding no spectators at HS athletic events out to your families. There will be an option for watching events as they are live-streamed (with links in the letter). As you may be aware, MS athletics will begin with track and all competitions will be virtual.

THIS and THAT:

Many of you may already be aware that our very own Dr. Birk has been hosting book clubs over the course of the last several months around the topics of equity and race. Lisa has shared her new opportunity to connect, discuss, and challenge one another … and I’m passing it along to you if you are interested in participating:

The focus of our next two months together will be Oregon History as it relates to the topics of Equity and Race. We will be meeting every two weeks on Thursday evenings at 6 pm in my webex room. The meeting lasts from 6-7. Each time we meet, we will talk about a passage, video, article, podcast, etc. that is identified the time before. Our meeting dates are 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, and 4/29. Here is a link to my webex room: https://bls.webex.com/meet/lisa.birk

If interested, please sign-up using the following link: https://forms.gle/kovrWeBAHFwKsPiW6. _________________________________________________________________________________

Here is a one-page document from Scott B. that outlines the steps to take for responding to a Safety Oregon tip. _________________________________________________________________________________

The federal “Education Department said Monday that it will not allow states to forgo federally required standardized testing in schools this year but will give them flexibility to delay testing or hold it online during the pandemic.” Read more in this AP article. We do not know – yet – what this means for Oregon (who had previously communicated that we would be pausing on state assessments this year), but we are sure to hear more about this as things begin to become unraveled. Stay tuned! _________________________________________________________________________________

Quarantine recommendations do not apply to individuals arriving to Oregon from other states or countries or Oregon residents returning from other states or countries if:
 • They have received both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine (or one dose of a single-dose vaccine if it becomes available), 
AND 
• It has been at least 14 days since their final dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 
AND 
• They have no COVID-19 symptoms. 
Individuals should still monitor themselves for COVID-19 symptoms during the 14 days after travel and, if symptoms develop, they should self-isolate and seek testing. Here is the full document from OHA. _________________________________________________________________________________

Feel free to share this flyer with your staff and families if you’d like. Boys and Girls Club has openings for youth of all ages.

REMINDERS:

See you all on Tuesday at 8:00 for our Horizontal. _________________________________________________________________________________

As a reminder principals, we’ll meet at 9:00 on Tuesday in order to exchange and sign ACRs (electronically). _________________________________________________________________________________

If you haven’t added it to your calendar yet, please save the date for a Leadership meeting on March 8 from 4 – 5:00pm. We’ll be meeting in Lora’s Webex room.