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Adam’s Update (2.26.24) Sabbaticals, Job Sharing, Lesson Plans, Auto Insurance Deductible Reimbursement, NexGen EAP,

Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope you had a restful February break. Here’s a brief update: - Sabbaticals. Interested in strengthening your practice with a semester or full year of professional growth that would benefit you and your students? Consider a sabbatical leave. Use that time to enroll in academic courses, to conduct research, to create materials or write curricula, or to travel and...

Adam’s Update (1.25.24) Staffing Timeline, First 15 Minutes, PD Opportunity, Retirement Deadline

Colleagues, Here’s a brief update: - Staffing Timeline. Although most of the staffing and transfer days for the 2024-2025 school year won’t occur until June, Middle Schools will be staffed first (projected for mid-May) followed by Receivership Schools and agreed-upon exempt positions. By then, teachers should know the starting time(s) for schools and who the principals will be. Meanwhile, we...

Adam’s Update (12.12.23) MOA, Reconfiguration

Colleagues, The closing of even a single school is usually difficult and controversial. So when the District announced an ambitious plan to close multiple schools because of declining enrollment, along with grade configuration changes that would create separate middle schools, it understandably conjured fears of massive layoffs of teachers, maxing out of class sizes, and a chaotic transition...

Adam’s Update (9.18.23) Proposed Reconfiguration Plan, First 15 Minutes, Insurance Deductible Reimbursement, COVID Protocols, Teacher Leaders Program, RTA Dinner Seminar, Additional PD Opportunities

Colleagues, As we begin the third week of this school year, I want to update you on a few salient issues and announcements: - RCSD Reconfiguration Plan. On October 19th, the Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the Superintendent’s proposed School Reorganization...

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