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DATE: 
December 15, 2016

TO: 
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM:   
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:   
School Bank Account Balances for December 31, 2016


Please send the following information for each bank account balance as of December 31, 2016 to Accounting by January 20, 2017.  If you have multiple bank accounts, please list each account separately.  For elementary schools who have completely closed their separate accounts please indicate so on the form.

School Name
Name of Bank
Type of Account (checking, savings, money market)
Account Balance

The balance requested is the balance from your December bank statements, not Skyward.  This information is required annually and will be used to complete reporting requirements for Utah Money Management Council.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Dan Ellis at (801)567-8389.

Thank you.

DATE:  
December 15, 2016

TO:    
All School Principals
All School Financial Secretaries

FROM: 
John Larsen, Business Administrator
Heather Ellingson, Director of Accounting, Budgets and Audits
Daniel Ellis, Accountant/Internal Auditor

SUBJECT:  
Quarterly School Financial Report for October, November, and December 2016


Each school is asked to report the quarter end account balance and transaction detail with the Apple Volume Purchase Program and return with your bank reconciliation.  If your school has no Apple account, please so indicate and return.

Please include the account balance with Apple on the reconciliation sign off form and print a report or screen shot(s) of the balances and quarterly transactions from Apple’s website.  If you need assistance, please contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist – Bonnie, Deana, Harrison, Nancy.

Please photocopy the selected elements and send to Accounting by January 20, 2017.

Please include:

  • The signed attached memo to Accounting
  • A copy of your October, November and December 2016 Reconciliation Worksheets
  • A copy of your October, November and December 2016 Bank Statements
  • A copy of your October, November and December 2016 Skyward Balance Sheets
  • A copy of your October, November and December Outstanding Check Reports
  • Screen shot(s) of your December 31, 2016 Apple Volume Purchase Program transaction history and balance

If you have questions or need assistance, please call Liz Robins at (801)567-8267.

Thank you.

Cc:
Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools
Jill Durrant, Administrator of Schools
Anthony Godfrey, Administrator of Schools
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Teri Timpson, Administrator of Schools

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.

 

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The 2017-18 SNAP Plans Deadlines are Fast Approaching

  • For elementary and middle schools within the cities of Bluffdale, Herriman, Riverton and South Jordan, SNAP Plans are due to the Auxiliary Services Main Office no later than Friday, January 20, 2017.

Please submit the 2017-18 SNAP Plan with recommendations and required signatures, including the principal initials and date at the bottom of the designated pages. Our department will then deliver the SNAP Plans to each city for approval and signatures. Once the SNAP Plans have been approved by the cities, they will then be submitted to the Administrators of Schools for final approval.

  • For elementary and middle schools within the City of West Jordan, SNAP Plans are due Wednesday, February 15, 2017 for signing at Columbia Elementary between 1:00-4:00 pm.

Once the SNAP Plans have been approved by the City of West Jordan, they will then be submitted by our department to the Administrator of Schools for final approval and signatures.

All finalized original SNAP Plans will be returned to you no later than Friday, May 5, 2017.

Please don't hesitate to contact Peggy Margetts (x88753) with questions or assistance. See list below of Municipal Representatives.

 

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.