Week of March 9
Hello Camino del Rio Staff,
I am apologize that my blog went out so late. I spent much of the weekend having fun at the beach with Lila, Solomon, and Anna. It was worth it!! The beach was amazing and I feel very rejuvenated. Therefore, I am sending it out now!
What is coming up?
March 9 (M)
10:00-11:30, Joel to 15/16 Staffing Allocation Meeting (Ed Center) 8:00-12:00, 3rd Grade Math Planning Session with Reid
March 10 (T)
8:00-12:00, 2nd Grade Math Planning Session with Reid and Maddy.
2:45-3:45, Staff Meeting, main focus will be StaffingMarch 11 (W)
1:45-2:45, Grade Level Math PLC in the Library ( All K-5 grades, please fill out your PLC form)
2:45-3:45, IPBS Meeting in Recker’s Room1:45-9:45, Joel, Karen, Nancy, Alexis to Portland for a session on push-in ELL Programs in the Douglas Garden’s School District. (Marylhurst University)
March 12 (H)
8:30-9:10,PRIDE Assembly-for all students. (Don’t forget to fill out your Pride Awards!)
9:30-12:00, Joel to CLLAS Conference at UO
12:00-4:00, 1st Grade Math Planning Session with Reid
1:00, Joel meets with North Eugene Retiree Association Meeting to support Camino del Rio (Joel’s office)
3:00-5:00, Design Committee
March 13 (F)
8:00-12:00, Senderos PD at Camino del Rio K-2 Primary
12:00-4:00, Senderos PD at Camino del Rio 3-5 Intermediate
4:00-5:30, Hey staff, let’s go bowling! at Firs Bowl on River Road by Bimart.
5:30-10:30, Benito Juárez Birthday Celebration at KellyMarch 16 (M)
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)March 17 (T)
Picture Day for all grades in the Gym.
12:00-4:00, Kinder Teachers Meeting with Reid and Maddy.
2:45-4:45, PLT Meeting- Planning and Parent Handbook Work
March 18 (W)1:00-1:30, Eugene Emeralds Assembly (All Classes)
1:45-2:45, Grade Level Collaboration Time – Math PLC meets in Library.
2:45-3:45, Joel and Karen go to STAMP TEST Planning Meeting
March 19 (H)2:45-4:15, Taking it UP Meeting in the Library
4:30-6:30, Joel to the Equity Committee at the Ed Center
March 20 (F)1:00-2:40, Movie Award Day in Classrooms
11:00-2:30, Joel to meet with the Mexican Consulate
March 23-27
Spring Break – No School
12:00-1:00, Spring Break Fun Time – Lunch & Activity (Cafeteria at Howard)
Here are some items of note for the week:
•PBIS Movie Award Day on March 20th from 1:00-2:40
Each class will earn 10-15 big green slips to attend the whole school movie party. Each grade and ELL will show a G rated movie from 1:00-2:40 on March 20th. Kids will sign up from the list of movies available which we will send home next week. Any students with level 3 referrals for the month of march who do not have behavior plans will do a quiet calm activity in title or the library such as read to self or coloring. Let me know which movie your grade wants to show and I will make a list to send home. This should be super fun and a nice way to build school community by combining grades. Please tell your students about this opportunity today and begin the challenge. We will provide snacks for each kid during movie.
• Surprise Assembly on Wednesday, March 11th at 12:45 PM
There is a surprise assembly this Wednesday due to the support of Jill Switzer and her connections to the UO. We will be hearing and watching this special concert with the whole school on Wednesday afternoon to experience the rich culture of Puerto Rico and learn more about Bomba. The concert should last about 45 minutes. All PE will be cancelled the last hour.
Pablo Luis Rivera presents a Concert of Puerto Rican Bomba with Proyecto Unión
An interactive performance by the director of the non-governmental organization Restauración Cultural and affiliated musicians. Rivera, who holds a PhD from the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, will lead an ensemble exploring the world of bomba music. Bomba is an Afro-Puerto Rican drum and vocal music that features the interaction between dancers and the drums. The event will include music-dance performance, a narrative explanation of bomba, and an open invitation at the end for students and the public to enter the arena and improvise with the lead drum. Since 1998, the Restauración Cultural has undertaken the task of preserving the music and dance traditions of Puerto Rico. Through workshops, musical performances, and cultural exchange, the ensemble has traveled throughout Puerto Rico and the world, sharing both Bomba and a message of the importance in keeping the arts in education.
