June 2022

Did you know… Schenectady City School District transports approximately 4800 students roundtrip every day (so 9600 students) and completes 527 trips daily. In the 2021-22 school year, buses traversed approximately 1,037,515 miles!

Just a reminder… eligibility of bussing for SCSD students is as follows:

For Pre K – 5 th Grade – 1 mile or more from school

For 6th – 12th Grade – 1.5 miles or more from school

Lastly, did you know we conduct bus safety drills? Our bussing vendors perform State mandated safety drills, training students on their regular routes. We also conduct bus safety drills for students that are walkers. Walker drills ensure students’ safety on field trips or any extracurricular activity.

Registration is busier than ever!

If parents/guardians intend to provide home instruction in the 2022-23 school year, a letter of intent to provide home instruction must be submitted each school year; they do not carry over year to year.

StaffTrac - Please contact Teri Shanahan if any SCSD employee would like StaffTrac training this summer.

REMINDERS: Schenectady has quite a few grants that are sunsetting on June 30, 2022. The grant team continues to work strategically to begin planning for new grant opportunities when they become available. BOCES Grant Writers, or Tracy, may be reaching out to inquire about specific building or programming needs; please be kind and answer their emails/phone calls. This will include gather information related to the Consolidated Application 22-23 that applies for all Title funding, supporting the SCEP plans with SIG applications, and applying for new grants as they are released.

Looking for something to support your program initiatives? Contact Tracy to review grant opportunities.

*NEW* SIG Coaching for Excellence Grant and 2022-23 Supports

Audience: Non-Receivership CSI Schools

• Next week, the Office of Accountability will release to Districts with non-Receivership CSI schools a new grant opportunity to build instructional capacity by adding an Instructional Coach to the school.

• In addition to the grant, the Field Support team will be announcing shortly the additional supports that will be available to non-Receivership CSI schools for the 2022-23 school year.

• Please look for this information from the fieldsupport@nysed.gov email address and share with any non-Receivership CSI school in your District.

Target District Leader Community of Practice (TDL CoP)

Audience: Assistant Superintendents, Directors, and other District Leaders

• The TDL CoP will hold its next virtual meeting will occur on Tuesday, June 14^th from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

• This is an opportunity for Assistant Superintendents, District-wide Directors, and other District Leaders to connect with and learn from colleagues in other Target Districts.

• To register, please go to https://bit.ly/TDLCoP8

Chronic Absenteeism Community of Practice (CA COP)

Audience: District and School Staff responsible for attendance

• The CA CoP will hold its next virtual meeting on Thursday, June 16^th from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

• This is an opportunity for district and school staff responsible for attendance to explore and share strategies designed to reduce Chronic Absenteeism.

• To register and receive the meeting details, please complete the form at: https://bit.ly/CACoP8B

School and District Planning Materials Available

Audience: ALL

• Earlier in May, the Field Support team released the 2022-23 templates for the School Comprehensive Education Plan (SCEP) and the District Comprehensive Improvement Plan (DCIP), along with the DCIP Planning Document, through our Improvement Planning website.

Here is the Timeline for SCEPs.

*Please note that the first draft is due (shared with Michele Hogan) on or by July 8th.

*All schools, no matter accountability status, are required to submit a SCEP plan

*Resource