LTSD Superintendent's Newsletter
From Dr. Vanessa P. Clark, Superintendent
Welcome to the First Issue!
February 2021
I would like to start off this first newsletter of 2021 by wishing our school community members a very Happy New Year. I certainly am quite happy to put 2020 in the rearview mirror. As we begin the new year and approach the end of the second marking period, I am confident that 2021 will return us to a much anticipated normalcy.
I have an abundance of news to share in this newsletter, so be sure to keep reading.
Stay warm and stay safe!
LTSD Board of Education News
We also bid farewell to Board Member and Board Vice President, Mr. Robert Riggs, and thank him for his years of dedicated service to the students and families of the Lacey Township School District.
We also thank Board Member, Mrs. Linda Downing, for leading the School Board as Board President. As the longest-standing Board Member and retired school administrator, Mrs. Downing provided much insight into the evolving landscape of education.
And finally, welcome to new Board President Mrs. Donna McAvoy and new Board Vice President Mr. Frank Palino as well as returning Board Members Mrs. Regina Discenza, Mr. Harold (Skip) Peters, and Mr. Ed Scanlon. While the pandemic has derailed school districts across the state and country in many ways, we look ahead to the expansion of our school reopening plans and the Board's leadership in getting us there.
Strategic Planning
It's hard to believe that nearly 1 year ago we had just completed our Strategic Planning Weekend that took place on March 6-7, 2020. Like most things in 2020, the process was interrupted by COVID, but now we are ready to finish what we started. The next step in the Strategic Planning process is to form Action Plan Committees to create action plans for each of the goal areas that we developed last March. The goal areas are:
- Learner Success
- Facilities and Finance
- Outreach and Engagement
The plan is to present the Lacey Township School District Five-Year Strategic Plan at the June 17, 2021 Board Meeting. Stay tuned for new developments.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
LTSD Five-Day Expansion Survey - February 2021
So that we can plan accordingly, we have created a brief survey for parent input called LTSD Five-Day Expansion Survey. We want to know whether parents will send their children to school five days a week or choose the remote-only instructional model. Complete a separate survey for each child in your family. The LTSD Five-Day Expansion Survey should be completed by Friday, February 5, 2021. Click the link above to access the survey.
COVID-19 Resources
Lacey Township School District
Website: laceyschools.org
Location: 200 Western Boulevard, Lanoka Harbor, NJ, USA
Phone: 609-971-2000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laceyschools
Twitter: @LTSDSup