Letter from the Superintendent

Fall 2024

Dear Families,

As we kick-off the 2024-2025 school year, we do so with a dynamic new strategic plan in place that will focus our work as a district over the next five years.

The overarching theme of this plan aligns not only with our focused work into the future, but also how we feel about this school year. We are:

READY. FOR YOU.

Grounded in our strategic plan, we renew and enhance our commitment to providing the opportunities and support EACH student needs to realize their own definition of success. Our goal is not to define our students’ success, but instead to help them uncover what’s possible and provide them with the skills and experiences to make those goals a reality.

Committed to this work is our amazing team of approximately 2,000 education professionals across the district here to serve you and your student. They are guided by our volunteer elected Board of Education which is also entirely committed to providing your student with the highest-quality learning experience possible.

Throughout this handbook, you will find important information to get the year started, including federal, state and district policy information, some of which we are required to distribute to you annually. Please take a moment to review the information in the handbook. It is an important resource to help navigate the district, its offerings and policies.

I hope as we begin this year that you will continue to be active in your student’s education. Get involved at their school, communicate concerns or changes should they arise, and always encourage strong attendance.

We will be by your side providing the area’s most robust, complete set of opportunities and resources so that your student finds the pathway to their future. We want them to not only be ready for anything, but READY for everything!

Have a wonderful school year!

Sincerely,

Amy Hawkins
Superintendent of Schools