This and That:

• There will be four District SIW dates for middle school staff this year.  Here are those dates: 10/18, 11/29, 2/28, 4/25.  Please plan around these dates when you are considering PD plans for your staff during School Improvement Wednesday times.
• Continue thinking about your plan for sub break(s) and lunch.  Let me know if you have any questions regarding how you might make a plan work for your building.  As you think through this, here are some resources that might be helpful.  This is a copy of the letter that has gone out to all HDESD registered subs.  From our discussion this morning, this is what I thought you said might be your initial thinking on how you will provide breaks/lunch.  Please feel free to update/correct anything I may have misunderstood or you’ve had additinoal thoughts regarding.  Lastly, CMS was able to dig in today and get to a place where they have a plan based on whether the regular teacher has a morning prep or afternoon prep.  All of these documents are within the BLS Docs tab.
• Also connected to subs and AESOP automated calls, the question came up today as to whether a school could have two different sub start times.  The answer is “yes” this is possible.  If you are interested in this possibility (as CMS is), please let me know and I’ll help you get connected to the folks who can support this happening.
• I will be out of the office next Friday (8/25) as we’ll be taking our youngest son off to college.  Feel free, as always, to give me a call or text on my cell if you need anything.

Reminders:

• The eclipse on Monday (8/21) has created some stir in Central Oregon.  As you are likely aware, we, as a district, have decided that we will be “closed to the public” on both Monday and Tuesday.  However, this is still a work day for those who are already on the clock.  So, if you (or anyone else in your building who has already begun working) want to take this day off then you need to report it as a non-work day.  In other words, inside the building it is a regular day.  The difference being that doors may remain locked so the community does not have access these two days.  Let me know if you have any questions regarding this.
• The Trauma Informed Schools Summit is next Thursday (8/24) at Summit HS beginning at 8:00.