• HM Journeys/Senderos Training, March 13th, Reminder –The training for grades K-2 will be from 8:00-11:00 and the training for grades 3-5 will be from 12:00-3:00. It will all occur in the library. The rest of the day will be planning time. They will be going over all the hard copy materials as well as getting everyone online access to the digital materials in ThinkCentral. They are asking that teachers bring your Journeys Teacher Edition Vol. 1, the Student Edition (text) and your laptop. I believe all of our materials have been delivered, so teachers can feel free to gather materials. Ask Craig to help you find the TE Editions. And if teachers would rather I grab your teacher guide and student text, just let me know and I’ll put them in your mailbox.
What: Senderos Training for Spanish teaching buildings (Camino del Rio y BV)
Where: Camino del Rio
When: March 13th
K-2nd 8-11:00 am
3-5th 12-3:00 pm
Bring: Your Teacher Edition volume 1, the student edition (text) to go with it, and your computer. (I will work with Craig to pull these our for you. They are in the building.)
• ELA CCSS 6 Shifts Workshops: Instructional Strategies for the Common Core REMINDER – Gretta Sagolla sent an email reminder last week, but teachers should remember to sign up for Session 3 of the ELA CCSS Workshops on the 4J Workshop Page. The K-2 sessions will be offered March 10th, 12:00pm-3:00pm, March 11th, 8:00am-11:00am or March 12th, 8:00am-11:00am. The 3-5 session are offered March 9th, 12:00pm-3:00pm, March 10th, 8:00am-11:00am or March 12th, 12:00pm-3:00pm. And remember to bring a piece of text you plan on teaching in your next unit (or perhaps your next unit teachers manual) and your laptop.
Resident Storyteller at Camino del Rio: In April, Thaston Riklon will begin a storytelling series for 4th and 5th grade. On April 8th and 15th Thaston will tell some sacred stories from his home country, the Marshall Islands. These are indigenous stories from the Marshall Islands that he has permission to tell from his tribal leader in his country. Thaston will be coming to share with other classes too if you have interest. Thaston will share in full Marshall Island
• Spring Break Lunch/Activity Flyer – I mentioned a couple weeks ago that Nutrition Services is holding a free lunch and activity program at Howard for area students 1-18 years old living in our area. Attached is a flyer for the event. We received hard copies of the flyer last week, which should go home with student if you didn’t send them home already. And let me know if any of you are interested in volunteering 12:00-1:00 one day over the break to lead an activity (coloring books, showing a video, singing songs, open gym, free choice on the playground, etc.) one of the days.
• Can learning through play benefit all students? – Educators in early grades — and more recently middle grades — are incorporating play in learning, writes Hilary Conklin, an associate professor at DePaul University and fellow with the OpEd Project. She notes in this article that recent research supports learning through play for all students, even high-schoolers.
• Spanish-language books for kids have a new LA home– Here is an article about a couple of women who started a Spanish Language bookstore in LA. As many of you know, finding authentic Spanish language literature is difficult,. This business is working to make it easier on the West Coast. I also know of one bookstore on the East Coast called La Casa Azul Bookstore in East Harlem. You should read more about these bookstores as they promote literacy for the love of reading Spanish literature. That is a good thing.
2 weeks (9 student days) until Spring Break!
Joel
Week of February 2
What’s Ahead?
Langston Hughes, African American Poet (Born February 1, 1902)
February 2 (M)
Second Semester Begins
National School Counseling Week
7:30-8:00, Pre conference with teacher
8:30-9:45, Joel in Formal Observation
2:45-3:45- Joel and Jaime work on 504/TAG Writing with Synergy
February 3 (T)
8:30, Joel at HR Training in hiring.
10:00-12:00, Joel at UO as guest in Roscoe Caron’s Class on Poverty in Schools
12:30- Joel back to our building.
1:00, Earthquake and Evacuation Drill (Please review with students beforehand.)
2:00, Parent Advisory Board Meeting
2:45-4:45, PLT Meeting- Agenda Topics: Smarter Balanced, HM Materials, Decision Making Model, Parent Handbook Tasks, Math PD Proposal
February 4 (W)
Kevin Boling does admin support 8-12.
