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Registration Assistance for Families

Our Mobile Registration School Bus is hitting the road to provide assistance for Dubuque Community School District families still needing to complete online registration for the school year!

Join us at one of the following times/locations:

Thursday, August 13, from 1-3 p.m.
Bee Branch (in the parking lot near the 22nd Street Bridge)
Note: A Marshallese interpreter will be available at this time.

Friday, August 14, from 10 a.m.-noon
Comiskey Park
Note: A Spanish interpreter will be available at this time.

Friday, August 14, 1-3 p.m.
Flora Park
Note: A Spanish interpreter will be available at this time.

Computers will be available and district staff will be on hand to support families. Social distancing measures will be in place and masks will be required.

You can also REGISTER ANYTIME ONLINE.

We look forward to seeing you at our Registration assistance events!

School Calendar Public Hearing

At its meeting on Monday, Aug.10, at 5:30 p.m., the School Board will hold a public hearing to consider moving the school start date to the original date of MONDAY, AUG. 24.

The meeting is open to the public with a small number of seats available in person at the Forum, 2300 Chaney Road, or with virtual access via Zoom.

VIEW THE MEETING VIA ZOOM
The event passcode is: DCSD@2300!
Full Zoom details are below.

VIEW THE PROPOSED AMENDED CALENDAR


ZOOM MEETING DETAILS:

https://dbqschools.zoom.us/j/81975538813?pwd=VjcxZXBISXllVHJnV1A0MWdneFVJQT09
Passcode: DCSD@2300!

Or Telephone:
US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799
Webinar ID: 819 7553 8813
Passcode: 5333643655

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Bōklekot n̄an kōmakut raan in ijjino eo n̄an Okōj 24 raan.

Iakwe in jota baamle ko kab rijerpal ro,

Ilo ad jino popomanlok im kadruwaineneik tok rijikuul rein ilo rool tok in aer n̄an jikuul ilo juōn wāwein kōjbārok eo ejijjōt, jotenin ij le maanlok n̄an boot eo an jikuul ke tijtriik eo en le maanlok raan eo jino in jikuul bwe en rool n̄an ejja raan eo eto ad loor e aolep iio ilo Mandre, Okōj 24 raan, kōttar wōt alikar eo an boot eo an jikuul kweilok eo ilo Mandre. Iloan kajjitōk im lōmnak kein, raan in orienteijen eo enej bōlen ilo nej Taije, Okōj 20 raan, im Bōlaidre, Okōj 21.

Brobejenōl tibelōpmen raan eo n̄an rikaki ro enaaj wōnmanlok n̄an Bōlaidre, Okōj 7 raan, lok n̄an Juje, Okōj 11 raan. Ebool melele ko jet ikijjeen katōk ko an rikake brobejenōl ro rej nej būkmaantak.

Ebool iaan kajjitōk ko jaar būki jen baamle ko rej kajjeon̄ lale ewāwein aer nej jelā nae nan̄inmij in im wāwein an tijtriik eo lōmnak kake ne ar wōr oktak ko jen juōn wāwein katōk n̄an bar juōn. Ejjab lukun wōr jōkjōk ko n̄an aji waj melele kein ilo ejja tōre in jej kōttar wōt alikar jen ijo elap jen state.

Jemlokin wiik eo lok, melele ko rōkāāl ar driwōjtok jen Tibaatmen eo an Iowa Jikuul im Tibaatmen eo an Iowa Ejmour emōj aer likit jet kakkobaba in kajjitōk ko ar ejjelok uaakier im emōj aer likit elaplok eddro ko n̄an obija ro an jikin ejmour eo an jukjukin bed eo im tijtriik eo an jikuul ko kajjojo bwe ren lale jōkjōk kein ilo ad nej bōk melele kein kajjojo.

