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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Well, school is up and running. I hope that your child/children are excited about their new classrooms and the new friends they made last week. As with all new starts to a school year, there will be a period of adjustment for you and your children to make organizing your morning and after school routines to fit in with what is happening at school.
Our box holder will be out later on this week and it will hold some insightful information that will alert you to the events that will be occurring throughout September and October.
During the next couple of weeks you can expect that school will be in full-swing with normal full-day school hours occurring. Regular bus and student sports activity schedules will be conducted during those days as well.
If normal school operation should change, the District will make sure parents are notified and an announcement will be made through the regular communication channels the district uses (notes home, newspaper articles, and its website) so you will have prior knowledge with which to make needed arrangements.
As you know the district and the Teachers Education Association are still negotiating on items related to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between them. As soon as an agreement is reached regarding the calendar items, we will make sure all are informed and made aware of its content. We have most of the calendar items settled, but one item remains to be agreed upon and that is the number of early release days. The District would like to reduce them to increase classroom contact time for students and the TEA would like to, at least, keep the same number as in the previous year for compensative and professional development related activities.
I would like to again remind parents and community members that the district would like to direct your attention to a survey that is on our website. The survey will ask you for your opinion on various things like our facilities, sports programs, academics, instruction, activities and a few other areas. The answers you give to our survey will help us to improve and provide a world class education for our students and teachers. Please check out our website and take our survey. We appreciate your time and efforts on this matter. The results will be summarized and placed on our website for your review. We will take our data and use it to develop strategic goals to help the district become better in all areas.
Danny D. McDonald
Superintendent
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