8:15-10:00, Joel doing pre-conference and formal observation of teacher.
1:45-2:45, PLC time with all teachers of grade level in the library. Remember to fill out your PLC form to document work on math. PLC Recording Form-Please complete this week.
2:45-3:45, IPBS Meeting
4:00-6:00, Digital Learning Day (Ed Center)
4:00-5:00, Joel to North Region Principals’ Meeting (NEHS)
February 5 (H)
8:00- Early Learning Committee (Room 9)
2:50- Joel in pre-conference with teacher
February 6 (F)
8:00, Joel meeting with budget committee member, Evangelina Sundgrenz (Joel’s Office)
11:00, Joel to meeting with Kyle Ennis and Sara Green about the Stamp test.
4:00-6:30, Eugene Wine Cellars Party for River Road Staff! Please bring a snack, cheese, or something yummy! I’ll me bringing some of my favorite salami pre-sliced.
255 Madison Street, Eugene, OR 97402 (541) 342-2600
February 7 (S)
8:00-3:00, Joel, Jennifer, and Karen to the OALA Conference (University of Oregon)
February 9 (M)
Report Cards Sent Home
8:45-10:00, Joel in a Formal Observation
10:30, Design Debrief Meeting
1:30-2:30, Joel to Title Coordinator & Principal Meeting (Ed Center)
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
7:00-8:30, Joel to North Region 4J Parent Information Night: Smarter Balanced Assessment (NEHS)
February 10 (T)
Regular Day
8:00-9:00, Joel at the dentist.
2:45-3:45, Staff Meeting
6:00-7:00, Parent Group Meeting
February 11 (W)
1:45-2:45, PLC Time
3:45-4:45, TLT Meeting
February 12 (H)
8:00-2:30, Data Team Meeting
2:00-3:30, Joel at Talent Ed/ Teacher Evaluation update.
3:00-5:00, Design Meeting
February 13 (F)
Camino del Rio PD/Planning Day – No School
8:00-12:00, Training with Edward Olivos in the morning on Assessment, All instructional staff are encouraged to attend. This PD is for licensed and classified instructional staff.
12:00-4:00, Planning Time
Hi All,
I have so much gratitude to share this week. Firstly, this week is National School Counseling Week. I think we all know how amazing Ms. Jennifer is! Jennifer does amazing work with children, their families, and our staff. Her skills in creating and providing intensive behavior supports are exemplary. In addition, I see her as a very strong leader for social justice in our school and district. Her participation on the District Equity Action Team is so invaluable to students in our school.
Secondly, we have two staff members leaving us this week. Mr. 80 and Ms. Kelly will be greatly missed. The first semester was a truly wonderful experience for all of our students. Your teamwork across disciplines has been wonderful to watch. Thank you Terry and David for your hard work and passion for teaching.
My favorite immersion video of the week:
Notice the level of student engagement and the excellent sheltering techniques these teachers use. It’s inspirational!
• BLACK History Month- Four Black History Month Must-Haves – With Black History Month upon us, here is a Teaching Tolerance post that lists four things that will not only highlight black history but will strengthen those critical analysis skills that the Common Core State Standards highlight.
1. Begin with student voice and experience.
2. Educate students about the socio-political context.
3. Highlight the role other communities of color play in black history.
4. Introduce complex descriptions of key figures in history.
Here are two other sites worth going to for resources:
Smithsonian African American History Resources
NEA Black History Month Lesson Plans
• EAST Request: Half Day Assignments – At HR’s monthly meeting with E.A.S.T. (the substitute teacher union) they was asked about whether the district supports Guest Teachers taking two-half day assignments. HR responded with a clear and resounding “yes”. There are fewer unfilled licensed absences but unfortunately it still happens and this is something that would reduce how often this happens. HR has encouraged guest teachers to take two-half day assignments if they can be coordinated well together and asked schools to support guest teachers in their willingness to accept two assignments in one day. I did clarify with HR that a few minutes late between jobs is okay, but subs are not to take an 8:00-12:00 job at one school and an 11:30-3:30 job at another.
• Effectiveness & Growth Cycle Contract Year 3 – The district added the task of formal observation to contract year three TalentEd task lists. It turns out the state the state changed what they are requiring of 4J and that this was supposed to have been there since the start of the school year. So for those of you on Contract Year 3, this year of the cycle is pretty much the same as Year 1, with one formal observation and 3 informal observations.
