General Information
At the school board meeting last evening, Craig Soderberg resigned his school board position after serving 10 years on the Fern Ridge School District School Board. Thank you Craig for your years of dedication, commitment, kindness, knowledge, and work in helping make the Fern Ridge School District a great place for students to learn. Craig will be greatly missed!
At the FRSD School Board meeting last night, the Board authorized the addition of 5 days to our calendar this school year. This addition, combined with a 14 hour “weather waiver” we are requesting from ODE, will allow the FRSD to continue to meet state instructional hour requirements for the 16-17 school year. These changes will be updated to the website district calendar later today. The additional school days are: February 20th, and June 16,19,20 and 21.
Reminder – The end of the semester was moved a week. There will be no school this Friday, February 3rd. It is a Teacher Workday.
The loss of seven school days over the last month has necessitated some changes in our calendar. The first issue that needed to be addressed was pushing back the end of the first semester. At the School Board meeting last night it was recommended, and subsequently approved, to change January 27th from a non-school day to a school day, and to change February 3rd from a school day to a non-school day. This effectively moves the end of our semester to Thursday, February 2nd. Please note this change on your calendars.
The second issue the board addressed was the potential of adding back days. While many options were discussed, including attending school on holidays, eliminating early release Wednesdays, attending during Spring Break, extending the school year, etc….two options were recommended for consideration. The first option simply has the school year being extended by 5 days, with the last school day occurring on Thursday, June 22nd. The second option has the end of the school year being extended by 3 days (ending on June 20th), with the other two days being identified and made up between now and the end of the school year (attending on Presidents Day, the Friday before Memorial weekend, another non-school day, etc)…..The board plans on making a decision at their next meeting on February 6th. Both options considered have us adding back 5 of the 7 days we have missed, and assume no more snow days. If we have more snow days, other adjustments will need to be made.
Fern Ridge School District will be hosting an Open House and Ribbon Cutting on January 19th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Please join us in our new Elmira Elementary School, 88960 Territorial Road, Elmira, OR 97437. The evening will begin outside of the school where School Board Member, Twinkle Morton and students, will cut the ribbon and lead the way to the gym. There will be a short greeting from Gary Carpenter and Michelle Marshall. The grand opening will be a wonderful opportunity for families, community members, and friends to explore the beautiful new building and learn more about the design and layout.
In addition, Elmira High School will be “open” from 6-7 for any community members that would like to tour the new lobby and facilities that have recently been completed.
The Fern Ridge School District joins the other 196 school districts throughout Oregon to celebrate January as “School Board Recognition Month”.
Our school board members spend countless hours of unpaid time working to provide the best possible education for our students. Celebrating School Board Recognition Month is one way to say thanks for all they do.
School board members represent their fellow citizens’ views and priorities in the complex enterprise of maintaining and running the community’s public schools.
Even though we are making a special effort during January to show appreciation for our school board members, we recognize their contributions reflect a year-round effort on their part. They are dedicated individuals who are committed to improving student achievement and to fighting for the best for all of our students. Please join us in thanking Twinkle Morton, Andrea Larson, Craig Soderberg, Sterling Pew, and David Bolton for all they do for Fern Ridge School District.
Fern Ridge School District 28J
Old Elmira Elementary School Gym
88960 Territorial Rd, Elmira OR
Saturday, January 14, 2017
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Items include: Student & teacher desks, chairs, tables, storage cabinets, file cabinets, bookshelves, books, pianos, globes, lockers, photography equipment, kitchen equipment, fish aquariums, tools, commercial mixer, computers, kiln, and more!
All items sold as is. All sales are final. All items removed at time of purchase.
Cash/Debit/Credit Cards Accepted.
Fern Ridge School District 28J
Old Elmira Elementary School Gym
88960 Territorial Rd, Elmira OR
Saturday, January 7, 2017
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Items include: Student & teacher desks, chairs, tables, storage cabinets, file cabinets, bookshelves, books, pianos, globes, lockers, photography equipment, kitchen equipment, fish aquariums, tools, and more!
All items sold as is. All sales are final. All items removed at time of purchase.
Cash/Debit/Credit Cards Accepted.
Regular bus routes will be running this afternoon, Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
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