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“Run, Hide, Fight” Community Forum

November 21, 2019 By relek

During the 2018-2019 school year, our District Safety Team spent time researching the best way to train and prepare our District in the event we should have to deal with the threat of an act of extreme violence on one of our campuses.

This group identified “Run, Hide, Fight”, a program endorsed and supported by the State of Vermont AOE, as the best tool for our district, and presented a plan to our school board in April 2019 to add it to our current safety protocols. Distilled to its simplest, this training teaches that our staff should be prepared to “Run when it’s safe to run. Hide where it’s safe to hide. Fight if you or others around you have no other options.”

For the past few months, we have been working with a team of nationally recognized school-safety specialists on a three-phase, district-wide training plan to implement “Run, Hide, Fight” in BSD.

Part of this plan includes creating a space for parents to learn more from our experts and ask questions. Please join us on December 11th at 6PM at Integrated Arts Academy to engage in this conversation.

Childcare and translation services will be provided. Please send questions to superintendent (at) bsdvt (dot) org

“Run, Hide, Fight” Community Forum
December 11, 6 PM
Integrated Arts Academy
RSVP on our Facebook page.

2019-2020 Calendar

May 23, 2019 By relek

It’s here! Thank you, Burlington, for your patience in releasing next year’s calendar. After robust discussion, the 2019-2020 calendar was approved on Tuesday night. The Superintendent would like to thank the board of school commissioners for thinking critically about our community’s needs and expectations regarding Religious Holy Days. In addition, we are grateful the board supports our plan to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by once again attempting to hold a half day of classes on MLK Day (this year plans for this day were “snowed out” in the District). We hope teachers will use this instruction time to explore Dr. King’s life and legacy before encouraging our students to leave our schools and serve in the afternoon.

Please note, in addition to this calendar, we are working on an updated list of Excused Absences for Religious Holy Days for the 2019-2020 school year. The DEALT team is currently updating next year’s list of days, and we will continue the practice of encouraging teachers to take steps, like those laid out in last year’s administrative memo, which are designed to help students navigate missing school to engage in faith practices.

Student Update Form and Free/Reduced Meal Application

August 16, 2018 By relek

It is time to prepare for the 2018-19 school year! We need to gather accurate information about each student and family in our schools. It is very important we have this information to ensure the safety of all students, fulfill state requirements, receive State and Federal funding, and communicate important messages to families.

The District requires that all student information be updated for the 2018-19 school year using our online system, PowerSchool. All families must use their PowerSchool account to update information and complete the yearly mandated forms, including: Field Trip, Media Permission, Dismissal, Health forms (and Lunch forms, if applicable). Student information can only be updated online by families; it cannot be updated by your school or the District. Please do this during the next few weeks by following the steps below.

NOTE: If student information is not updated by Tuesday, September 4th (the fourth day of school) that student will not be allowed to attend school until their update is complete. If a student without updated information comes to school on September 4th he/she will be sent home.

Here follow the instructions below to complete the Annual Student Update Form or fill out the Free and Reduced Meals Application.

Annual Student Update

Many of you already have a PowerSchool account connected to your students; you can update your student information on your own. Follow the steps below to do so.

HOW TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION:

To update your students’ information on your own, please follow the steps below.

Step 1. Go to the PowerSchool Parent Portal at https://psapp.bsdvt.org/public

or visit the district web page at www.bsdvt.org then click on the PowerSchool link in the upper right-hand corner.

Step 2. If you already have an account, skip to Step 3. If you don’t have an account, create one by clicking on Create Account and follow the steps. You will need an email address in order to do this. Once your account is created, log in by using your username and password that you just created.

Step 3. Connect to your students by doing one of the following steps:

a) If your student’s name is shown on the bar in the upper left corner, click on the student’s name then click the 18-19 Student Update Form and complete the information. Once you finish with this student, move on to the next student. All students must be updated one at a time.

b) If your child’s name doesn’t appear, click on Account Preferences, then click on Students. Enter your student’s name, your access ID and access password. Then select your relationship to your student through the Relationship drop down. Once your student is added to your account, click on 18-19 Student Update form and complete all information. All students must be updated one at a time.

c) Click Submit when you are finished with the update form.

d) You are now on the confirmation page. If your child attends Champlain, Edmunds Elementary or Middle School, or Burlington High School, or the Burlington Tech Center, PLEASE click on the Apply Now link to apply for free or reduced lunch.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE:

Come to or call your student’s school during the school day and ask for help there.
Come to our Central Office location at 150 Colchester Ave.

Free and Reduced Meals Application

The Free and Reduced Meals Application should only be filled out for students attending:
Burlington High School
Burlington Technical Center
Champlain Elementary
Edmunds Elementary
Edmunds Middle

Click here to fill out the Free and Reduced Meals Application

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