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The IRS revised the W-4 and withholding calculator to reflect changes in the tax law (new tax tables, itemized deductions, increases in child tax credit, the new dependent credit and repeal of dependent of exemptions).

Employees are advised to review their current W-4 withholding.  The withholding calculator on IRS.gov can be useful for employees who wish to update their withholding in response to this new law, or for changes in their personal circumstances in 2018.

Further information from the IRS is attached.

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Principals:

Please take note that the 2018-19 Upcoming Plan, Progress Report and Council Signature Form are due to be completed online no later than March 30, 2018. this due date is determined by the State LAND Trust deadlines that we have been given.

The State has updated some of the object codes that are to be used for your Land Trust budgets. Attached is a revised Land Trust Budget Guideline sheet that we have come up with to help make your budget codes match the state budget codes. Please refer to this when working on your Upcoming Plan for 2018-19.

Don't forget to send the emails to your SCC members under Council Signature Form. There has to be a majority accepting the plan before it can be finalized and sent to the AOS for review and the Board for approval. Remember, accepting means that they "participated in reviewing the implementation of the current School LAND Trust Plan and have participated in development of the 2018-19 School LAND Trust Plan".

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DATE:  
Thursday, March 8, 2018

TO:  
All Principals

FROM: 
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability

SUBJECT: 
Extension of UEPC School Climate Survey Window

Because of the delayed start and other issues we experienced during the beginning of the UEPC School Climate Survey, the window has been extended to Friday, March 23, 2018. Principals are encouraged to remind parents and faculty members again about the survey and to ensure that all students second grade and up have the opportunity to take the survey.

Also, as a reminder, here are the links for you to track respondent participation in the student, parent and faculty/staff surveys:

Parent Survey:  https://co1.qualtrics.com/reports/public/dWVwYy01YTdkZjIyNzhhM2M0MjAwMGQ0NDg0M2ItVVJfOU5zdmU3OTRNTDVCWVFB

Student Survey: https://co1.qualtrics.com/reports/public/dWVwYy01YTdkZmE1Y2U2ODY5MTAwMTgyMDM4NjktVVJfOU5zdmU3OTRNTDVCWVFB

Faculty Survey: https://co1.qualtrics.com/reports/public/dWVwYy01YTdkZmI4NWM3NzZhNDAwMTQ0NzY3MzEtVVJfOU5zdmU3OTRNTDVCWVFB

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February 18, 2018

Dear Chemistry Teachers,

We want to let you know about an exciting new professional development opportunity available for chemistry teachers with at least five years of experience. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Brigham Young University has secured funding to host a Research Experience for Teachers summer program. Our inaugural summer program begins on June 4th, 2018 and runs for ten weeks through August 10th, 2018. We understand that some flexibility may be required due to your academic year schedules.

If you are selected to participate, you will be paired with a faculty mentor who will help you engage in an original research project in chemistry or biochemistry. Along with the Research Experience for Undergraduate participants, you will visit several industrial sites to learn about the careers available to Utah students after graduation. You will also have time set aside to translate your research experience into classroom activities to take back to your school during the academic year, and to interface with our BYU Chem and BioChem Camps for youth ages 9-14.

The program is fully supported, so you will receive a $6,000 stipend, along with an allowance for housing and travel. If desired, you may earn graduate credit through the BYU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. It will also be possible for you to present the results of your research and/or the classroom experiments that you design at a regional or national meeting such as the American Chemical Society or National Science Teachers Association annual meetings.

More information about the program, descriptions of possible research projects, and the online application are available at our website: https://reu.chem.byu.edu. The application deadline is March 15, 2018. We welcome your inquiries and look forward to working with you this summer!

Sincerely,

Rebecca Sansom                     Daniel Ess
rsansom@chem.byu.edu       dhe@chem.byu.edu
(801) 422-9089                       (801) 422-9164
RET Program Director           REU Program Director

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DATE:
February 27, 2018

TO:
All Principals

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum and Staff Development
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:  "Social and Emotional Education in Primary Schools"

Applicant:  Jordan Smeltzer

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, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.

The project will involve a one hour interview with a willing teacher in your school with two or more years of experience.

Thank you for your assistance.

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Copy & Print Toner

JSD has a copy machine and printer toner contract that has been competitively solicited for use by all schools and departments within the district.  Because we purchase as a whole district more than $50,000 annually of this one type of item on a regular basis, it necessitates additional steps under the law.  This is intended to save time and money for the district and its employees.  If you use the toner contract for the first time you may want to review all vendors and their prices before making a purchasing decision.  Prices are based on a percentage off discount of retail price.

For ease of use and to ensure best value to the district, any purchase over $1000.00 requires two documented quotes, put on as a requisition in Skyward.  Award may be on an all or nothing basis or you may want to award per printer model to get the best value.  Any purchase under $1000.00 will not require competitive quotes.

