Moving Ahead
With a few months of school under our belts, this time of year always seems to go the fastest. We have hit our stride in the school year and are beginning to turn our focus toward the upcoming and unfortunately inevitable budget process.
We will again be building a budget in public and offering multiple opportunities for public input. I hope residents will take the time to avail themselves of the multiple methods we will be using to keep them informed. More information about our public meetings and public information will be available in the coming months on this website.
Meanwhile we are in the midst of several key initiatives. We are excited to begin offering parents the opportunity to attend events in our new Parent University series. These informational programs were designed by us to enhance parents' understanding of important student issues, key school initiatives and district programs. To view the schedule of events, please visit the Parent University page on our website.
We are also:
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Implementing new learning modules in our middle school science program that enable hands-on exploration of disciplines like future fuels;
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Embarking on a lighting and ceiling project at Johnson Elementary school that will result in more eco-friendly and cost-efficient lighting to that aging building;
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Installing Promethean boards in our elementary schools to help bring lessons to life for students, and
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Continuing our commitment to our 5-Year Curriculum Plan by implementing our science adoption (the area up for implementation this year) and reviewing the areas of literacy, business and technology and 21st century life skills (the areas up for adoption in 2012-2013).
I continue to urge you to take the time to check your child's teachers' class pages as the year goes on, and to keep informed about their children's progress via the district Portal system.
As a district we do all we can to promote student achievement, but our efforts are helped tremendously by parents who take a vested interest in their child's education. Please help us to help you by using the tools we have available, availing yourself of the resources we provide and remaining engaged and interested in our district.