{"id":139,"date":"2016-02-26T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=139"},"modified":"2016-02-26T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:13:12","slug":"2-26-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2016\/02\/26\/2-26-16\/","title":{"rendered":"2.26.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This and That:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You should receive your staffing plans prior to spring break. \u00a0The hope is to give you time to complete your plan, return to me for approval, and post any known openings prior to the Job Fair on April 11.<\/li>\n<li>The current BEA contract is <em>not<\/em> complete &#8211; hence the reason why there is no electronic or paper copy available. \u00a0There is some final arm wrestling\u00a0over wording currently taking place and you will be notified when a final copy is available. \u00a0Until then, if you have a specific question regarding contract language please refer those to Jon Lindsay or Debbie Watkins.<\/li>\n<li>This week the school board took a first look at next year&#8217;s school calendars, as well as the 2017-18 Major Dates calendar. \u00a0No formal action to approve was taken, but I do not anticipate any changes occurring at the middle level. \u00a0All of these calendars can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/u\/1\/folders\/0BwH82Aoi_UKTSEZSOExWM1d5VEk\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Scroll through and find the one that fits your school if you&#8217;d like!<\/li>\n<li>You may be hearing about an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onpointprize.com\/onpoint-prize.html\" target=\"_blank\">awards program for teachers<\/a> that is sponsored by On Point Credit Union. It sounds like a great thing, but it also looks an awful lot like an ethics violation for the winner. \u00a0Please do not advertise this program in any way unless you receive a request to have a flyer placed on the\u00a0&#8220;community bulletin board&#8221; at your school. \u00a0If you&#8217;d like to read more regarding potential ethics violation I will\u00a0forward you an email from our legal council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 5th grade Move Up Day is Thursday, May 19 for all middle\u00a0schools in Bend. \u00a0(Ponderosa may be an exception, but that will be worked through with SVMS, who will still have Move Up Day as scheduled on the 19th.)\u00a0\u00a0I have received some questions about this date earlier in the week, so wanted to make sure we are all on the same page. Gary Timms is also going to confirm\u00a0this date with\u00a0all of the elementary principals in the coming days. \u00a0The time for this activity is roughly\u00a09:30 &#8211; 11:00. \u00a0Let me know if you have any questions regarding this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This and That: You should receive your staffing plans prior to spring break. \u00a0The hope is to give you time to complete your plan, return to me for approval, and post any known openings prior to the Job Fair on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2016\/02\/26\/2-26-16\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}