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Month: November 2018

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Principals:

Please see the following email that will be going out to all parents this afternoon regarding the open enrollment permit process.

 

Parents,

Jordan School District has contracted with PowerSchool to allow families to apply for open enrollment permits online this year. There will be no paper or in-person applications available.

  • The first window to apply for permits will be from December 3-31.
  • Permits will be approved based on the Board priorities listed at jordandistrict.org, not on a first-come first-served basis.
  • Any permit requests submitted at any time during the month of December will be given equal consideration according to Board priorities.
  • A link to the permit application will be emailed to each family through Skyward on the morning of Monday, December 3. It will also be posted on the District's website.
  • Families will be notified of the status of their permit request during the first week of January, 2019.
  • If you have been notified by the school that your permit was revoked, you must reapply to be considered for a permit for next year.
  • Students who were notified that their permit was not revoked or who are enrolled in ALPS, Dual Language Immersion, or special education programs do not need to apply for a permit.

If you have any questions regarding the permit process, visit boundary.jordandistrict.org or call Planning and Student Services at 801-567-8183. Questions about individual students should be directed to the school.

Thank you

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This year, the Incident Command System training is optional for returning administrators, and mandatory for all new administrators.  Please plan to attend one of the scheduled training dates at the Auxiliary Services Building, in the Presentation Room by the main entrance.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
or
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
The first half of the training will consist of a basic review of all incident action plans.  The remaining time will be focused on the Avoid Deny Defend response strategies as part of the Violence Incident Action Plan, and a tabletop scenario exercise.

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Don't forget to opt out of your district printed W-2 by going to Skyward's Employee Access by midnight on December 16, 2018.

Opt out and win one of many prizes! A drawing for the prizes will be held on December 17th and employees will be contacted if they win.

 

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DATE:
November 20, 2018

TO:
School Psychologists, Elementary Counselors, and Social Workers

FROM:
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT:
December Guidance Meeting

A Guidance meeting has been scheduled for Friday, December 7, 2018 from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium (7905 South Redwood Road). We will begin with a pot-luck holiday luncheon at 12:00 p.m. Julia Connelly, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist affiliated with The Autism Clinic, will provide us with training on behavioral interventions for students with autism.

Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.

cc:       Principals

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To: Elementary School Principals:

Jordan Education Foundation is tasked to keep an up to date Approved Fundraiser's List on the JEF website. Could you help by sending a list of fundraisers you use in your school and/or fundraisers you have used in the past? We only need a name of the company and a contact then JEF will contact them, if necessary, for the appropriate approval process. Email your lists to:
Thank you so much!

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All Elementary and Middle School Principals:

It's that time of year, once again, to start the process of developing your school's Safe Routes Utah Plan (formerly known as SNAP Plan). The Safe Routes Utah Plan form is attached, as well as a link to your school's municipal representative. Due to recent changes to JSD boundaries, your school's municipal representative would like to be included in the initial planning process. As you work with your school's safety team and school community council, please invite your municipal representative to the planning/SCC meeting.

The Safe Routes Utah Plan is a fillable form that must be downloaded.

Safe Routes Utah Plans for schools in the cities of Bluffdale, Herriman, Riverton and South Jordan are due by Friday, January 18, 2019.

Safe Routes Utah Plans for schools in the City of West Jordan are due and will be signed at the Auxiliary Services Building (ASB) auditorium, Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

Don't hesitate contacting Ron Boshard at ron.boshard@jordandistrict.org or at ext. 8-8876 with any questions you may have. For assistance with your school's Safe Routes Utah mapping software, contact Stacy Allen. Her contact information is included on the Municipal Representatives document (refer to link).

Municipal Representative List 

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An internal audit was conducted on facility rental activities during the 2017-18 school year. Based on findings and recommendations of the audit, several changes were made to the Facility Rental Guidelines and Fee Schedule. In addition, the Facility Scheduling Office investigated ways to improve areas outlined in the recommendations of the audit including efficiency, accountability, and customer satisfaction. Recommendations identified in the audit were researched by the Facility Scheduling Office. The outcome led the Facility Scheduling Office team to investigate online automated software. The Facility Scheduling Office will be using a new software called SchoolSpace starting January 1, 2019.

