Transportation
- The school district has been piloting adding bus stops in Arlington in anticipation of more riders next year. The district went from on stop at Arlington School to a total of four stops at various places in the village. This seems to be working well, and we will work with the bus company to create stops that make sense as we move along this spring and into the summer.
- Students in Grades 1-5 will be transported from their pick-up site to the Poynette school (what will be the "1-8" building next year). The kindergarten students will be transported into Poynette and then will get on two shuttle buses that will take them out to Arlington. There will be supervisors in the area outside of school on Cleveland Street side of the building to help the kinders get on the right bus (At the beginning of the year, there will be a number of extra staff members outside as well including Mr. Hausser and Mr. Sutton)
- Parents who have children who will be transported by bus will get letters in late July or Early August giving details about time and location of pick-ups. Representatives from the bus company will also be available at the August Registration days (August 12 and August 17) to answer questions.
Classrooms
- There will be four teachers at each grade level with the exception of 3rd grade and 4th grade. Each of those classes will have three sections due to smaller overall class sizes (Each of those classes is around 75 students and the other classes are over 80).
- The average class size is around 20 students although the 3rd and fourth grade will be slightly larger. Due to these larger numbers, it is likely that there will be assistants in the rooms at various times during the day.
Curriculum
- The Curriculum for all grade levels will be the same. In fact, we are hoping that the ability to work in the same building will create more opportunities for our teachers to collaborate together making our students' learning experience even better!
Transition Days
- Each of the grade levels, Kindergarten through third grade, will come into the Poynette building in May to get to know the students from the other buildings, meet the teachers at the grade level they will be at for the 2010 - 2011 school year, and eat lunch with their classmates.
- It was suggested that we set up some days in the summer when families could bring kids in to tour the school. We will look at days and see if this is possible over the next few weeks. We will put information out with the report cards at the end of the school year to let you know when these days are scheduled.
Please note that there is a Poynette Joint Parent Club will be held on May 10 at 6:30 PM... Child care will be provided.
As always, if you have questions you can call Mr. Sutton 635-4347 x6, or leave a comment with this post.
