To Do
From Kinsey – Policy, Advocacy, & Equity:
Attendance policy:
Last call for any feedback on content as we update the attendance policy. Reminders from our conversation at your recent horizontal meeting:
- The draft linked above includes all language from both OSBA’s sample and our current version. We’ll weave them into one coherent policy, but we left all the language from both in order for you to review and give input on preferences regarding any/all of it.
- Please share with relevant office staff and ask for their insights.
- Feedback we’re looking for:
- Anything in this language that contradicts our preferred practices, or anything missing that we should add to capture current processes working well in your buildings;
- Requests for training or procedural support related to this policy topic;
- Please don’t make specific red-line edits—I’m just looking for your general thoughts on what’s helpful for you to codify in policy.
- Send your team’s feedback to Kinsey via email or phone call, by October 25
- Related to attendance: We’ll be offering an admin PD group to dig into best practices for home visits. More on that soon!
Upcoming events and key dates:
Please mark your calendars for these events:
- District-wide 7th annual Latino Family Night:
- Thursday, November 21st 5:30-7:30pm at MVHS
- The Woodburn High School student mariachi band will be performing! Come grab some dinner, check out their performance, and connect with families, students, and staff for some games and fun!
- Invitation here. Family Liaisons and Latino Family Advisory members will provide you with some copies, but feel free to share in staff and family newsletters.
- MAC Survey Day: This will happen sometime the week of Nov 11. Please make sure your FAN Advocate can get in front of staff ahead of that week, to introduce themselves and remind about procedures. Also, thank you for prioritizing your own time to claim an activity that day if at all possible. Without you doing that, we can’t afford to have FAN Advocates in our schools (eek).
- LGBTQIA2S+ Alliance principal conversation:
- Our Alliance group would love to connect with principals (or an administrator from each school) for some conversation and to learn about what you’re proud of at your school, as far as LGBTQ student/family supports, resources, and experiences they can seek out.
- Please plan to join us Tuesday, January 21st. (I’ll remind you later—just mark you calendar 🙂)
- Reminder: 3 years’ worth of Holidays/”Do Not Schedule” Dates
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From Scott and Kayla in Safety:
Please review the updated AQI protocols on our staff portal. We have updated the AQI map resources for administrators to use to make real-time decisions on AQI readings near your schools. We will now be using the EPA Air Now Smoke and Fire Map or the Watch Duty AQI Smoke and Fire Map applications that provide real-time AQI readings.
We will also be forming a stakeholder committee to review the AQI thresholds for cancellation of outdoor recess, sports, and activities. We will use the feedback from that committee to make future decisions and potential updates to our AQI threshold levels.
The public facing district website AQI page will be updated with this information in the next few days.
Departments
From Becca in Communications:
Celebrate a successful start to the school year at Educators’ Night Out at the High Desert Museum!
Thursday, October 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- New this year – join us for a special presentation for school administrators! We’ll share about upcoming grant opportunities and projects. Administrators will also have their own opportunity to win a raffle (we’ll even give you more tickets for each educator from your school you bring with you!)
- Delicious snacks from the one of the best chefs in Central Oregon – Luckey’s Woodsman
- Fabulous door prizes from local businesses like Bar Rio, Bend Pet Express, Greg’s Grill, Mountain Supply, and so many more!
- Register by October 22 here!
Middle School only
Horizontals: Based on your feedback we will be moving to one two-hour meeting a month on a Thursday from 3-5 starting in November. Additionally, the majority preferred walkthroughs for our additional time together. Stephen will be updating calendars and reaching out with details soon.
High School only
Upshift: Just a reminder to enter your data!
Calendar
October 22: HS Principal work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Summit HS
October 23: All Administrators Training – EWS training @ 3:00-4:30 BSHS Perseverance Hall
October 24: MS Horizontal – 3:00 @ Pacific Crest
October 29-31: Middle School Conferences
November 5: MS and HS Administrator work session – 8:00-10:00 @ Cascade MS
November 7: New Course Proposals Due
November 19: HS Assistant Principals work session – 8:00-10:00 @ BTA
Where in the world
This week we are highlighting Matt Kitchen, Assistant Principal at Mountain View High School and his Happy Place! Matt shared: my happy place is on the water. Fishing, boating, or just watching. But the honest answer is that my happy place is who I am with. This is a picture of me and my girls at a camp this past spring. Being with people that I love and enjoy is my happy place.
