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School Safety Notes

Wear ID badge.

• Maintain control of building keys. Do NOT give keys to students.

• Ensure personal belongings (wallet, cell phone, etc.) are secured.

• Ensure doors are locked during instruction.

• Ensure unoccupied areas are locked.

• Escort/direct persons without a visitor’s badge to sign-in location.

• Supervise students during class changes.

• Follow proper procedures for logging off computers.

• Follow proper procedures when accessing building after hours and on

weekend (e.g. alarm log sheet).

• Maintain updated class rosters and know your responsibilities during

an emergency.

• Include all pertinent safety information in your sub folder.

• Report any suspicious activity or person to school administration.

If You See Something…Say Something

Things That Make You Go "Hmmmmm"

I thought this was kind of funny, but after thinking about it, I decided to share this E-mail thread with everyone. The more you know . . . 

So…

I just had a 2^nd grade student tell his teacher he took the Social Studies Assessment through schoolnet at home and "rest assure…its already done".  Should that even be possible?  He told her he went through Clever and took the test.   

Well, it’s not like the pass-codes would be hard to figure out….

Bwa hahahahah!  Ok, that is just plain out funny.  Like Rhonda said, if the kiddo is really good with patterns, I’d definitely believe he could guess it.

Kids these days are getting a little too clever…  We had one student here realize he could backtrack on a math assessment so that he could re-access the calculator tool available on an earlier question…  It was really hard to stay mad at that student for thinking outside the box and using the tools available to him, especially since he wasn’t explicitly told he couldn’t…

Hmm…  Best bet is to probably delete the results and ask the student to retake the exam in a school environment.  And then explain that attempting to take any other tests at home will land him in a heap of trouble.

Thanks yall!  I spoke to the student myself and he said he didn’t have any help or anything.  He remembered the code from 1^st quarter and changed the 1 to a 2. 

2^nd grade I’m thinking to myself “you over achiever you”.  LoL

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PTA/SPC Meeting Notes from 2/9/17

PAC Meeting notes from 2/6/2017 (Click on notes to enlarge)

Teacher Assembly notes

At the teacher assembly on Wednesday evening, we were warmly greeted by Dr. Spence.  He spoke of the need to familiarize ourselves with several bills in Richmond going before the General Assembly.  He is highly concerned with some of the proposed changes for Virginia education.  For example, there is a bill to provide private “virtual” K-12 education with the state paying.  Dr. Spence encouraged us to share that he wants educators to call our local delegates and use our VBEA platform if you are a member.  He says that it is time to “advocate” for education and children.  He also discussed the budget for next year, and promised that the School Board will TRY to ensure an unencumbered raise for next year.  He knows that this would be the first “real” raise in years.  The health care premiums will NOT increase next year.  That was already negotiated.  The other top concerns facing the board are reduction in class sizes and providing full day kindergarten across the system.  The remainder of our time was spent in an EdCamp model discussion with other educators concerning our Compass to 2020 objectives. 

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