To Do
Update your staffing plan to reflect recent changes!
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HS Principals: Send out the senior message regarding pranks to your seniors and families of seniors next week. The message will be sent centrally from District Office tomorrow
HS Principals: Collect/bring feedback from your admin team on the ACR process proposal. Prepare to share at May 15th meeting.
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From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy:
“Do Not Schedule” Dates: – Action required –
Here is the updated (26-27 through 28-29 school years) list of key religious observance dates to protect when scheduling any academic or extracurricular events. This applies to field trips, family nights, info sessions, tests and exams, special one-time assemblies or events, etc.
Please be sure you have shared that document with all relevant staff: office managers, activities and athletics, counselors, family engagement team, PTA/Booster Club leadership, ICCL team, etc.
Those key observances are also all populated into our 26-27 district-wide Family Engagement calendar in Outlook. If you add that calendar to your school or dept calendar, those “do not schedule” dates (along with any district-wide family events) will be visible to you, to avoid scheduling conflicts.
From Departments
From Ryan:
We are continuing our Classified staffing reconciliation process to ensure that all staff entitled to positions for next school year are appropriately placed. As we complete this work, we are going to temporarily pause posting additional Classified positions until those staff impacted are notified.
We expect communication regarding employees who will be involuntarily transferred to go to building leaders on Wednesday, May 13th, with the expectation that conversations with staff occur by Friday, May 15th.
Following that process, we will move forward with posting Classified positions for next year. In an effort to align our Certified and Classified staffing processes, we will also pause posting new Certified positions for the 2026–27 school year until May 15th.
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From Ryan:
A quick reminder of expectations under Policy GCPC/GDPC-AP: Reemployment of PERS-Retired Staff.
Policy Summary:
Employees who retire under PERS may request to continue working through the end of the school year.
Requests to be rehired upon retirement must be submitted in writing at least 30 days before the end of the school year.
Approval is based on:
- District need
- Satisfactory performance history
If the request is approved:
- Continued employment is Temporary through June 30
- There is no guarantee of continued employment beyond the current school year
- Final decisions are made at the discretion of the Superintendent or designee
The district may choose to reemploy a PERS retiree beyond the year of retirement:
- Employment may be offered for a maximum of one year for each hiring action
- All employment is Temporary for the single school year
- Licensed staff may be rehired for up to three years following retirement
- Different rules and limitations may apply for licensed and non-licensed staff
- A shortened hiring process may be used
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From Scott and Kayla in Safety on behalf of Bend PD
Just giving you a heads up that your school SRO may be contacting you about gathering some student generated art that they can display in the Bend Police Department. We are unsure about the amount of space they have to display these works, so please talk with your SRO before doing anything. There is also talk that it may be themed related (Nature, animals, F1 cars–wink wink etc.) Your SRO may know about that as well. Thanks for considering helping make their space feel fun and celebrated.
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From Jess:
Here are the school counseling program updates.
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From Gabe: Here is the weekly. Have a great week.
TOSA Updates
From Monica:
SS update:
All AP and IB Social Studies teachers were given the paid (sub or curricular rate) opportunity to meet as subject area/class PLC’s to plan and discuss rubric conversions. At this time, one person from MVHS and two from Summit were interested. BHS opted for summer work.
The TOSA/TL team hoped to facilitate this work before the start of next year. Based on the SS teacher feedback, I need to pivot and will offer END breakout sessions or some time in the fall for SS teachers to calibrate.
Dean’s got it; there is variation in content area rubrics, type of question and points allocated. It is not always a one rubric fit all model. This doesn’t mean we can’t calibrate on the 0-4 BLP scale. It will look a little different than the model presented, depending on the class.
Calibration work can happen with a shift in our timeline goal.
I added building leaders from other schools to offer them an update.
Calendar
May 13: All Admin Training 3-4:30 @ MVHS
May 13: Excellence in Ed Awards 4:30-6:30 @ MVHS
May 14th: MS Only – TAG Admin/ICCL Meeting @ Ed Center 3:30 – 5:00
May 14: Latino Family Night 5:30 @ MVHS
May 15: HS Principal Connection 8-10 @ RHS
May 19: Secondary Administrator work session @ CHS 9-11 – focus on SBGI
May 21: Karen Mapp session on Chronic Absenteeism 8-12 – Admin lead for attendance attends
May 25: Memorial Day Holiday, no School
May 28: Waypoints Core Skills assessment window closes for secondary
June 15: School Design Plan Showcase 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. @ CHS
June 15: End of Year Administrator Celebration (and lunch!) @ HDMS 11:30-1:00
Where in the World
Congrats to Quinn McAndrews for correctly identifying the island green at Coeur d’Alene Resort. The green is surrounded by water and golfers ride a ferry out to finish the hole. The green can be moved with a cable system that allows the distance from the tee box to change depending on the day you are there.
Below is the image for this week. Send us your guess for this location by Monday, win the drawing, and Stephen or Katie will bring you your school appropriate beverage of choice:
