Swine Flu: The alerts have elevated. The Federal Center for Disease Control
(CDC) has starting using the words “pandemic” and “imminent.” We are
literally watching and acting minute by minute with our responses. Everyone
needs to follow the precautionary recommendations given by the State Health
Department and the CDC. Official information and direction will always come
through your building administration. If it becomes necessary to close
schools, we will. That will bring a new host of issues and questions to be
resolved. We’ll deal with those as they come. For right now – safety
first.
Remaining District Reductions in Force: If you haven’t already heard – you
will. The remaining Jordan School District has announced its intention to
reduce District-level staff by 122 FTE for the 2009-10 school year. This
action is the first in a series of steps moving forward at the direction of
the Board in order to offset the 2009-10 State budget deficit. The Board is
doing all it can to insulate classroom teachers and students from being
affected. If budget cuts do reach to the classroom, I believe they will be
the least amount possible. Final decisions about where additional
reductions will be made are still in process. The Board is conducting a Dan
Jones poll to determine preferences for balancing the budget from a patron
perspective. Within the next several weeks, specific courses of action will
become finalized.
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