Sunday, January 7, 2024

January Happenings!


Happy 2024, team!  It was a soft start filled with much excitement! There is a 3-day weekend on the horizon!  Let's crush this first month of 2024!  


FUSD recognizes that we need to post positions for the 2024/25 school year much earlier than April if we are to attract top candidates and compete with the Phoenix area districts.  I will need to gather your intentions prior to Jan 5th (PAST DUE for some of you)  in order to prepare for our staffing meeting.  Only 23 of your have completed this form.  It is for classified and certified.  Please fill out by 5pm Monday. These answers remain confidential. Thank you for your attention.     2024/25 Planning Form


Gradebook Information

The closing date for Grade Book is end of day on Friday, January 12, 2024. This extension was given as a result of the full day of school on January 5. Please remember to "Mark All Complete" once you have finalized student grades. If for any reason you have to make a change after January 12 at 5PM, you will need to contact Lynette Hammit.


White Fleet Training

The Bus Barn is offering white fleet training. You can view the classes here.





SHOUT-OUTS
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GRATITUDE IS IMPORTANT!!! 
Let's make time to acknowledge our amazing teammates!  

~ Thank you all for showing support to our classroom teachers on Friday with assuring 1 hour of prep time for all teams. This was a scramble and I appreciate your teamwork and flexibility.
~ Thank you 3rd grade team, special area teachers and support staff for collaborating on a few schedule changes to increase instructional minutes for our students! The Master Schedule will be updated shortly for all to access.

Please consider supporting Mr. Sergio

Sergio Padilla has been our dance instructor for over 10 years at Marshall.  He will be returning for Magnet Monday this semester. Sadly, he lost his mother three months ago and now suddenly lost his father on Wednesday. He is in need of some support right now. We are teaming up with PdH and Killip to do all we can for him. We will prepare a card for all to sign. If you would like to donate money to help with expenses, you can bring in cash or check Erin in the front office or Venmo Jillian Hernandez (Jillian-Hernandez-26 last 4 digits 7845).  All three schools will collect money through Friday, January 12.  Thank you for your consideration.  Even the smallest amount will go a long way when we all come together.

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Nine-Month Hourly Employees

* Delay-days are considered to be workdays. On such days, nine month hourly employees:
* should arrive to work at a time that is “Safe and Reasonable” according to their own individual circumstances. Only employees can determine when is a safe time to travel to and from their home.
* will clock in and out appropriately and their time will reflect the hours actually worked on that day.
* may apply accumulated leave as per policy as a means of not incurring a pay deduction for hours not worked.
* may request flex-time from their supervisor as a means of recapturing the time lost (for example, if an employee arrives one hour late, that employee may be permitted to stay an hour late on the same day or make up that hour on another day as approved by their supervisor). Flex-time must take place during the same week and cannot be carried over.
* will not be subject to disciplinary action for their inability to arrive at work in a timely manner.
* School Closure days are NOT considered to be workdays for nine month hourly employees. Nine month hourly employees will make up this lost time on snow make-up days as per district calendar or may choose to apply accumulated leave on these days.

Nine-Month Certified Staff
* Delay-days are considered to be workdays. On such days, nine month certified employees:
* should arrive to work at a time that is “Safe and Reasonable” according to their own individual circumstances. Only employees can determine when is a safe time to travel to and from their home.
* may choose to call off and use accumulated leave as per policy.
* will not be subject to disciplinary action for their inability to arrive at work in a timely manner.
* School Closure days are not considered to be workdays for nine month certified employees; thus, neither accumulated leave nor flex-time is available for use to recapture time lost on such closure-days. Rather, nine month employees will make up this lost time on snow make-up days as per district.



AM indoor recess reminders     
Kinder will go to their classrooms
Grades 1 and 2 will go to the Library 
Grades 3-5 will go to the gym
Please talk with your team to be sure 2 of you are in the gym and 2 of you are in the library. Then communicate that with our front office, please. 
Thank you all for your cooperation. 
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
8:40-9:008:40-9:008:40-9:008:40-9:008:40-9:00
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As for LUNCH recess, that indoor plan can be found HERE.

