When enrolling new students, the Entry/Withdrawal screen in Skyward should be reviewed to ensure that August 17th is the official start date for the 2020-2021 school year. Students should be enrolled in courses with the official start date of August 17th, as well. After August 17th, students shall be enrolled using their actual start date.
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New RISE Account Login Credentials – August 2020
All Utah assessment user account passwords have been reset as a part of the launch. Please see document below for information on how to set up a new password.
Bus Space Available Process for 2020-21
CLICK HERE to access the online document "State Standards, District Policies and Transportation Guidelines". The document is also posted below.
Face Covering Enforcement – July 31, 2020
As outlined in the State Public Health Order, employees, students, or visitors, on school property or on a school bus shall wear a face covering unless a medically directed exemption is in place.
Schools have the responsibility to enforce this order.
Individuals who are unwilling to comply with the order may be excluded from school after reasonable efforts have been made.
Principal-Directed Time During the Week of August 17, 2020
As you are aware, the Board delayed the start of school by 5 days. Up to 8 hours of principal-directed professional development or training may be used during the week of August 17-21. Faculty meal time is not counted as part of this time.
School plans for the week of August 10-14 may remain in place. Please remember to give as much time as possible to teachers for classroom preparation.
Additional Classroom Assistant Allocation – July 31, 2020
Classroom assistants are being allocated to help with any needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This may include covering classes when substitutes are not available. These positions are being funded through the CARES Act for the 2020-21 school year. Principals may post, interview, and hire immediately. Hiring ratios are as follows:
Elementary: One 25-hour assistant
Middle: One 25-hour assistant and one 17-hour assistant
High: Two 25-hour assistants
Specialized Schools: One 25-hour assistant
The position will be a lane 1, 2, or 3 depending on their highly qualified status. The normal process will decide the lane placement.
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2020-21 Friday Schedule Outline
Access the Google document HERE to see an outline of components to include as you plan your Friday schedules. These plans should be reviewed with your AOS prior to sharing the plan with employees and parents/guardians.
The attached lunch schedule will be in effect for the week of August 17-21 only. See notes in Friday Schedule Outline.
Administrative Assurances Checklist and Plan Template – July 31, 2020
Administrators:
In accessing the document you must make a copy of it and save it to your own drive in order to complete the document.
The plan must be approved with your AOS and posted on your District website prior to the first day of school.
Click HERE to access the google doc.
Additional PPE Information – July 30, 2020
1) Rubber bands are being delivered to schools to wrap around the necks of the large hand sanitizer bottles to limit the amount of sanitizer coming out with a single push.
2) Although students are expected to bring masks from home, USBE provided masks intended for student use which will be distributed to schools from the warehouse. We did not receive sufficient quantities for every student. We will be distributing these masks to schools based proportionately on their 2.1 enrollment projections. These masks can be distributed or used at the Principals discretion. For example, they could be held at the office for students who forget a mask or to be given to students who may have a harder time obtaining a mask. Important - Elementary Schools - please remove the paper insert in the masks which show underwear before handing out to students.
3) Although staff are expected to bring masks from home, the District is providing 2 masks with a white "J" on the right cheek for each employee. The warehouse will be delivering these masks to schools and buildings soon.
4) Lighter, more temporary face masks continue to be available for order by schools or departments from the District Warehouse.
5) Please work with your head custodian to see that each classroom has a paper towel dispenser, with paper towels, and a cleansing spray bottle.
6) If you have a need for a clear face mask contact your AOS.
Bus Space Available Process for Middle Schools 2020-21
Middle School Administrators and Administrative Assistants,
During Principals’ Meeting on September 17, 2019, I met with principals at each level to discuss the space available process. During the Middle School Level Meeting, all middle school administrators agreed to the following when awarding space available permits:
- All permits submitted during the space available application window (middle of July through the week before school starts) will be awarded according to farthest distance from the school.
- Permits submitted after the space available application window will be awarded on a first come first served basis.
- Ultimately, the principal can choose to award a space available pass to a student whose request is submitted after the application window, however, this likely will result in the school having to revoke a permit that has already been issued.
