BSD Briefs
December 3, 2018
District Goal: WE empower all students to achieve post-high school success.
Smarter Balanced State Test Update
Last spring, students in grades 3 – 8 and 11 in the Beaverton School District and throughout Oregon took the state tests (Smarter Balanced) in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
In addition to content standards, these assessments are designed to measure critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills. The test results provide you, our schools, our district and the state with information about how well we are preparing our students for their next steps including college and career readiness.
Our students will take these tests once between January and June 2019.House Bill 2655 permits parents and adult students to annually opt-out of Oregon’s statewide summative tests in English Language Arts and Math by submitting a form to the school the student attends. The school shall provide any student who is exempted from a state test with supervised study time while other students are testing.
Here is a link to additional information: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/educator-resources/assessment/Documents/Opt-Out_Form_2018-19.pdf
Homeless Students on the Rise in Beaverton
In the Beaverton School District, there are 1,238 homeless and unaccompanied students this year, 201 more than the same time last year. The McKinney-Vento Act’s Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program, ensures that homeless children and youth are provided a free, appropriate public education, despite lack of a fixed place of residence or a supervising parent or guardian.
Every school district in Oregon has at least one designated Homeless Student Liaison to provide direct assistance to homeless families and unaccompanied youths to access and achieve in school. Homeless children and youth “lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.” A homeless family could live in an emergency shelter or transitional housing unit, share housing with others due to loss of housing or economic hardship, reside in motels, or live in tents or trailers for lack of alternative, adequate housing. Unaccompanied minors who have been abandoned by their parents or who have run away from home – whatever the reason - are also eligible for educational rights and services as homeless students.
For more information on the McKinney-Vento Act including homeless student data, please visit the McKinney-Vento Act webpage.
Unscheduled Early Dismissal - What’s your plan?
During an unscheduled early dismissal, schools will use the emergency closure plan you indicated for your student in enrollment and enrollment verification. During the online process, you were asked to indicate what the student should do in case of emergency or early school closure.
You were only allowed to choose one option. The three options were:
- Pick up by Parent/Emergency Contact/Daycare
- School Bus to Home/Neighbor/Daycare
- Walk/Ride Bike/Drive to Home/Neighbor/Daycare
If you don’t remember what you selected, you can check by logging into ParentVUE and clicking on “Student Info” in the left hand navigation. Your selection will be displayed at the bottom of the page under “Other Data.”
If you wish to change this plan, contact your school or reference the “Online Registration/Enrollments and Verifications Guide.” *Please note, if you choose to update your information online, the information is not updated in the student information system until the school has accepted your verification. This process may take up to two weeks to be completed. The fastest way to update your information is to call the school.
Please make a note of the option you selected and keep the information somewhere handy, in the event of a future early school closure.
School Board Business Meeting
Monday, December 17, 2018
6:30 p.m.
Administration Office
16550 SW Merlo Rd.
Beaverton, 97003
Winter Break - Schools Closed
Monday, December 24, 2018 - Friday, January 4, 2019
Please have a safe & restful break!
Raleigh Hills K-8 Construction Update
The School Board is considering the merits of pursuing the construction of a new, state-of-the-art school in a future bond in lieu of the building addition project planned in the 2014 Capital Construction Bond. They discussed the potential change at their Business Meeting on Monday, November 26, 2018. They will discuss again at their December 17 meeting. Read more...
THPRD Winter Registration begins December
Online and phone registration for the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District’s (THPRD) winter term will be open to in-district residents starting at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2018 and continue until 6:00 p.m. that day. It will resume December 9 from noon to 4:00 p.m. and December 10-11 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For out-of-district residents, online and phone registration for winter term will begin Monday, December 10, 2018 at 8:00 a.m.
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Email: community_involvement@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: beaverton.k12.or.us
Location: 16550 SW Merlo Rd, Beaverton, OR, United States
Phone: (503)356-4360
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