Blue = New/Pressing  Gold = Old 

Attendance:

Remember to take attendance every period, every day. Admin will be emailing the teachers who didn't take attendance the day before to remind them to go in and do that. We understand that everyone forgets a period here or there every now and then, but we are having anywhere between 20-30 teachers a day that we're having to email and remind to take attendance. That is more than it should be. 

This is an important task anyway, but we are also looking at starting an attendance/absence program that will work with our tardy program we started, so accurate attendance will be imperative as we try to navigate that process. 

Bookcase Update:

240 of the shorter bookcases are en route to us. This They are ordered, paid for, and we're just waiting on a delivery date. Now, within that, I may send out an email asking for any willing bodied helpers to assist when they are delivered. The company wanted to charge us a $15,000 delivery fee for them. To pay that, I would have had to cut right around 80 bookcases from the order. So, to get rid of that charge, we had to agree to unload the semi truck ourselves when it gets here. We'll advertise it as a Cyprus High Fitness Day and we'll work together to get those cases off the semi. 

With this order, everyone should be able to have two bookcases for their room, and that should give us at least a good start on what we need. 

Front Parking Circle:

The front parking circle right outside the Main Office is designated for our SROs, handicap stalls, and the rest of the stalls are visitor parking. We have faculty parking in there and taking up most of the available spaces. This leads to unhappy visitors a few times a week. Because of some of the systems we are putting in place, we are having way more meetings with parents than we have had in the past, so we do have a lot of visitors coming and going on any given day, so we need those parking spots available. We have designated faculty parking with more parking stalls and space than we will ever need, so please park in those designated areas and not the front circle. 

Hall Passes and Cell Phones:

A couple of things here. First, please be cognizant of your hall passes. I have noticed a lot of people have them just hanging by their doors (or door spaces for those of you who still have no doors on your room due to "supply chain issues that have no possible date that can be given for when it might be resolved"). I have also seen that a few hall passes are going missing. I would suggest putting the hall passes where they aren't quite as accessible to kids, and somewhere where you can see a bit easier if it's being returned or not. Secondly, please implement a system and require that students have to turn in their cell phone to use the hall pass. We are still pretty hit and miss on whether this particular norm is being implemented in classrooms.

Blue "On the Way" Tickets:

When a student comes to class with an "On the Way" ticket, please collect if from them when they report to class. We are starting to get a few kids who are trying to hold onto those so they can use one ticket to try to roam around all day. Collecting the ticket can also help you see how long they dawdled prior to gracing you with their presence, which can help you determine if they earned a sluff or not. We tell the kids they have five minutes to get to class once they have the slip, we've asked you guys to gauge the level of grace on how much time you actually give them, but I would argue that taking 20 minutes to show up after receiving the slip is unnecessary. 

Advisory Update:

There was a section of the email that was sent out today that read as follows:

Present Students: If you mark a student present, you must also indicate which room they are in and notify their advisory teacher via email or Teams. This is crucial for emergencies.

This was probably not written as clearly as was intended. It should have read more like this:

• After Deadline Requests: If you mark a student present, you must also indicate which room they are in and notify their advisory teacher via email or Teams of the after deadline request. This is crucial for emergencies.

It was referencing students who are added to the spreadsheet late. I will reiterate once again that while there may be circumstances on occasion where a student needs to be called to an Advisory class beyond the deadline, the common practice should be to put students on the spreadsheet by the deadline so that all the communication pieces that are in place can work. Calling a student late creates extra work for the student's Advisory teacher and yourself. Help each other out and get those kids on the list on time. 

Mice!:

All, not shockingly, we have mice in the building. We are right on the mountain, and the building has been essentially an open door for two years while workers have been eating and leaving messes around for them to feast on. They did not move out simply because we moved in. The reason I even bring it up is that we all need to be conscientious about it and make sure we're keeping food in plastic containers with lids and that the lids are closed. Let's not make things any more inviting than the little rascals already think things are. 

Cell Phones:

We need to be consistent on cell phones starting now. One thing that's very easy for us to see as we walk around now is kids on phones because we can see in all the classrooms. 

One reminder is students should only have Chromebooks out and open when they are actively using them for classwork. I have already been seeing many students using the open Chromebook to block the teacher from seeing them on their phone. 

Releasing Classes Early:

Please don't release classes early. We heard today that some teachers might be under the impression that students who have a hall pass are excused five minutes before the bell so they can get to the bus. This is NOT the case, and is NOT accurate. The only kids who would leave class early to get to a bus are GTI students who need to leave 2nd period a bit early to make it to the GTI bus. 

Please keep kids in their seats and actively working on something until the bell. Allowing them to congregate at the door for the last few minutes of class is just setting them up to start sneaking out of your class early and be in the halls.

Phone Numbers:

I know cell service is a hit or miss in the building, but everyone should have our numbers in their phones. Speaking for myself- a text is a much quicker way to get a response from me than a Teams Message.

Josh LeRoy 801-707-1423

Amy Fishler 717-576-8833

Andy Carbaugh 801-633-5197

Josh Moore 801-682-2436

Jeff Jackson 801-652-6120

Hall Passes:

We are making a concerted effort to be checking halls and making sure students have hall passes. Please make sure you're using hall passes with your students and that you remember a few guidelines for them:

1. They need to have the hall pass with them and visible

2. Only one student per hall pass

3. Please govern the hall passes so students are not taking advantage of them. You should be tracking who takes them, how frequently, and how long they're gone when they use one. Best practice would be to limit the number of times each quarter a student can use a hall pass.