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Superintendent John Pandolfo
December 18, 2022
Dear TSD Families,
As we approach the
half-way point in our school year, I want to thank you all for the support you
provide to our schools. At this time of year there is much celebration;
we have had some wonderful winter concerts and performances, winter athletics is
in full swing with great coverage from the Daily Planet, and our seniors are
hearing about college acceptances. It is also a challenging time with
significant absences due to a myriad of illnesses, the cold and darkness that
comes with December in the mountains, the pressure associated with exams for
our high school students, and the stress that comes with the holiday
season. Please know that we are here and committed to supporting the
students and families of this community through both the hard and the easy.
Our staff are here because they care deeply about children. Your support
and appreciation mean a lot to us.
Our School
Board meetings this week have very full agendas:
Please remember
that we also host Coffee Talks on the third Friday of the month so you can come
and discuss any issue you would like with our BOE members and myself. Our
next Coffee Talk will be Friday, January 20 at 8:15am at La Cocina de
Luz. Even with below zero temperatures this past Friday morning it was
cozy in their outdoor space.
We continue to focus on School Safety as part of Ends Policy
related to a Safe and Healthy Community. Through the I Love Your Guys Foundation, we follow the
Standard Response Protocol (SRP-K12-2021-Poster_EN.pdf) which includes
our lockdown procedures and other processes for situations with require a
safety-related response other than lockdown. We are also adopting the
Standard Reunification Method (SRM-V2-Parent-Handout_EN.pdf), and are working
with our emergency responders to plan for reunification drills and real
events. While I sincerely hope we never need to have a reunification or
another lockdown, and while I hate that time and focus is taken away from
teaching and learning for this planning, I hope it is apparent why this is so
important. We take the safety of our students and staff very seriously.
As I observe classrooms and meet with teachers to discuss their
mid-year review and progress on their goals, I am constantly reminded of the
great work our teachers do with students every day, and the importance of
education in our world. It makes me feel grateful for the opportunity to
serve as your Superintendent.
I will close by
reminding you of the goal areas we have identified this year through our Ends
policies:
- Quality Academics
- Vertical and horizontal alignment of curriculum
- HR practices that result in retaining and recruiting
excellent staff
- Addressing Individual
Needs
- A Multi-Tiered System of Supports
- A robust Dual Immersion program
- Safe and Healthy Community
- Consistent student and staff culture across buildings
which supports achieving ends
- Fair and equitable behavioral expectations and
responses
We
are continually working in all of these areas, and I will be presenting
Monitoring Reports to the BOE on these goals in the months of March, April, and
May.
Sincerely,
John Pandolfo
Superintendent
[email protected]
970-369-1213