{"id":2936,"date":"2023-09-01T21:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/juan.cuadros\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2023-09-01T21:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:53:17","slug":"09-01-2023-week-of-august-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/juan.cuadros\/2023\/09\/01\/09-01-2023-week-of-august-28\/","title":{"rendered":"09.01.2023 (Week of August 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you all had a great kickoff with staff. I was in a few schools and I totally had that nostalgic feeling of being with staff and the excitement of a new school year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For next week, Please survey your bike rack areas to count how many E-bikes, and other E-modes of transportation students are using to get to school. Please do this for the first three days of school. Here is the doc<\/a> to document. I may ask you to do it for the following week, but I will let you know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For your review and delivery in advisory, here is the bike safety presentation in the Fish Basket under Instruction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the\u00a0link<\/a>\u00a0to Rick’s presentation from Wednesday if any staff were unable to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a wonderful weekend. ~Juan <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Kinsey Martin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bias Incident Lesson-Here is the information that was sent earlier in the week: Doc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Dean Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MS team,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here<\/a> is a letter to share with your Language Arts teachers regarding easyCBM.  I am more than happy to come and talk with LA teams for 20 minutes about the assessment. Please let me know if and when you would like me to come to your site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did set a completion date of October 13th<\/sup> for al LA easyCBMs to be complete. This is a few weeks before conferences. I would not endorse sharing risk factors with families or students at this time without the context of the assessment and its purpose. It could provide unneeded stress to families and students. This data is internal.  If I come to your site, I do provide some context with a norm based assessment that is helpful for teachers when discussing these results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Doug Pigman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer and fall can mean smoky air in Central Oregon.  The amount of smoke in the air will vary across our 1,700 square mile District, so recommended strategies to keep the smoke outside will also vary.  You can find the DEQ operated air quality station nearest you at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon DEQ Air Quality Index Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indoor Mitigation Strategies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First<\/em>, please keep your doors and windows closed during smoke events.  I know this seems simple, but our facilities have lots of doors and windows, so it\u2019s best to walk the building and check.  If you have smoke in the building, opening doors and windows will not help the smoke leave the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second<\/em>, let the filters do their job.  The filters in our air handlers will filter interior air 4 to 6 times per hour.  The units will also pull a small amount of outside air 4-6 times per hour, which is filtered as it enters the building.  Please do not shut off the air handler units!<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third<\/em>, use the air scrubbers provided to each school by our Custodial Department (541-355-6601).  This added filtration can help in areas that may be smokier than others (ie entryways).  If the smoke in the facility appears to be excessive, please call our Maintenance team at 541-355-4700 and they will evaluate the system. They may<\/em><\/strong> ask you to shut down the air handler system with the shut-off button at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Scott Bojanowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety Reminders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n