The preferred method of ordering toner is with the district P-card or an open purchase order is acceptable also.  Open purchase orders can be for the fiscal year or the length of the contract whichever is preferable.  Please reference the contract number on the purchase order.  A list of toner contracts can be found on the Purchasing Department website.

Please note when getting quotes from Coast to Coast their Diamond Series is not OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer). This means Brother, Epson, HP, Lexmark, etc. brands.  Diamond Series would be considered remanufactured not OEM.

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DATE:  
February 23, 2018

TO: 
Principals
Special Education Staff
School Secretaries

FROM:   
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist
Courtney Titus, Program Specialist

SUBJECT: 
Special Education Budget Closeout for the 2017-18 School Year

Please note that Special Education purchase orders/requisitions for the 2017-18 school year must be received by Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 5:00 p.m. Please remember the following:

  • Budgets are not carried over from one year to the next.
  • Remember to deduct any previously submitted amounts from your Special Education budget (so that you know your balance) before submitting new orders. This includes reimbursements submitted through your school. No orders will be processed that exceed your budgeted allocation.
  • Please check with your school secretary to make sure all Special Education reimbursements have been submitted to the Special Education Department by the April 13th deadline. We have provided each secretary with a spreadsheet of currently recorded purchases/reimbursements for the total special education department at your school up through February 23, 2018.
  • When ordering supplies, follow Skyward procedures.
  • Be sure to follow the ordering guidelines outlined in the attached budget information page, as you close out your current year budgets.

Staff will be notified of the new budget allocation amount prior to the start of the new school year.  Keep in mind that new purchase orders/requisitions will not be processed until mid-July when all of the current year’s budgets have been closed out.

As you close out your budgets for the current school year, please note the following:

  1. All purchase orders/requisitions should be routed to Debbie Fairbourn in the Special Education Department.
  2. Use the following codes for purchase orders/requisitions and NPOs submitted through the year.

Coding for Purchase Orders/Requisitions and NPO’s:

FUND TYPE LOCATION PROGRAM FUNCTION OBJECT
10 E (School #) 1295 1090 Use object code

If you have questions regarding your Special Education budget, please call Debbie Fairbourn at
(801) 567-8177.

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DATE:
February 28, 2018

TO: 
All School Principals

FROM:  
Scott Thomas, Administrator, Auxiliary Services
Paul Bergera, Staff Assistant, Auxiliary Services
Lance Everill, Facility Staff Assistant, Operations
Ron Boshard, Coordinator, Risk Management

SUBJECT:  
2017-2018 State Risk Self-Inspection Survey

The Self-inspection Survey for 2017-2018, from the State Office of Risk Management is available online.  These surveys are designed to heighten safety awareness and to encourage school and District personnel to be proactive in hazard mitigation.  Please go to the following Web site:  risk.utah.gov

The responsible person or “Surveyor” is the school principal.  As in the past, this assignment can be delegated to the department head, lunch manager, custodian, etc. for specific surveys as you see fit. However, all principals will be the responsible person to see that this survey is completed on time.

As with previous years, you will be prompted to fill in a corrective action plan.  Please specify Work Order #, date submitted, who will follow through from your school, a target completion date and any other important information pertaining to specific questions.

The surveys are to be completed by March 30, 2018.  Note that when the survey is submitted, it is locked and you are unable to reopen to make changes.

Please feel free to call or email Ron Boshard, 801-567-8876, ron.boshard@jordandistrict.org

Reminder emails will be sent out from SIS@utah.gov, please look for this email address.

Thank you for your support.

 

Cc:
Patrice A. Johnson, Superintendent
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Administrators of Schools

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DATE:     
February 13, 2018

TO:  
Middle School Principals
High School Principals
Special Educators
Speech Language Pathologists
School Psychologists

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curric./ Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Julie Brown, Program Specialist

SUBJECT: 
Post-High Transition Training

Post-High Transition Training will be provided for all secondary special educators, Speech Language Pathologists, and School Psychologists. The training will focus on ways to make the process more student- centered as well as highlight the changes to the Utah State Special Education Rules, and provides as much clarification as possible on the diploma options. This half-day training will be conducted by combining high school feeders. In order to give school teams the opportunity to participate in a group while still providing for student learning, the training has been set up so that each school will send half of their staff in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Please plan for the full day substitute teachers to switch between morning and afternoon groups. We recognize that Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) may work in multiple buildings and may not be available to attend the training on the assigned day of the secondary feeder. If the SLP works in 2 secondary schools, the SLP should attend with their home base school. If the SLP splits between elementary and secondary, and is scheduled at an elementary the day of the secondary training, the SLP can attend with another feeder. Staff that are not available for trainings with their feeders on March 6th or 7th should attend the March 8th training, as this is a single feeder system. School Team Leaders, please send a list of morning and afternoon participants to the Teacher Specialist assigned to your school by March 1st. Special Education will cover the substitute costs for training (Budget code: 1292). For more information, please contact Julie Brown at julie.brown@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8200.

