Good afternoon staff. I hope you enjoying the sun and finally some warmth to go with it. Conferences in the evenings always makes for a little bit of long week even with the day off. I appreciate everyone’s willingness to engage with families and work with this new scheduling tool and for your flexibility in giving families opportunities outside the evening blocks. Please reach out if you need support in the coming days with regard to any flex time you still have scheduled.
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CALENDAR ITEMS:
- Monday, April 19
- Rotation B (Pds. 4-7)
- Wednesday, April 21
- SIW (individual/PLC day)
- Thursday, April 22
- Principal hiring process listening session (9:15 am in the cafeteria)
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TO DO’s:
- Teachers . . . Heather emailed this out earlier in the week, but I feel compelled to re-share it. Taking the time to familiarize yourself with this information now will make the process easier to navigate should the need arise. It would be hard to overstate the impact it has on morning operations when the process is not followed correctly. So, again, please carefully consider the following information:
- Hours for certified staff are 8:45am-4:45pm.
- Sub jobs can only be either 4-hour or 8-hour jobs, which means you can only take 4 or 8 hours off.
- You must use the “custom” feature in Aesop to manually enter either a 4-hour or 8-hour sub job. It can be whatever time works for your classes depending on the rotation as long as it is either 4 or 8 hours. Do not use the “full” or “half” day option. Even the “full” is not correct in the system. You will need to change the time always now that our schedules have changed, so please look at your day and enter a 4- or 8-hour timeframe that works to cover all of your classes for that day.
- If you have any of the Low or High Risk illness symptoms at all, you need to stay home.
- If you are staying home due to an illness, you must remain home until a district nurse has given you instruction and permission to return back to work. They will be calling you to discuss your illness, so please wait for their call.
- When you are going to be absent for any reason (whether illness or personal leave), please enter the job in Aesop immediately (again, using the 4- or 8-hour guideline). There are times that I am also out, so please do not wait for me to do this for you. The sooner you enter the job in the system yourself, the higher the chance of getting coverage.
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ON THE RADAR . . .
Due to having bumped to high risk status, BLS secondary schools will be required to provide on-site testing for symptomatic students and staff. The state has shipped our rapid-test kits, and we will have a number of staff members trained on using the kits. Families or staff who would prefer to take care of the testing off-site will be offered that option as well.
The last week of school will be Monday through Wednesday on a regular schedule, and then Thursday will be an SIW schedule.
Click here for more information on summer school.
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SHOUT OUT’s . . .
Huge thank you to Tennille and Kristy for the long hours and hard work helping us communicate with families this week. These are often very difficult conversations to have, and we appreciate your patient and compassionate approach to keeping everyone safe!
Our custodial crew also needs a big thank you. Having all students back means that we have doubled, at least, the volume of students who’ve occupied our isolations rooms not feeling well, and these rooms must be cleaned every time they have been occupied. This means that all of the regular aspects of their daily routine get put on hold many times during the day. Thank you Jess Ron, and Larry!