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Month: November 2018

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Thank you for all you help in identifying families to receive a Thanksgiving Heroes meal. There are PLENTY and I really mean PLENTY of meals available. Don't leave anyone out. At this point, you can send us 50 or more families and they would get a Thanksgiving meal.

  1. Can you get your numbers to Steven Hall, JEF office by Friday Nov 9 at noon. By numbers we mean numbers not forms. JEF needs numbers by Friday noon so food can be ordered.
  2. The forms can come later, Monday to Wednesday, as long as we have the numbers by Friday noon.

To date, only 25% of the allotted Thanksgiving dinners have been filled for our district. What a blessing it will be for our most deserving children to have a meal on Thanksgiving day. Thanks for you help.

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DATE:  
November 8, 2018

TO: 
Principals
Special Education Staff

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Kristin Norris, Teacher Specialist-SLP/A, ESY Coordinator

SUBJECT:  
ESY MID-YEAR UPDATE

Critical things to be thinking about for Extended School Year now:

  1. Every student must have regression and recoupment data.

This is the first step in determining eligibility. The second step of looking at predictive factors is only completed after first looking at the regression/recoupment data. Therefore, every student needs data on regression and recoupment.

START NOW!  We just completed fall recess, and Thanksgiving and Winter breaks are coming quickly.

To aid you in this process, we have included the data collection page for this step.

  1. Be clear about why students attend ESY.

Ask yourself this question for each student.
Does this student need an Extended School Year because without it this student would not be able to make adequate progress on their goals and maintain adequate access to their education? The purpose of ESY is to provide FAPE for students who without ESY would not be able to access their education appropriately.

Thank you for all of your hard work for our students in identifying and meeting their needs!

Attachment:
Determination of Eligibility for ESY page 2

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DATE:    
November 1, 2018

TO: 
All Principals
All Directors

FROM:   
Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Cheryl Matson, Director of Insurance Services

SUBJECT:  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) aka Drones on School Campuses

Utah State Risk Management has decided to provide property and liability insurance on any Unmanned Aircraft Systems (aka UAS or “drone”) that Jordan School District (the District) owns and operates.  However, in order to cover the drones, they must be scheduled or listed.  Therefore, the following information must be provided to the District Insurance Department in order to add any drones we currently have or purchase in the future, to our policy:

  • 55 lbs or over (including payload) – Always excluded from coverage, do not buy or operate
  • Between 0.55 lbs and less than 55 lbs (including payload) each listed separately:
    • Model Name / Number
    • Serial number
    • FAA registration number
    • Purchase cost
    • Location
  • Under 0.55 lbs (including payload) grouped:
    • Model Name / Number
    • Purchase cost
    • What educational purpose they are used for
    • Location

Please refer to the attached District Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) aka Drone on School Campuses Guidelines.

ALL District schools are located within some type of restricted airspace (airport or helipad).  Please make yourselves aware of the requirements to notify the appropriate authority within the area of flight before each flight.

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DATE:  
November 5, 2018

TO:  
All Middle and High School Head Financial Secretaries

FROM:    
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Dan Ellis, Director of Accounting
Jason Mott, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:   
2018 W-9 Forms 1099 Information

(EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS THOROUGHLY – CALL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS) - Deadline Friday, December 14, 2018

 

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Please see the revised attached flyer for information regarding the teacher transfer fairs.

  • Elementary and Secondary will be held on January 14, 2019 at West Jordan High from 12:00 to 6:00 pm.
  • Elementary only will be held on February 20, 2019 at Fort Herriman Middle from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.
  • Secondary only will be held on February 21, 2019 at Copper Hills High from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.
  • Elementary and Secondary will be held on March 28, 2019 at Riverton High from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.

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Secondary schools who have a “known vacancy” for the 2019-20 school year may advertise for that position immediately after consulting with their Administrator of Schools. “Known vacancies” are classified or licensed positions that a school must fill regardless of enrollment or FTE allocation. Examples of a “known vacancy” include Media Specialist, CTE Coordinator, Athletic Director, Band Director, Head Coach/Advisor, Head Custodian, etc.

Principals must post "known vacancies" for one week before hiring. While hiring internal candidates is highly encouraged, principals are authorized to hire from outside the district. Please be reminded that any internal licensed applicants with a "highly effective" JPAS rating must be given the opportunity to interview as per the District's negotiated agreement with JEA.

If you have a position to fill that you believe would qualify as a "known vacancy," please contact your Administrator of Schools. All other positions, including department chairs, can only be filled after FTE has been allocated.

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DATE:   
Thursday, November 1, 2018

TO: 
All High School Principals

FROM: 
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:  
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title:     A Prospective Study of Youth and Adolescent Injury Rates: Can Injuries Be Predicted?

Applicant:     Peter Chalmers, University of Utah

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school.  Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

The project will involve baseball pitchers from the 2019 and 2020 baseball season as well as the school’s athletic trainer.

Thank you for your assistance.

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DATE:   
Thursday, November 1, 2018

TO:   
All Principals

FROM:   
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT:
Research Project

The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.

Project Title:     Teachers’ Perceptions on Access to General Education and Functional Skills Curricula to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Applicant:     Olivia Coleman, University of Utah

The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

The researcher will contact principals asking them to send out an email recruiting special education teachers and general education team leads/department chairs to participate in the study.

Thank you for your assistance.

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DATE:
October 22, 2018

TO:
Principals

FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Planning and Student Services
Steven Harwood, System/Programming Manager

SUBJECT:
Fall Enrollment as of October 1, 2018 - Revised

Please see attached memo and enrollment numbers.

 

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Schools to Watch Intervention Convention
November 7th, 2018

West Jordan Middle School is hosting a STW Intervention Convention on Trauma Responsive Schools and Restorative Practices on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018. The Intervention Convention is a unique professional learning opportunity; bringing practitioners together to share what they are doing and learn from each other.

The day will begin with a presentation from West Jordan Middle School's Principal Dixie Garrison and members of the school's faculty as to what they have been doing and the impact on school culture and students' well being. Then the rest of the day is shaped around questions and topics posed by participants. Participants are encouraged to bring artifacts of their work, like data-collection forms, letters to parents, information given to students and teachers, and tools used in their schools' professional learning and training programs.

The end result is the formation of a dynamic web of networking from which participants can draw upon for the future.  People currently engaged in the work walk away with new ideas that can refine what they are doing; people who have yet embarked on the topic leave with a better idea of what trauma responsive schools are about and how restorative justice practices can have tremendous impact on the behavior and treatment of young adolescents.

The flyer with registration information is attached.  Please note that registration closes on November 1st.  Feel free to contact Lori Gardner at utahschoolstowatch@gmail.com with any questions.