In Great Valley
a monthly e-newsletter from the Great Valley School District
October 2019
Community Invited to Participate in Facilities Planning
In response to growing enrollment and the aging infrastructure of its schools, the Great Valley School District is working with the architectural firm SCHRADERGROUP of Manayunk to facilitate a feasibility study of its current buildings and to make future recommendations for facilities. The firm has been working over the past several months to gather and interpret all relevant information.This fall, the community is invited to join the District in this planning.
To set the stage and establish a baseline understanding, the findings of a recent data collection process were presented in October. That presentation is available on the District's website at www.gvsd.org/facilitymeetings in both written and video form.
Two additional "workshop" sessions will generate community conversation, where discussion will focus on future facility needs, allocation of resources, and an anticipated schedule for building improvements. Various alternatives will be discussed which may include grade structures, as well as capital building projects. This process will culminate in a comprehensive master plan for the District to follow for the next five to ten years. Note that these meetings will not be recorded as the format is not conducive to that. Community members who are interested in being involved are encouraged to attend one or both meetings.
Upcoming Community Meeting Dates:
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Community Workshop - Part One
Great Valley High School, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Community Workshop - Part Two
Great Valley High School, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
To allow for planning/preparation, community members who are interested in participating in any of the events above as asked to please register their participation in advance. Attendance at all three events is not required; community members may attend any of the dates that are convenient.
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Eagle Scout
Wall of Fame Inductees
Board Review
The Great Valley Board of School Directors conducted a regular business meeting on Monday, September 16, 2019.
Complete meeting highlights and meeting agendas are available on our website. Meeting broadcasts are available on GVTV (Comcast Channel 14 and/or Verizon Channel 36), or via our website.
Board Approvals
- Great Valley High School student activity clubs: American Sign Language, Artists in Action, The Bob Ross Club, Cards for Care, Economics Club, The Mission Minded, Operation Smile, Photography Club, Project Hope, and Students Demand Action
- quote from Seneca Highlands IU9 with KnowBe4, a security group that tests and trains staff on emails that are phishing, spear phishing, spam and other malicious types of emails
- professional development agreement for a one-day onsite Canvas workshop provided by Instructure (parent company of Canvas)
- private donation made to the Great Valley High School Robotics Club
- contract with Box Out Bullying to provide an elementary student assembly during the day and anti-bullying parent workshop in the evening
- request by attorneys at Portnoff Law Associates, LTD. to exonerate tax liens at Chester County Tax Claim Bureau for Willistown Woods II/Willistown Knoll for the tax years 1999 through 2015
- One-year contract with LinkedIn learning
- contract with the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit to provide E-rate services for the 2019-2020 fiscal year
- contract with Silver Springs – Martin Luther School
- contract with The Pathway School for 1 to 1 services for student
- contract with Center for Families
- contract with Council Rock to provide FAPE to one of their students attending Devereux Children’s Behavioral Health Center
- approval of contract with LearnWell for educational services
- Special Education settlement agreement
- Online system, ACTIVE Network Camp & Class Manager, for sign up/registration of GVSD Summer Camps for 2020
- new drivers for Krapf and Norcross
Contact us
Email: communications@gvsd.org
Website: www.gvsd.org
Location: 47 Church Road, Malvern
Phone: 610-889-2125
Facebook: facebook.com/GreatValleySD