• HM Journeys Updates & Training, March 13th – Most of the new HM Journeys materials will be delivered before Spring Break. The staff still needs to discuss how to use these materials. Every school in the district received them. In December, PLT discussed the opportunity to get these materials and we decided to jump on it. Now that HM schools have most all of their materials, there will be a PD session for teachers with the Houghton Mifflin trainers on the reinstated March 13th Professional Development/Planning day. Training for grades K-2 will be from 8:00-11:00 and the training for grades 3-5 will be from 12:00-3:00. They will be going over all the hard copy materials as well as getting everyone online access to the digital materials.
In addition, this is a conflict for us right now.I do not know if we will be able to attend this HM session.
This is because Maddie Ahearn and Reid Sheppard will be continuing Math Common Core training with us on March 13th. We will probably have to participate in the HM training at a later date. The Math training is something I have been trying to fit in for months and it directly relates to our CAP.
• Smarter Balanced Update– Last week, Karen and I went to be trained on Smarter Balanced. Soon, we will have access to interim assessments for this new tool. It will help us to help our students understand how the system works and to give them a chance to see the level of complexity of the tasks. In order to use these interim assessments, we will need all all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers are trained as test administrators. There are many similarities to the OAKS interface that many of you used last year. There are also many new regulations and changes to how accommodations re applied. We will let you know more details on this very soon and it will also be discussed in PLT this week.
• Design Committee now moving to every other week.– The design committee meetings are slowing down a little. They will begin to meet every two weeks throughout the Spring. This will be a welcome relief as I try to catch up on mid term goals meetings and observation pre- and post conferences.
• Camino del Rio joining the Attendance Support Pilot – Kevin Boling met with us last Friday to help explain the attendance support system. Starting this week, the office will begin a systematic attendance system to improve our students overall attendance. We will be among 4 other schools who began this pilot in October. My hope is that with an improvement in attendance and a reduction of chronic attendance problems we will be able to increase our students overall literacy skills in both languages.
• Synergy Attendance Reminder from CIS (Repeat from last week) –We received an email from CIS asking us to remind teachers to mark student attendance every day for both AM and PM sessions. If you are using the “Take Attendance by List” option in Synergy instead of the seating chart option, you are most likely correctly marking both the AM and PM absences. Please see the above directions if you are not using the list view option to begin using this attendance screen. Edna or Yasmin will adjust attendance for those students who arrive late after 8:00 and for students who leave early. For students who arrive tardy before 8:00, teachers should only mark the tardy for AM and not PM. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like any help with this.
• OALA Conference February 7th– Next weekend Karen, Jenifer and myself will be at the OALA Conference. There are some truly dynamic speakers that will be there. We are looking forward to it and will share back with staff some nuggets of experiences at the next staff meeting on February 10th.
• Spanish Spelling Bee Competition in April –(I got no takers two weeks ago. Could the Fourth or Fifth grade team check in with me about this opportunity?) Here is an opportunity I do not want to pass up! This Spring there will be a Spelling Bee up in Forest Grove. Perla Rodríguez, principal extraordinaire, is the organizer. This is a great opportunity for us to show Eugene and Oregon how well our students know Spanish and to excite our students that the Spanish language is a special talent and skill. A professor friend of mine named David Wacks also shares the enthusiasm for Spanish language. He teaches medieval Spanish and Sephardic literature at University of Oregon. David has helped us enlist a university student who would like to help us coach some 4th and 5th graders to go to the Spanish Spelling Bee! Hannah Golden is the student’s name. She will be able to meet with the students after school once a week to practice for the competition. I am happy to cover the registration costs. Now all we need are the participants! 4th and 5th grade teachers, can I count on you to enlist your students in this competition?
• SEHS Principal Opening– The South Eugene Principalship is open now. The deadline to apply was extended to Friday February 6th. Do you know an administrator who you think should be in that position? If you do, encourage them to apply. I am hoping to have a strong advocate for equity and excellence and a new voice for social justice in the district and for the South Region.
