The Superintendent's Advisory Council has completed its work. Our Superintendent, Dr. Baker, reviewed the ideas from the council along with ideas from the broader community and developed his recommendations for "right sizing" our district. These ideas will be presented to the School Board at a public meeting on November 14th. There will be time for comments from both the Board members and the community. After this meeting, the Superintendent will put forth his final recommendations for a Board Vote on November 28th. This will again be a Public Meeting in which the community will be given time to speak.

The Superintendent's recommendation for Orion calls for our Orion Parent Participation program to move to the John Gill Campus. We will be sharing the site with the Mandarin Immersion Program currently housed on the Gill campus.

Dr.Baker outlined the implementation details for the Orion Consolidation:

**The campus currently housing Orion's Parent Participation Program, 815 Allerton Street, will be repurposed in the future in a manner yet to be determined.

**John Gill Elementary School will no longer exist as a neighborhood school.

**The Mandarin Immersion program will continue on the current John Gill campus.

**Existing John Gill students will be invited to join the Orion community, or will have the option of requesting choice to another program.

Listed below are IMPORTANT ways to stay INFORMED AND UPDATED:

Read the Superintendent's Recommendations: http://redwoodcity.agendaonline.net/public/

Email our SAC representatives: SAC@orionschool.org

Wednesday, November 14th (7PM at the Fox Theater in Redwood City):

**Attend Board Meeting to hear Formal Recommendations and Implementation Plan

Friday, November 16th (8:15AM at Orion MUR)

**Attend Principal's Coffee to learn more and to ask questions

Wednesday, November 28th (7PM at Carrington Hall on the Sequoia High School Campus):

**Attend Board Meeting to hear Board's Final Vote

**Read District Emails: Link to all District Updates https://www.rcsdk8.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=1524&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=35113&PageID=1

**Talk to Principal Julie: ANYTIME!!

We are looking forward to seeing everyone during our Fall conferences. Please check your conference time. It is important to arrive on time and not go over the allotted time. Our wonderful teachers have back-to-back conferences and can’t get backed up – Thank You!

Fall brings a time of reflection and a time of gratitude. While lately I awake every morning to news of many destructive forces impacting our nation and our state, I find comfort in all the positive forces at work in our corner of the world. Compassion showing itself in the selfless actions of strangers protecting one another and bringing aide to one another.

And the compassion, warmth and grace generated by the caring relationships in our wonderful Orion community bring much joy to me every day. I am immensely grateful for being given the opportunity to be part of this magical community.

I wish you all a Thanksgiving holiday filled with relaxation, joy, family friends and love. We have so much to be thankful for in our special community! Thank you all for everything you do to make Orion shine and for sharing your spectacular Orion stars with us!

With deep gratitude,

Principal Julie