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Superintendent's Scoop |
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Good things are happening! |
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October 25, 2016 |
By Superintendent Gary Pflueger
I have enjoyed writing this edition of the “Supt
Scoop” to our community. Good things are
happening! And yes, challenges will keep us
striving for ways to improve. I’ll begin with
the best news — Bonners Ferry was awarded the
“High Five” grant sponsored by Blue Cross of
Idaho. This will bring up to $250,000 into our
community and be dedicated to our youth.
I look forward to working with Mayor David Sims,
Gary Aitkens Jr., Dennis Weed and the community
as we measure the best opportunities for our
children. This is wonderful and exciting on many
levels!
On another level of progress, the Boundary
County School District is the main reason a
fiber optic connection is headed north, though
this news is tentative at this point. We have
met with Fat Beam, a company out of Coeur
d’Alene. The School Board will look into this
partnership, as well as other business items at
our next meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, November 7,
at the District Office. The future is coming,
like it or not; let’s make sure we are
controlling our own destiny.
Last week, a Board of Trustee’s advisory
committee, the Executive Council, met to discuss
policy and procedures. Of course, student safety
is always primary on our minds. To assist and
improve instruction we will begin to offer
specific and specialized training for our
substitute teacher core. With the four day week,
there is no time to waste in the classroom. The
days of busy work and “baby sitting” are over. I
look forward to assisting all our employees and
students in becoming more productive.
As information is king, another improvement
which will help all of us is the new
district-wide calendar. Go to our web-site at
www.bcsd101.com. The new item we created is on
the right hand side of the main page. It is a
daily calendar of upcoming events in all
Boundary County Schools. I am proud to
acknowledge you will see very few, if any,
school events on a Wednesday evening after 6
p.m. A promise I intend to keep!
This site is also a great location to keep up on
your child’s academic growth. Just get your
PowerSchool login from the teacher or school
secretaries to track your child’s progress and
attendance.
Now to address the challenges.
I talked with Nurse Moore over the weekend. Head
lice are having a banner year. Karen and our
volunteers are having a hard time keeping up; it
is a real head scratcher! At school we have
educated our students in proper etiquette: keep
hats, heads and clothing to self; though it is
hard to stop hugs and group selfies. We give out
RID shampoo and other supplies geared toward
control of further spreading. However, unless
infested homes take special steps to eradicate
the lice, they will continue to catch a ride
back into our schools.
If we can get enough help, we will complete a
district-wide check and maybe get on top of it
(so to speak)! Let us know what you can do!
Finally, BCSD participates annually in a Free &
Reduced Lunch Program. Whether or not your child
eats hot lunch, we still benefit from the
completed forms being turned in. Financial
support through the lunch forms comes into our
schools in many ways. All information is
confidential. Contact Tammy Schneider or the
school secretaries for more info. Thanks for
helping!
Congrats to all of our fall season athletes!
Thanks for the efforts in and out of the
classroom!
Upcoming Events:
11/3 End 1st Quarter
11/6 End daylight savings time “Fall Back”
11/20 FREE Community Thanksgiving Supper 3 to 7
p.m., BCMS cafeteria. Sponsored by the
Ministerial Association and BCSD. |
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