BHS and WJHS Feeder: March 6th at WJHS in the Tech Atrium
Morning session:         7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session:      11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

HHS and RHS Feeder:  March 7th at RHS in the Tech Atrium
Morning session:         7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session:      11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

CHHS Feeder and Make-Up:  March 8th at WHMS in the Media Center
Morning session:         7:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Afternoon session:      11:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

WJHS:      8136 S. 2700 W. West Jordan
RHS:       12476 S. Silverwolf Way (2700 W.) Riverton
WHMS:    8270 S Grizzly Way (5400 W.) West Jordan

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Utah Retirement Systems will be available for one-on-one retirement planning sessions at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services building in the North Training Room A105 on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. See the instructions below to register for an appointment. Counseling sessions are available at other locations that are also listed on the URS website. See flyer below.

1.       Go to www.urs.org.

2.       Log into your myurs account by clicking on LOGIN in the upper right corner of the screen.

3.       Click on the Education Tab.

4.       Click on “Individual Retirement Planning Sessions”.

5.       Find the session that works best for you.  Select the session to reserve your appointment.

6.     Please be sure to bring your estimated annual salary, any retirement plan balances outside of URS, and your Social Security statement (get yours at www.ssa.gov).

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Hosted by Student Intervention Services - See attached flyer

Overview of Taskforce Investigations 20 Minutes
Prevention 20 Minutes
Q&A Session 20 Minutes

JSD Administrators and
Parents of JSD Students are Invited

March 8, 2018
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium
7905 South Redwood Road
West Jordan

 

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DATE:
February 14, 2018

TO:
Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
Secondary Registrars

FROM:
Administrator of Schools
Dr. Anthony Godfrey, Associate Superintendent of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Planning & Student Services

SUBJECT:
Elementary, Middle and High School Non-Transferred Student Files Retention Schedule

Please see attached memo.

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DATE:   
February 12, 2018

TO:    
School Psychologists

FROM:  
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education
Fulvia Franco, Program Specialist – Guidance

SUBJECT: 
February School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, February 23, 2018, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium (7905 South Redwood Road). Cathy Davis, Suicide Prevention Specialist at the Utah State Board of Education, will provide us with a presentation on creating safety during a suicidal crisis. She will be sharing recent data re: suicide among youth ages 10-17 in Utah. We will also meet in our PLC groups according to level. Many of you have talked to me about activities or programs that you are using with your students. I would like you to share these ideas or materials in your groups. If you have information about something you’re using that you’d like copied, please email them to Cheryl Powell and she will make copies for everyone.

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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Call for Nominations:
In each of our counseling departments there are phenomenal school counselors that deserve recognition for the work that they are doing in their schools. We encourage you to recognize those in your departments and nominate them for either the School Counselor of the Year or the Rookie Counselor of the Year.

Award Descriptions:
The School Counselor of the Year Award (5+ years experience) honors the best counselors who are running a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at either the elementary, middle, or high school level. They are working to provide the best outcomes for each of their students, are leaders in their counseling centers, and a positive influence in their school.

The Rookie School Counselor of the Year Award honors the best of our new counselors (1 - 4 years of experience) at either the elementary, middle, or high school level. These rookie counselors bring new ideas, new enthusiasm, and change for the better in their counseling departments, while still learning from other counselors' experiences.

Nomination Details:
Nominations for the School Counselor of the Year and the Rookie Counselor of the Year are due February 28th.

Those who have been nominated for the School Counselor of the Year will be notified at the beginning of March and will be required to submit an application containing: a resume, 2 letters of recommendation, and a few short answer questions about their school counseling program. The winner(s) of the School Counselor of the Year Award (Elementary, Middle/Junior and High School) will be nominated for the National Counselor of the Year award and will also be required to fill out the NCOY application.

The Rookie Counselor of the Year will not be required to submit any other paperwork.

To nominate a school counselor you work with, please choose the award below and click on the link the the appropriate google form.

School Counselor of the Year: https://goo.gl/forms/z2eJ64zs3EQCoNzg1
Rookie Counselor of the Year: https://goo.gl/forms/6D6y1pTAQNSfy7ol2

Award Information:
The State winner of NCOY will be awarded a free trip to the American School Counselor Association Conference June 29 - July 2, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Rookie Counselor of the Year will be awarded a free 2018 USCA Membership and free attendance to the 2018 USCA Fall Conference.

Thank you for your nominations and we look forward to honoring the inspiring counselors among us!