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Superintendent's
Corner Archives
September 20,
2006
Dear Students, Families and Staff:
We are entering our third week of the school year. Both buildings
are off to a good start. Our new faculty and staff seem to be
adjusting and melding well in each building. I have been very busy
this week interviewing candidates for Supervisor of Building and
Grounds position. A number of staff members and the Board of Education
Building and Grounds Committee helped interview seven candidates
last Friday. We hope to conclude the process with an appointment at
our October 3 Board of Education meeting.
We have just received our initial results from the ELA grades 3 8
testing this week. The results are embargoed until next week when
the Commissioner reveals statewide information. This is the first
time testing has included grades beyond 4 and 8. Frankly, there is a
great advantage having access to student performance data for each
grade level and our faculty and administrators will use this
information to improve instruction. The parent information reports
are improved from past years. It will likely take a couple of weeks
once the data is released to mail the information home to you. I
hope you find the reports user-friendly. If you have any questions,
please contact your childs teacher, guidance counselor or the
principal.
Our parent open houses begin on Wednesday, Sept. 20, for grades K-2.
This is an opportunity to meet and greet your childs teacher and
learn about the curriculum and classroom procedures. Our open houses
are always well attended. Please take advantage of this opportunity
even if this may be your third child through school. Parent
involvement in school activities and programs is one of the greatest
predictors of student success in school.
The Board of Education is carefully reviewing the need for a capital
project at the secondary campus that addresses a variety of needs
including the current technology room, energy conservation,
renovating the locker rooms, paving the lower parking lot and other
mechanical deficiencies. We have an Excel grant from the state that
would cover the district share of costs. Please attend a Board of
Education meeting on the first or third Tuesday of the month to
learn more about this project.
We have a new Webmaster this year, Audrey Hendricks; she is working
hard to help make the district Web site a valuable community
resource. Please feel free to e-mail Audrey at
ahendric@gw.neric.org
or
me at
mvillant@mum.neric.org
with any suggestions for improvement.
Sincerely,
Mark Villanti, Ed.D.
Superintendent of
Schools
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