The Husky Monthly

Sherman County School Newsletter - February/March

We hope that all families had a nice winter break 2.0 🙃 with our unexpected school closures. Truly, we appreciate the understanding and flexibility of all families during the recent inclement weather school closures and we are so thankful for all the hard work and collaboration with the ODOT crews and the North Wasco transportation department. At THIS time, as of now, we will not need to add any additional school days in June.

In recent school board meetings district leadership has begun to discuss the strategic planning process. The last strategic plan in the district was completed in 2018. As we look forward, district leadership has agreed that a good first step will be to do foundational identity work this spring, with all stakeholders. This work will shape the direction we head as a school community and will serve as a foundation and provide guardrails for decision-making going forward in the coming years. This process will begin first with our staff in April and then will include processes to involve students and then families/the community.

We are better together, which means we get better student outcomes when we all contribute to the direction and plans for the school community. We invite you to be involved, to engage in the work, and provide your input and feedback through the process in the coming months and following year.

Every student. Every day. Whatever it takes. 100%

Sincerely,

Julia Fall

Shoutouts & Suggestions

Updates from January & February School Board Meetings

Actions taken:

Board approved the Early Literacy plan
Board adopted the Section 504 Handbook
Board adopted the Budget Calendar for the 2024-25 school year
Board approved the 24-25 NCESD Local Service Plan
Board approved a one year baseball co-op with Arlington, Condon, and Wheeler
Board approved the proposed interdistrict transfer numbers for 24-25
Board approved HVAC repairs up to $20,000 for the heating repair needed in the cafeteria
Board approved the hire of all spring coaches
Board accepted the resignation of Principal/AD Mr. Kroll, effective June 30th.

Early Literacy Plan --> With the 25% match on our end, we are set to receive and allocate over $100,000 over the next two years to early literacy improvement. We are looking forward to making next step plans to improve our after-school program offerings in regards to literacy as well as getting new classroom libraries, and investing in significant professional development opportunities for our staff.