Thank you for working to identify 10 students in each 4th and 5th grade class and for fielding inquiries from parents and from staff.\u00a0 I know limiting it to 10 is difficult but we need to do what we can within the confines of the state guidelines.\u00a0 I think we can agree that the pandemic has adversely affected everyone but there are certain kids and families that have been affected disproportionately.\u00a0 Until the square footage limitations change and we can bring all kids in WINN is what we are going to do.\u00a0 Please remember to get your names to transportation by Monday.\u00a0 I appreciate your efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From our Nurses<\/strong> – Here is a reminder<\/a> regarding the symptoms of COVID that would be good to again share with your staff and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HS Athletics message from Dave Williams last week<\/strong> – Here is the Spanish version<\/a> of that same document sent last week. Please share with your families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Media message and reminder from Alandra<\/strong> – Reminder that reporters are considered visitors and, as such, are not allowed inside our buildings whether or not students are present. If you get a call from a reporter, or have questions, please reach out to Alandra or Julianne for guidance. We are here to help support you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo\/Video Sharing from Alandra<\/strong> – When sharing photos or video of students \u2013 whether on social media, newsletter to families, video montage, etc. \u2013 be sure to follow our guidelines<\/a>. We are continuing to see a few photos of students or staff without masks pop up. Even if the photo is taken during a time, such as lunch, when masks may not be required, please do not share those photos. If you have questions, reach out to Alandra \u2013 alandra.johnson@Bend.k12.or.us<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Becky Rehwalt <\/strong>– Our Synergy team is in the process of pointing students to schools for the 2021-22 school year. As part of this process, all students currently enrolled in BLPO or D-CDL will be pointed back to their concurrent school for the start of next school year, not the virtual program, with exception of 5th and 8th graders. 5th and 8th grade students will be pointed to their attendance area school. This means that the 1900 students who currently have a home school of Bend-La Pine Online will be counted at your sites, not the virtual program they are currently attending. Please let Becky Rehwalt or Amy Tarnow know if you have any questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n SRO from update<\/strong> – One of our SRO\u2019s, Erik Ammon who was assigned to MVHS, has resigned from the Bend PD. We will probably be without the fourth SRO for the remainder of this school year. Bend PD is going to move Officer Scott Schaier over to MVHS (from the middle schools and BTA) to replace Erik for the remainder of the school year. We will still have Office Jimmy Krauger at Summit HS and Office Amy Ward at Bend HS. They will each cover down on the feeder schools to their respective high schools as well. Sergeant Tom Pine, the SRO supervisor, will be a floater for the team, helping to cover all our schools as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Amy Tarnow<\/strong> – Our Instructional Technology Team has some exciting news. They’re doing a bit of rebranding and will now be known as the BLS EdTech Team (to avoid confusion between IT for Instructional Tech, and IT for Informational Tech.) They’re also excited to start sharing a bi-monthly newsletter, BLS EdTech Bytes. You can find the first edition linked here.<\/a> Administrators who use the web version of Outlook will find it contains an easy & useful tip this week…so be sure to check it out for that and other exciting topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reminder from Lora <\/strong>– As you know, we\u2019ll be having a Leadership meeting this Monday at 4:00 in Lora\u2019s Webex room. The agenda will include a budget message (the same one that will be presented at the Board meeting the next evening), a timeline for staffing plans and hiring, summer school programming, Portland job fair info, and maybe a few other items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reminder from Katie<\/strong> – You recently received an email regarding a virtual (Webex) meeting<\/a> with Dr. Doug Reeves regarding a new district study on equitable grading practices. This will take place next Wednesday, March 10, from 2:30 \u2013 4:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early Entrance inquiries<\/strong> – Amy Stafford, secretary in the Office of School Support, will be the single point of contact for parents wanting EE testing and for building administrators. No psych names will be added to the packets and brochures. She will direct parents to 1) available district psychs in a running order or 2) a list of private psych that can perform the testing if no district psychs are available. Currently there are no available districts psychs available to refer to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Summer School <\/strong>– Just a reminder that I sent out the interest survey a summer school option for our highest needs students. We\u2019d like to know how much interest there might be amongst our current staff (teachers, EAs, liaisons, etc). Here is a link to a very short survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for working to identify 10 students in each 4th and 5th grade class and for fielding inquiries from parents and from staff.\u00a0 I know limiting it to 10 is difficult but we need to do what we can Continue reading March 5, 2021<\/span>Updates, Reminders, Info and Rants…<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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