• Start getting rid of stuff!– Are you the kind of teacher who keeps hold of things for many many years? Not that that is a bad thing, but this will be incompatible with a move into our new building. The new building will have limited space for storage of materials. And given that we are less than 16 months away from moving to our new home, I encourage you to to take a good hard look at the materials in your classrooms. Now is the time to weed your unused materials so you are not overwhelmed. As a general rule when I was a teacher, if I had not used it for 5 years, it was passed on to another teacher or recycled. I encourage you to begin this process now so you will not be completely overwhelmed on moving day.
2nd Semester Kinder Breakfast– Beginning this week, we will be moving the kinders to have breakfast in the cafeteria Instead of classrooms. This aligns with more with the EEA CBA for teachers to allow for adequate prep time. I am hopeful that with Craig and the morning supervisors support, we will be able to make a strong start for these students becoming more accustomed to breakfast with the big group. Thank you Bucklew, Tracy, Craig and Cathy for helping brainstorm ideas to make this work.
Have a great week, everyone!
Joel
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Welcome back to school! I had a very relaxing break and really had fun with my kids. I have built numerous robots, Lego homes and shopping centers, cross country skied, and gone swimming multiple times. It was a dad’s paradise! 😉 I also read Enrique’s Journey (Thanks Nancy). I highly recommend reading this book if you have an interest in understanding more about immigration from Central America.
This is going to be a very exciting year, 2015. I am really looking forward to the month of January. I find that this month is one of the most productive of the school year because the holidays are over and most of our routines and patterns are figured out. Plus, the focus is on learning. I will be contacting many of you this month individually if you need a formal observation. Please be flexible in times to meet with me for pre and post conferences, and for observations.
The Next 2 Weeks
January 5 (M)
8:15- Joel in meeting with parent. (my office)
10:00- Joel in meeting with parent. (my office)
11:30-12:00- Debrief meeting on design committee. (Joel in office)
January 6 (T)
8:30-9:30- Joel meets with Carmen Urbina (my office)
12:30- Fire Drill (Outside) (No lock down this month.)
2:45-3:45- PLT Meeting in the Conference Room
January 7 (W)
1:45-2:45- ALL PLC teams in the library. (Focus is still formative math assessments.)
2:45-3:45- IPBS Meeting 2:45-3:45 (Erin Recker’s Room)
4:00-5:00- Joel at North Eugene Regional Meeting -(NEHS)
January 8 (H)
Design Committee 3:00-5:00
January 9 (F)
Regular day. No meetings.
January 12 (M)
Reading and Math Winter Benchmark Testing Week
7:30-9:45, Joel at Latino Community Breakfast (Ed Center)
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
January 13 (T)
8:00-3:30- Taking it Up Training Day 1 (7 staff attend at Auditorium)
2:45-4:45, Staff Meeting- Professional Development with Edward Olivos and Audrey Lucero, Zone of Proximal Development and tying assessment in to the instructional cycle.
4:00-7:00, Joel to Kindergarten Expo (Ed Center)
6:00-7:00, Grupo de Padres/ Parent Group Meeting (Library)
January 14 (W)
8:00-3:30- Taking it Up Training Day 2 (7 staff attend in Auditorium)
1:45-2:45- PLC teams in the library. (Focus is still formative math assessments.)
2:30-3:30, Joel to Taking It Up Training (Ed Center)
2:45-3:45, PBIS Meeting (Erin Piper’s Room)
January 15 (H)
1:30-4:30, Joel to HR Training (Ed Center)
3:00-5:00, Design Committee
January 16 (F)
Regular Day
Here are some items of note for the week:
• Camino del Rio Facebook and nice new website (http://riverroad.4j.lane.edu/) – Our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/elcaminodelrioelementary) is up and we received 115 likes before the new year began. I encourage you to “like” the page as well if you are on Facebook and share the page with friends that are fans of the school. We are planning on sharing many positive stories about our program in the coming months as part of the school choice season and beyond. In addition, the website is updated and we will begin to post our newsletter on both the website and Facebook. If you have projects or activities you are especially proud of, take a shot with your phone and pass it on to Edna, Peggy or myself. We will get it up on the website or FB page. We give a big thanks to Peggy Vega for helping us get these pages looking so good.
• Technology progress in 4th grade and 5th grade – We will be sending some of our teachers to see what has been happening at Awbrey Park with iPad integration in the classroom. (January 9th in the PM) The 4th grade students at Camino del Rio will begin to have one to one access very soon. Soon after that, our 5th grade team will make the transition. This will mean significant technology access increases for other classes as well. The Mac Book Airs will have primary access for 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and kinder.
