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From Scott in District Safety: I wanted to take a moment to send out a reminder on our drill procedures. Your Safety Administrator should have been granted access to the District Safety Site Representatives – Drills Google Drive. Be sure you record … Continue reading →

To Do: Student Health Survey: Begin preparing to implement this survey to all of your juniors:1. Prior to October 24: Communicate to your staff that we are implementing the survey to JUNIORS this year and how this will happen in … Continue reading →

To Do: From Kinsey re: Principals’ Professional Learning Session: Here is the agenda for our time together Mon the 12th at Trinity Episcopal Church on Wall Street.  Please note the location and plan accordingly so we can start right at 3:00pm.  … Continue reading →

To Do: From Kinsey re: Spanish phone message:  Family Liaisons can help principals re-record their phone messages!  Liaisons officially started back to work Tuesday, and I’m in the process of connecting each school with their assigned liaison, so they should … Continue reading →

To Do: Welcome Back Celebration News! As you know, this year’s Welcome Back presentation will take place virtually (8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 at https://bls.fyi/welcomeback), but the celebration will ALSO take place in-person – at your school/department. We want to see your … Continue reading →

To Do: HERE is the link for those who have not yet registered for the Innovative Teaching and Learning Conference. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Ryan Kelling, Director of Recruitment and Retention: We will be welcoming our new Certified hires to BLS on Monday … Continue reading →

To Do: Principals, please send me a quick email or text verifying that you sent these letters. This was in the blog last Friday: Send letters to parents by next Friday, August 12: We continue to participate in the Return … Continue reading →

Think abouts… From our Math TOSA, Linda Adams: Should U.S. K–12 math curriculum change—and if so, how? Should schools emphasize “deeper understanding” or drilling and memorization? Should they shift their emphasis toward data science and away from calculus? What are the … Continue reading →

To Do: School Offices – please remember to post your office hours and office availability before you leave for the summer.  Front offices at BSHS, CHS, LPHS, MVHS and SHS should be open August 1st. Front offices at [email protected] and Realms … Continue reading →

To Do: Security Requirements: I included this information last week, but am adding it again for emphasis. We had an unsafe situation occur at HDMS this week where a felon/child predator was allowed into the building. When the protocols for … Continue reading →