BSD Family Updates

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Hello Bremerton School District students and families!

Our consultants have been hard at work promoting and recruiting applicants for our Superintendent position. The application deadline is this Friday.

The Board will be reviewing all applications and narrowing it down to six semi-finalists who will be interviewed by the Board in an executive session (closed to the public) in late February. From those interviews, three finalists will be selected and their resumes will be posted on the District website.

These finalists will be invited to visit the District on February 28, March 1 and March 2 (one finalist per day.) After a full day of touring the district and meeting students and staff, we will host a community forum (in-person and on Zoom) each evening from 5-6 p.m. to provide an opportunity for everyone to meet each of the three finalists.

Staff, students, families and community members are invited to submit questions for the finalists ahead of time and we’ll work with our consultants to narrow the questions down for the forums. We’ll do our best to cover all questions submitted but we only have an hour, and we have to ask the same questions of each finalist.

At the end of each forum, attendees will be invited to submit their thoughts, comments, and feedback on each of the three finalists via a Google Form (Links will be posted after each Forum).

On Friday, March 3, the Board will meet in a special session at 9 a.m. to announce the name of the finalist selected to serve as the next Superintendent. This meeting will be in-person and on zoom - and open to the public.

The vote will allow me, as Board President, to move forward with negotiating a contract with the finalist the Board has chosen. If all goes as planned, the Board will then approve the new superintendent’s contract at the March 16 regular Board meeting.

On behalf of the Board, I invite you to be a part of this important process and hope you’ll join us for the community forums! Please visit www.BremertonSchools.org/Sup-Search for meeting details and updates.

Thank you!

Aly Rotter

President
Bremerton School Board

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Dear Bremerton School District Families,

Have you registered with Hazel Health? Learn more about our new health services today and ensure your child has access to services all year long.

Why sign up?

Children and teens are experiencing mental health issues more than ever before, and finding affordable support can take as long as two months. Hazel is making support for students available quickly. If you’ve noticed changes in your child’s behavior, Hazel can provide them the support and resources they need to feel like themselves again.

Hazel can help your child address:

• Mood/behavior changes, motivation, grief/loss
• Separation anxiety, worry, fears
• Social skills, bullying, sexual identity challenges, peer & family relationships
• Academic stress

You can learn more and sign-up at https://my.hazel.co/bremertonschools/info.

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The end of first semester is Thursday, January 26. Friday, January 27 is a grading/assessment/professional development day for staff so there is no school for students!

Students can connect with a live, highly-qualified tutor to get help when it is needed! Learn more here!

No school on Monday, February 20 in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday.

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We've got one last kindergarten information night this month - in Spanish!

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Background photo: Bremerton High School students recite Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech in 7 different languages during the 2023 MLK day assembly. See more photos.

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The Bremerton School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Garth Steedman at 360.473.1031 or the Section 504 Coordinator, John Welsh at 360.473.1012. Mailing address: 134 Marion Avenue North, Bremerton, WA 98312.