• Forest Grove TWI article – Learning in 2 languages: Forest Grove aims to offer immersion education from preschool to high school A colleague of mine from Forest Grove, Perla Rodriguez, and her staff had a great article written about their school, Echo Shaw Elementary. This staff has worked tremendously hard to design the most up to date innovative TWI program in the state. Perla and her team have researched and implemented exciting changes to create strong two way methodology and instruction. Please read about it as they have similar goals as we do.
• ELA CCSS 6 Shifts registration for January – Teachers should remember to sign up for the K-2 or 3-5 ELA CCSS Workshops this January (SPED should attend the 3-5 workshop). The sub code is “Title One” and please bring your computer, your planning book/instructional calendar and for 3-5 & SPED Teachers bring your Writing Performance Task Preparation Guide. Follow link above to register for your session and see Gretta’s email for more specifics.
• School Choice 2015: Important Changes, Key Dates, & Promotion – School Choice season is here and one change is that the Schools Showcase (Jan. 24th) is now elementary only. The rest of the rules and plans are pretty much the same. School Visitation Weeks will be Jan. 26–29 and Feb. 23–27. If you’d like further details, you can read Kerry Delf’s email. Edna, Alicia and I have set several dates to give tours which are on the El Camino del Rio Web Calendar. Also, Edna and I are working hard on the new brochures to share during school choice. Nikita has offered to help with the Expo Poster design. Do you want to help out too? Let me know.
• New OAKS (SBA) Blueprints – Math – Here’s the link to files that give a very thorough view of about half of what will be on the “New OAKS” in math at each grade level. Different from the Smarter Balanced Practice Test that I shared last Fall, the documents here have sample questions that are grade level specific, which would be good for students to see before they take the New OAKS/Smarter Balanced Assessment.
• ODE Smarter Balanced Communication Website Update – ODE recently reorganized their Smarter Balanced Assessment webpages to improve access and ease of use. Now, the Smarter Balanced landing page connects more easily to the following:
• Internal pages for Smarter Balanced Test Administration, Technology Requirements, Technical Documents, and Communication Resources
• Related Websites like the OAKS Portal, SBAC, and CCSS
• Internal pages for CCSS
ODE wants this to be the one-stop shop for direct access to resources as well as connection to two additional locations that house Smarter Balanced information—their OAKS Portal and the SBAC website. Teachers are encouraged to explore the site and resources. If you are new to the site in general and need assistance locating anything, feel free to contact Jessie McGraw at ODE by phone (503) 947-5970 or email at jessica.mcgraw@ode.state.or.us
• Winter PBIS Newsletter – Attached is the Winter Edition of the district PBIS Newsletter from the 4j Behavior Consultants. Kim Reinhardt and Melissa Barbour have taken over the lead on this one. Enjoy!
• Tips on Raising Caring Children – What does it take to raise a compassionate, moral child? asks Adam Grant in this New York Times article (here’s a condensed version). Researchers have found that worldwide, this is parents’ number one priority – instilling caring is more important to them than their children’s achievement. But how much difference do parents make in this area? Are some children born good-natured and others mean-spirited? Studies of twins suggest that between one-quarter and one-half of people’s propensity to be kind is inherited – which means that parents and the environment account for up to three quarters. Drawing on the psychological research, Grant has these suggestions for adults working with children:
• Praise is more effective than rewards.
• With children around 8 years old, praise character, not actions.
• Nouns work better than verbs (i.e. “be a helper” vs “help us”)
• With bad behavior, evoke guilt, not shame.
• With bad behavior, say you’re disappointed.
• Model caring and generous behavior.
Thursday, January 8 Meeting on Building Design- In the last design meeting of December the design team came to agreement on many of the spaces. The administration office, the library, the gym, site plan, and more were agreed upon. The first meeting in January will review budget constraints and possibly include a discussion of classroom. I will know more after the Monday debrief meeting what the focus will be. It is extremely important that teachers give strong input on the classroom spaces. It is my hope that many of you will be working in these rooms for several years to come. I want the rooms to maximize instructional functionality for students and ultimately for you. I will send out an email if we do talk about classroom this Thursday.
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