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Principals:

​Several inquiries have been directed to our office regarding proper protocol when a school is having heating and/or air conditioning issues.  Please adhere to the following steps and take a minute to share this information with your administrative assistant and head custodian.

  • T​he first step is to have the custodian submit a work order.
  • ​If a work order has been completed and the problem continues, or if ​one of our HVAC technicians hasn't yet diagnosed the problem and the temperature is affecting the learning environment, the second step is to call the maintenance department directly​ at 801-567-8862.
  • ​Please refrain from having teachers contact the maintenance office, as this can create multiple work orders for the same issue.
  • When contacting the maintenance department, the call should come from ​the principal, administrative assistant, head​ custodian, or ​assistant/​sub custodian.

In addition, ​please help us be as efficient as possible by making sure teachers and staff ​at your school involve the head custodian when maintenance issues need to be resolved.  The head custodian should be the point of contact between the school and the maintenance department.  Perhaps this could be an agenda item for your next faculty meeting.​

​Have a wonderful holiday season and t​hanks for your cooperation.

 

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The Jordan School District Safety Team has received many requests for further resources to help establish Reunification Action Plans for your schools.  In response, Breanne Stump, from Fox Hollow Elementary, has agreed to teach a course and share her planning ideas and experience.

You may register for the course in JPLS: https://jpls.truenorthlogic.com/U/P/Channel/-/Guest/Login Incident Command Reunification Planning Exercise, #101157
Date - Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Time - 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place -  Auditorium at the Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood)
Please park and enter on the north side of the building.

You are welcome to invite members of your school Incident Command team that would find this opportunity helpful.  Each location is responsible for substitute coverage if needed. Please contact Peggy Margetts (x88753) with any questions.

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Facility Access During Winter Recess

Please submit Card Access Scheduling requests in Sprocket to have doors open for activities that will occur during Winter Recess, when the facility is normally closed.

Principals that would like to keep the exterior doors locked and allow employees to have badge access will need to submit a Card Access Scheduling request indicating the applicable dates and times.

Remember to submit a Sprocket Heating and Cooling request to correspond with the time the building will be occupied.

Call Alarm Response at 801-567-8865, in advance of any unscheduled opening and closing.

Please call Sandi Abplanalp with any card access and door scheduling questions: 801-567-8616.

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DATE:     
December 14, 2016

TO:
All Elementary, Middle, and Traditional High School Principals

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets, and Audits

SUBJECT: 
December 2016 Budget Transfer Request

Please review your budgets and complete the attached Budget Transfer Request if you would like to transfer between your postage, supply, textbook and equipment budgets. The signed form is due back to Heather Ellingson no later than January 3, 2017.

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DATE:
December 12, 2016

TO:
Principals
All Provisional Special Educators

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Administrator of Curriculum, Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT:
Assessment Analysis Class

The Special Education department is providing training for provisional special education teachers to assist in analyzing tests administered in Jordan. The teachers will be exposed to multiple tests that are given by other service providers.

This class is primarily for new special education teachers. If other special educators in your building need this training, please contact Michelle Chavez. The attendance is at the discretion of the building principal and special educators must arrange for a substitute. Substitutes may be requested by using the program code 1292. Teachers should register through JPLS (JPLS: #114628 USBE (.5) Credit Available).                                     

Date:
January 5, 2017, 8:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.
January 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.                                    

Where:
District Office, Room 129

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DATE:   
December 1, 2016

TO: 
High School and Center-Based School Principals
High School Special Education Team Leaders

FROM:
Laura Finlinson, Admin. of Curriculum/Staff Development & Special Programs
Lisa Robinson, Director of Special Education

SUBJECT:  
Destruction of Special Education Records

School districts are required to keep special education records five years past the student’s twenty-second birthday. In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Jordan School District must notify parents and afford them the opportunity to receive special education records before destruction of those records can occur.

As of December 1, 2016, such notice will have been advertised to parents for students whose birthdates are prior to September, 1989 (i.e., students who are 27 years of age).  Any records for this time period that have not been requested by January 31, 2017 should be submitted for destruction following the procedures identified below:

  1. A list must be submitted to the special education teacher specialist assigned to your school which identifies each student’s name, birthdate and student number for all files to be destroyed.
  1. The special education teacher specialist will review the list and notify the team once it is verified that the records may be submitted for destruction.
  1. NEW PROCEDURE: Follow the Shredding of Confidential Records procedures outlined in the September 8, 2014 memo from Auxiliary Services which reads:

Records to be destroyed will now need to be retained in a secure place at your school. When you have accumulated more than 10 boxes, please contact Columbus Secure Document Solutions at 801-262-1588 to schedule pickup and disposal.

Please remove records from loose leaf binders or hanging file folders. All confidential records must be boxed, taped shut and visibly labeled as CONFIDENTIAL TO BE DESTROYED. Boxes not secured and labeled will not be accepted. Please collect all boxes in one central location. At the scheduled date and time, please have someone available to direct workers where the boxes are for quick and efficient pick up.

Note that special education records may be submitted for destruction at any time after January 31, 2017 as long as the destruction meets the criteria and has been approved by the special education department.

  1. Please remember that the Utah State Records Retention Schedule mandates that student transcripts be retained permanently.

If you have questions, please call the special education teacher specialist assigned to your school.

cc:
Paul Bergera, Auxiliary Services
Susan Sudbury,  Placement Office
Luann Leavitt, Student Services
Sandra Riesgraf, Communications

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The Utah Retirement Systems will be providing a presentation on the Tier 2 Retirement program for all employees who are in their first year of retirement eligible employment. Attendance is highly encouraged. P

Please pass the attached flyer on to employees in your school/department that may be interested.

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DATE: 
December 6, 2016

TO:  
All Principals

FROM: 
Administrators of Schools
June LeMaster, Ph.D., Human Resource Administrator
Travis Hamblin, Human Resource Administrator-Licensed

SUBJECT: 
Underqualified Educators – Academic Pathway to Teaching (APT) and Letter of Authorization (LOA)

See attached memo and APT Flowchart.

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Curriculum will pay for one administrator per school to attend the Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century Conference sponsored through CITES on March 23 and 24, 2017. If registration is requested before Dec. 22, two registrations per school will be paid by curriculum. If you would like to attend, please contact Noreen in Curriculum.

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We have an auction on PublicSurplus.com which will end on Tuesday, December 6th. It will be the last one before the Winter Break. Please take a look and see if there is anything you need for your building.

Also, just a reminder that your school needs to do their surplus paperwork and turn it in with all signatures if you want to be scheduled for pick up. Please do not delay in getting your paperwork in so that we can see how soon we can schedule our next surplus pick up.

As always, thank you for all your help and cooperation with this request.

Happy Holidays from Fixed Assets and the Surplus Warehouse

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DATE:  
December 1, 2016

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: 
December School Psychologists’ Meeting

A school psychologists’ meeting has been scheduled for Friday, December 9, 2016, from 11:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building Auditorium (7905 South Redwood Road). We will begin with a holiday luncheon at 11:30 p.m.  Kathleen Woodward, Senior Clinical Assessment Consultant with Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR), Inc. will provide us with training on the UNIT-2 and ABAS-3.

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

cc:
Principals