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COVID -19 School Closure Update & Budget Vote & Elections
- Closure Update
- School Budget Vote
○ Timeline ○ Considerations/Implications
- Reimagining Schools
COVID -19 School Closure Update, Budget Vote, & Elections - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
COVID -19 School Closure Update, Budget Vote, & Elections - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
COVID -19 School Closure Update, Budget Vote, & Elections Leadership Team May 7, 2020 COVID -19 School Closure Update & Budget Vote & Elections Closure Update School Budget Vote Timeline Considerations/Implications
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COVID -19: Closure Update
- May 1 - All schools ordered closed for the duration of the academic year
○ Schools to continue to: ■ provide virtual instruction - Required to resubmit our Instructional Plan to NYS ■ Provide meals to students (breakfast and lunch) - currently serving approximately 100 breakfast and 100 lunches per day ○ In addition: ■ Planning of transitional events (Incoming K, Grade 6 & 8) ■ Class of 2020 - (senior recognition, Honors/Awards, Graduation, etc.)
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COVID -19: School Budget Vote & Elections
- May 1 Executive Order - State wide school budget vote & elections date
identified as June 9, 2020.
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Highlights include: ■ By absentee ballot only - no in person votes ■ Condensed timeline to meet requirements ■ Candidates do not need petition with signatures ■ Postcard mailing
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COVID -19: Budget Vote Timeline
May 11 Deadline for candidates to file nominations May 12 First of two legal notices due May 15 Financial information expected from NYS Division of Budget May 19 Schodack CSD BOE adopts budget May 21 Deadline for school boards to adopt budget May 22 Property Tax Report Card due May 26 Budget made available to public and on website June 2 Schodack CSD Public Budget Hearing 6:00pm June 3 Last day to mail budget newsletter June 9 Mail in absentee ballots must be received by 5:00pm June 9 or 10 Schodack CSD BOE meeting to accept results
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COVID -19: Considerations/Implications
- Considerations
■ Current lack of Revenue Information from NYS ■ Timeline ■ Logistics ■ Manpower
- Cost
■ Printing ■ Postage ■ Envelopes ■ Time
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COVID -19: Reimagining Schools
- Governor’s Daily Briefings
■ Utilizing technology regardless of where you live ■ Providing shared education using technology ■ Use technology to reduce educational inequality ■ Use technology to break down barriers ■ Use of technology to recreate larger class or lecture environments in difgerent locations
- Significant reform to traditional educational model?
- Participants in reform? Stakeholder groups?
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COVID -19: Reimagining Schools
- SED Announced: K-12 task force - Reopening of Schools
- For the fall…