{"id":830,"date":"2025-03-20T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/stephen.duval\/?p=830"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:51:21","slug":"the-secondary-blog-3-20-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/stephen.duval\/2025\/03\/20\/the-secondary-blog-3-20-25\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secondary Blog 3\/20\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouthTruth Data processing and sharing needs to be completed by April 30<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This look like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Process with all staff (including classified team members!)<\/strong>: Develop a plan to review YouthTruth data that informs improvement planning <\/em>during an BD SIW or a staff meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Process with students:<\/strong> Review top two highest and lowest areas and collect\/process feedback from students for improvement planning!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Share with families:<\/strong> Share top two highest and lowest areas in communications with your families (digital newsletter?). Bonus points for collecting feedback for improvement planning!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From HR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contract letters for licensed employees were sent to all licensed employees via UKG and must be returned no later than April 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not yet completed yours, please log in to UKG to review and submit your response as soon as possible.  Administrators, please ensure your staff are aware of this deadline and follow up as needed – and don\u2019t forget to return yours too! If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to Candy Gelatt or hr-certified@bend.k12.or.us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Paul – Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transportation of Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please be advised that we have some outdated policies regarding what is permissible when transporting students to\/from off-site activities and athletic events.  Please follow EEADBA-AR<\/a> and do not refer to EEACD-AR, EEBB-AR or EEADB-AR.  It is always advisable to contact the Executive Director of Transportation, Kim Crabtree, when you have questions regarding student transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Scott and Kayla – Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campus Monitors are required to attend two days of training on Tuesday, April 22 & Wednesday, April 23<\/strong>. The training is focused on Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Unarmed Security Professional Certification. Be sure your CM’s are freed up to attend this training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Eric – Student Services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you notice a YELLOW “Restrict!” bar on a student’s Synergy page, it most likely means they are either currently Expelled<\/em> or that they have been Expelled<\/em> at some point in their educational history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restrict!<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this practice is to ensure that schools do not unintentionally enroll an Expelled<\/em> student into their school (if a family attempts to move a student from one school to another to avoid disciplinary measures, for example) AND to encourage schools to review student records for any newly enrolled students (specifically those who were ever Expelled<\/em> that we are aware of). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a student ever enrolls in your school from out of the area and the family references a past Expulsion<\/em> (or you notice a prior Expulsion<\/em> in the student records), please communicate with me so that I can help research the student’s disciplinary history from their former district(s) and to help us update their “Restrict” status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ever notice a student with this YELLOW “Restrict!” bar, you can call myself or April Jorgenson to discuss the student and we can help you if any Synergy limitations exist while this Restrict is placed on their file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you click on the “Other Info” tab (next to Parent\/Guardian in the Student screen) you can see the possible Enrollment Restrictions (and corresponding dates) for the specific student:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We will utilize the Enrollment Restriction titled “Other Restriction” for those students who have a past Expulsion<\/em> on file (but who are not currently Expelled<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Torie – LA TOSA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language Arts Teachers Update: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the details for the upcoming writing workshop training. Substitute costs will be covered by the district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please RSVP to Torie Withers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language Arts Writing Workshop Training<\/strong> \u270f\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date: <\/strong>Thursday, April 3rd<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time: <\/strong>8:00 AM – 4:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location: <\/strong>The Boardroom (312) in the Education Center, 520 NW Wall Street, Bend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitated by:<\/strong> Torie Withers, Loren Renfroe, and Colin Price <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Should Attend<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n