In the event you would like to move forward with the above-mentioned process, we have a few favors to ask of you. First, I would encourage you to send a Skylert message to your community indicating the space available permit application window ends at the end of the day on Friday, August 14. Second, please keep all space available permit applications you receive in a folder at your school until the window closes. Then send all space available permit applications to the Department of Transportation either on your way out the door on Friday, August 14 or first thing as you get to school the morning of Monday, August 17. Please do not include any space available permit requests received on Monday, August 17 with the requests received during the space available permit application window. Last, any space available permit requests you receive after Friday, August 17 must be time stamped in order for us to award permits based on first come first served.
If you simply want to award space available permits based on farthest distance from the school, let me know you would like to stick with the original process and our routers will plan accordingly.
Don’t hesitate contacting me with any questions you may have.
Please see document below "State Standards, District Policies and Transportation Guidelines" or CLICK HERE to access the document online.
Thanks,
Paul Bergera
Director of Transportation
Jordan School District
Spectator Protocols and Agreement Form 2020-21
Attached are the Spectator Protocols (meant for you) & Spectator Agreement Forms (meant for parents/student) that were created after discussion with other district representatives as well as from the high school meeting where these items were developed.
Special Education Budget Allocations 2020-21
DATE:
July 27, 2020
TO:
Principals
Head Financial Secretaries
Special Education Teachers (Resource and Cluster)
Speech-Language Pathologists
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Allocations 2020-21
Special Education Budget Allocations for Resource, Cluster Teachers, Speech-Language Pathologists, for the 2020-21 School Year. Please see the attached memo.
Driver Education Expectations and True Time Adjustments – Due August 17, 2020
New True Time expectations and adjustments are required by all driver education instructors as outlined in the attached memo and included in the Driver Education Guidelines approved by Cabinet on 7-29-20. The Driver Education Guidelines Employee Signature Agreement form should be signed by each instructor and submitted to Brad Sorensen's office no later than August 17, 2020.
School Year 2020–2021 Budget Allocations
DATE:
July 28, 2020
TO:
All Schools
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Budgets
SUBJECT:
School Year 2020 – 2021 Budget Allocations
Attached is the fiscal year 2020-21 budget allocations summary. The three charts attached reflect your annual allocations, your carryover from fiscal year 2019-20, and your total budget that is the current year allocation plus carryovers. Also in the total is school startup funds and July budget transfers that are only included in the total budget number. The annual allocations are based off the 2.1 October 1, 2020 projections. These amounts will be updated once the October 1 headcount is complete and will reflect the actual enrollment.
Your 5810 media budget has been increased from the previous year. Please work with Norm Emmerson’s group this year to use this budget fully. This is state funding which should be used up by the end of each year.
Please call or email Derek with any questions.
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E-Mail – derek.anderson2@jordandistrict.org
District Mileage Tables – Updated for 2020-21
Click HERE to access the updated Elementary, Secondary, and District Mileage Tables. They can found under Accounting, Budgets & Audits.
Research Project – Solving the 2 Sigma Problem with Khan Academy: A Pilot Study
DATE:
Thursday, July 17, 2020
TO:
Elementary School Principals
Middle School Principals
FROM:
Shelley Nordick, Ph. D., Administrator of Teaching & Learning
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: Solving the 2 Sigma Problem with Khan Academy: A Pilot Study
Applicant: Joe Price, BYU-Provo
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.
Thank you for your assistance.
New School Budget Allocations Transfer Process 2020-21
DATE:
June 20, 2020
TO:
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits
SUBJECT:
New School Budget Allocations Transfer Process
Starting for School Year 2020-2021, a new process for school allocation budget transfers will be in place. If you are needing to do a school allocation budget transfer you may do so at any time.
There is now a form on the District website on the accounting page. The web address is https://jordandistrict.org/departments/accounting/.
Please see attached memo for full instructions and sample accounting page.
Starting School Allocation 2020-21
DATE:
July 14, 2020
TO:
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals
FROM:
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Derek Anderson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits
SUBJECT:
Starting School Allocation
Attached is your new allocations for the upcoming school year. Please know these are subject to change based off the upcoming October 1 headcount. These amounts do not reflect any transfers that have been submitted or carryover amounts from the prior year.
If you have any questions please contact Derek at derek.anderson2@jordandistrict.org. Once the carryovers and transfers are completed an updated sheet will be sent out.