All personnel involved in after hour rentals will have calendar viewing and/or approval abilities within SchoolSpace. You will also see request emails for your approval, when they come in. Matt Mears would be happy to answer any questions that may come up as this new process commences. He can be reached 801-567-8603 or at matthew.mears@jordandistrict.org.

Please use the link below to sign in. Your user names will be your district emails. Hit the "reset password" option, then type in your district email to receive a password reset email. Use the instructional links below to get started.

https://jordan.schoolspace.us/home

Also use the following links for basic instructions.
https://www.schoolspace.us/getting_started/staff_accounts
https://www.schoolspace.us/getting_started/rental_requests
https://www.schoolspace.us/getting_started/calendars

As mentioned during Principals' Meeting on October 30, Matt will provide a brief overview of SchoolSpace to elementary principals during the December Principals' Meeting. The Facility Scheduling Office will provide an overview of SchoolSpace for secondary school administrators during the next Assistant Principals' meeting on December 11 at West Hills Middle School.

Matt Mears
Jordan School District
Facilities Scheduler

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Facility Coordinators

Meet John Graziano, our new Facility Coordinator for the north area schools.

Previously, Doug Smith was your coordinator, but Doug retired and has turned the reins over to the very capable hands of John. He is making his way out to each of the schools he provides support to. Please be sure to let John know how he can help you with any of your facility needs.

North Area Coordinator
801-567-8864  Office
801-514-3854  Cell

  • Columbia Elementary
  • Copper Canyon Elementary
  • Elk Meadows Elementary
  • Falcon Ridge Elementary
  • Fox Hollow Elementary
  • Hayden Peak Elementary
  • Heartland Elementary
  • Jordan Hills Elementary
  • Majestic Elementary
  • Mtn. Shadows Elementary
  • Oakcrest Elementary
  • Oquirrh Elementary
  • Riverside Elementary
  • Terra Linda Elementary
  • Welby Elementary
  • West Jordan Elementary
  • Westland Elementary
  • Westvale Elementary
  • Elk Ridge Middle
  • Joel P. Jensen Middle
  • Sunset Ridge Middle
  • West Hills Middle
  • West Jordan Middle
  • Copper Hills High
  • West Jordan High
  • Valley High
  • Auxiliary Services
  • District Office
  • JATC North
  • South Valley
  • River's Edge

 

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Daybreak Elementary will be hosting another Math Tournament this year on April 4, 2019. Please see the attached information sheets. If you would like to participate, the registration form needs to be returned to Daybreak Elementary no later than January 24, 2019.  If you participated last year, these documents have also been sent to the contact person from last year (unless their email has been disabled or the spam folder accepted it.)

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In their meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 the Board of Education voted to finalize school boundaries. The only elementary schools on a year-round calendar will be Blackridge, Fox Hollow and South Jordan. All other schools will be on a regular traditional calendar. The Board also finalized a new permit policy and procedures. All current information can be found at boundary.jordandistrict.org. More information coming soon.

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Attached you will find a copy of the WIDA Testing schedule.  It is somewhat tentative where the numbers of students can increase before your scheduled time.

As in past years, some schools will need more than one computer lab on one or more days. Please check the schedule carefully.  Our goal is to work as efficiently as possible so as not to take up too much of your and the students time.

Please, check the date or dates your school is assigned, reserve the necessary lab, or labs.  If there are conflicts let me know as soon as possible.  I would like to have the schedule finalized by the first week of December, to help in your planning.

Like last year, middle schools and high schools will be scheduling the students.  We will send you a list of your students.  We will do the elementary schedules.  As in the past as students complete the test we will ask for other students to come in, so the schedules are a guide.  We do make sure the students go to lunch.

This year we are asking that besides reserving your lab/labs on our testing days, that you reserve the lab on the Friday of the week we are testing your students.  This will help in facilitating absent testing.  Schools with large numbers of students requiring the test, might require our coming back multiple times but, we will make those arrangements as needed.

Thank you so much for your help.

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All ADD and TECC live trainings for licensed and classified personnel have been conducted and completed.  The following links are available to administrators for the purpose of providing training to classified personnel who were unable to attend the live trainings.

The JSD Avoid Deny Defend Drill Protocol document is attached for your convenience. Please refer to this document as you and your staff prepare for a violent intruder situation/drill.

Please direct any inquires to Lance Everill, JSD Emergency Operations Manager, at 801-567-8623.

Matt Pennington Presentation

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Video