Our threshold has always been 20 degrees F. However, I am actually waiting on district guidance to see if they are going to finally make it consistent for all sites.  I'll keep you posted. 






Reminder: The deadline for all 2023 professional learning activities completed and wanting to be considered for potential FUSD salary advancement must be submitted to the Frontline system by midnight on 1/31/23
Additional information as well as the steps to submit the required information for salary advancement consideration can be found on the Salary Advancement Information Webpage (FUSD staff must be signed into the website with their FUSD login credentials to access all content on this site).



This week's Governing Board meeting will be displaying FUSD Benchmark data.  How is Marshall comparing to our community?  You can access the data presentation HERE.  










January Bus Duty Schedule can be found HERE

Coming Up
PLCs
Week of Jan 8 - GDMs
Week of Jan 15 -IDMs
Week of Jan 22 - On own to prepare for district PLC on Friday 1/26
Week of Jan 29 - PLC - Tier II clarity and support

Monday, Jan 8
~ 12:00-4:30pm Reasor at Admin Council @ FRC

Tuesday, Jan 9
~ 6:45-9:30am Reasor at Bond Oversight Committee @ D.O.
~ 10:45am-1:45pm Reasor and Overton at Marshall 2.0 Design Meeting @ D.O.  
This is the final turn page (over 200 pages) intense meeting.  If you have any concerns or questions, NOW is your chance...we are in the final phase of design. What a process!!  Thank you all for your grace in the time this has required of me. I am incredibly proud of what we have designed!  You can still keep up at the link below. 
~ 5:30pm-? Governing Board Meeting

Wednesday, Jan 10
~ 3pm Fire drill

Thursday, Jan 11
~ 1:30-3pm 5th grade transition meeting in the Library

Monday, Jan 15.   
No School in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, Jan 16
~ 11:00-1:00pm Reasor in Design Mtg

Wednesday, Jan 17
~ 9:00am-12:00pm Reasor at ELETEAM mtg @ FRC
~ 5:30-6:30pm Marshall CSO mtg in Library

Friday, Jan 19
~ 2-4pm Marshall Site PD (3-4pm we will welcome Superintendent Penca and HR Director Anderson for our pre-scheduled Listening Circle).

Monday, Jan 22
~ Magnet Monday and Suzuki begin.  
Thank you, Mrs. Waltner for all of the work you have put into placing students for Sem. II.  I know there were many last minute changes and that is very difficult to adjust.  We see you! 
~ 1:45pm MTSS Mtg

Tuesday, Jan 23
~ 11:00-1:00pm Reasor in Design Mtg

Thursday, Jan 25
~ 9am-2pm VACTE Visit (Krause H.S. student STEAM lesson observations).
~ 5:30-6:30 Family STEAM Night

Friday, Jan 26
~ 2-4pm District PLCs @ various sites

Monday, Jan 29
~ 1:45 MTSS Mtg

Tuesday, Jan 30
~ Ayala at Nordic Village
~ 11:00-1:00pm Reasor in Design Mtg

Wednesday, Jan 31
~ Fisher at Nordic Village
~ Salary Advancement Due

Thursday, Feb 1
~ First day of Black History Month
~Krause at Nordic Village


Jan 15 No School MLK Jr. Day

Jan 17 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Jan 19  Marshall Site PD + Penca and Anderson

Jan 22 Suzuki and Magnet Monday begin

Jan 25 STEAM night 3

Jan 26 - District PLC

Feb 1 First day of Black History Mo.

Feb 7 Kindergarten Registration Day

Feb 9 Marshall Site PD Day

Feb 19 No School Presidents' Day

Feb 21 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Feb 29 STEAM night 4

March 6-8 P/T Conf

March 11-15 Spring Break

March 19 Link Up Concert

March 20 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

April 17 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

April 25 STEAM night 5

April 26 District PLC

May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week

May 15 Carnival

May 17 Marshall Site PD

May 23 Last Day of School

May 24 Last teacher contracted day and GRADUATION!



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