Bōklekōt nan kōmakut raan in ijjino eo enej kōmman bwe en laplok iien n̄an ar kōkkajoor lok jerpal im ibben droon in ad ibben obija ro an jikin ejmour eo an jukjukin bed in im lukkun ilo mool n̄an kadriklok abnōnō ko an baamle rein kajjojo. Jibadbad im kōttōbar eo ej nan kōmōkaj lok kilaan melele kein nan kom im, ibben jemlokin oktak kein, kim kōnan bwe en wōr ibbam melele ko kwōj aikuji n̄an kōkōmanmanlok kālet eo am n̄an baamle eo am. Ilo an emmanlok kilaan jerpal kein am ibben jikin ejmour eo an jukjukin bed in, kim naaj kalikkar waj jabdrewōt melele ilo iien eo emōkajtata.

Jejelā ke oktak in kōlōnta eo enaaj bōlen aikuj bwe kwōn kebooj im lolodjaake ajri ro nejimi n̄an wiik ne an Okōj 17 raan, im kim kōnan bwe kwōn jela kadredre kin bōklekōt in bojak kein jaar limaantak.

Iloan raan kani maantak, jejnej wōnmaanlok wōt im wōnmaeik wawein katōk ko an A/B Hybrid raan in katōk ko im nej lōmnak in nej aji waj katōk ko nan aolep baamle ko.

Elap am mōnōnō kin jiban kein ami elaptata nan rijikuul ro im kōnan kammolol kom kin kijeje ko ami ilo tōre in eben n̄an aolep.

Ilo Kauteej Wōt,
Stan Rheingans

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Recommendation to Move Start Date to August 24

Good Evening Families and Staff,

As we prepare to welcome students back to school in the safest way possible, tonight I recommended to the School Board that the district move the first day of school back to the originally scheduled date of Monday, August 24, pending approval at the School Board meeting on Monday. In the proposed modification, orientation days would be on Thursday, August 20, and Friday, August 21.

Professional development days for teachers will now move from Friday, August 7, to Tuesday, August 11. More information about teacher professional learning will be forthcoming.

Most questions we are receiving from families seek more specifics about contact tracing and how the district will determine when to transition from one learning model to another. We have been unable to provide these specifics as we awaited state guidance.

Late last week, new guidance released by the Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Public Health left additional questions unanswered and placed much additional responsibility on local public health officials and school districts to determine specifics we expected to receive in the guidance.

This recommended move in start date will give us the extra time needed to ensure strong collaboration with local public health officials and ultimately provide families with the specifics they seek. Our goal is to keep you as informed as possible and, with these late changes, we want to be sure you have the information you need to make the best learning decisions for your family. As our work with public health progresses, we will share specifics with you as soon they are available.

We know that this calendar change may require you to make childcare arrangements for the week of August 17, so we wanted you to be aware of this recommendation for planning purposes.

In the next few days, we will also continue to move forward with the assignment of A/B hybrid learning days and plan to share those assignments with families.

We are thankful for your ongoing support of our students and thank you for your continued flexibility during these challenging times.

Sincerely,
Stan Rheingans
Superintendent of Schools

Ennaan in Kālet Wāwein Katōk ko

KOMMOL ELAP n̄an baamle kooj ad kin aer kar kadredreiklok boom in kōkāālel in katōk eo ilo ad wōj jino jinoin iiō in jikuul in an Hybrid kab katōk wōt oonlain.

Kim ej mōnōnō in kwalok ke kobaan 8,800 boom ko rar kanni, im koba ibben kōnnaaniklok jejjōt in 1,800 rijikuul ro jen jijjōt in building tiim eo, emōj am bōk elōn rijbaan ko jen ebajwōt 95% jen rijikuul ro ad!

Ekkar n̄an riijool ko, 78.3% jejjot in karōk ko an baamle ko n̄an jino iio in ilo karōk eo an hybrid im 21.7% jijjōt in karōk ko an baamle ko n̄an jino aolepen ilo oonlain.

Tiim eo emoj an jino buul jerpale kajjojo bun̄tōn laajrak ko. Rej ekkeljel wōt lok ibben kōkal in drouluul ko an A im B, me emōj aer kakkobabaik droon. Kimij jerpal ibben droon n̄an kadredreilok drouluul kein bwe ren mōkaj lok im nej lewaj ennaan in wāwein drouluul kein nej jinoin lok wiik in lal.

Bar juōn alen, kommoltata kin jiban̄ ko ami – Elap amwōj mōnōnō in kadruwaineneik tok rijikuul ro ilo aer rool im jikuul.