Monday MM - November 3rd

Good Morning & Happy November!

@ 2pm today all 5th grade will have a strings performance in the gym during specials.  

In an effort to improve our Teacher Advisory Committee we will begin our next SIT team meeting on November 4th with an open forum to discuss improvements.  Please come to Mobile #36 at 3:30 if you are interested, or give your SIT representative the information to lift your voice/opinions to the team.

Our Mix-It-Up date will be Monday, November 24th.  

A note from our school leaders at WSFCS about Tuesday's election

As you know, Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4th. Sam Mills and I did a comprehensive review of all polling sites last year and made a presentation to the Board of Education about safety concerns and suggested improvements at some schools. Many of you we’ve already spoken to about specific changes at your schools, but I wanted to send out an additional reminder about general things that can be done to improve safety on election day.

• As a general rule, students should not be in the halls unsupervised, especially in elementary schools. When possible (I know it will be more difficult in high schools) a teacher or staff member should be in the halls at all times while students are in the halls (classroom changes, bathroom breaks, etc.) when there is the potential for voter-student contact.
• Remind your staff to be more vigilant about voters and other people roaming the schools and, if possible or practicable, have staff members monitor the areas in (in rotating shifts) and around the voting area if it directly intersects with student traffic. 
• We are not required to provide restrooms for voters. However, you may want to consider allowing a voter to use a staff restroom in the office if necessary. You may also want to place a sign outside the student restrooms which directs voters to go to the office for a restroom. 
• If you are one of the few schools where voting was moved from one location on campus to another (from the gym to media center, for example), make sure that you have signs directing voter traffic to the appropriate place. I am happy to speak with you all on Monday and/or to assist in getting these signs done before Tuesday. 
• You may want to consider using physical barriers (such as cones or rope) to separate voter traffic from parent/student traffic, especially during arrival and dismissal times in the common areas and lobby.

STAFF PLEASE PARK IN THE BUS AREA FIRST and then AGAINST the BERM to allow for voters to utilize the spaces nearest the "BP Bridge."

Subs:
Lindsey Berry for Lisa Weber PM only
Vickie Jones for Bobbie Robinson 
Rosemary Hazy for Darcy Steele PM only