The annual Parent Survey for Options @ Lincoln has gone live and can be completed online at the following link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22FDE65P24C. Hard copies will soon be available in the office. These surveys offer us invaluable information about how we are doing in serving the needs of students and families here at Lincoln. Please take a few moments and complete the Options survey by June 8.
OSD Kindergarten Registration week is March 26th-30th. Families with incoming Kindergarten sibling can pick up an enrollment packet next week, March 19-23 and should return all registration forms by March 30th. Please do not wait until the last minute to register. We must have an accurate count of sibling and neighborhood children coming in so that we know how many lottery families we can invite. This will help us maintain appropriate classroom sizes. If you know of any families in the neighborhood with incoming Kindergarteners, please remind them to get in to register during the week of March 26th
Thanks to all who made the 2012 Auction such a fun event! We raised about $25,000, and a good time was had by all.
Observation Week: Both returning and new families are invited to observe in the classrooms during the mornings from Monday, February 27 through Thursday, March 1, 2012. If you come to observe in the classrooms please sign in at the table in the office.
*Attendance at a Parent Information Night is required to participate in the lottery. The lottery will take place on March 10, 2012.
Enrollment Information Nights* will be held on Wednesday February 22nd and Wednesday March 7th, 2012 from 6:30 to 8:30pm in the Lincoln cafeteria.
Observation Week: Both returning and new families are invited to observe in the classrooms during the mornings from Monday, February 27 through Thursday, March 1, 2012. If you come to observe in the classrooms please sign in at the table in the office.
*Attendance at a Parent Information Night is required to participate in the lottery. The lottery will take place on March 10, 2012.
DEAR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS,
Every year, it seems snow or severe weather conditions lead to the closure or late start of our schools, and we want to keep you updated about those decisions. The Olympia School District will inform you as soon as possible when school schedules change through our phone messaging system, through our website (http://osd.wednet.edu) or through our Friends of the Olympia School District email and text messaging notification system (you may sign up for this service on the District’s website). The District also provides regular updates through the Public Schools Emergency Communication System at www.schoolreport.org. We also encourage you to monitor local radio and/or television stations for up-to-date information about weather-related closures or delays. If school is open but you think it would be unsafe for your child to attend, school officials will accept your judgment and it will be treated as an excused absence.
The District will make every effort to operate normally, despite the weather. On rare occasions, however, weather conditions may make it necessary to modify bus routes, and, when that occurs, radio stations will be asked to announce the use of “snow routes” or “emergency routes.” Some of the emergency changes in routes are listed on the back of this sheet. At other times, weather conditions may require schools to close early. In that event, the normal busing sequence will be followed, that is, taking the high school and middle school students home first, followed by elementary students approximately one to two hours later. Please instruct your child what to do should there be an early school closure when you are not home during the regular school day. Parents are also asked to remind students to be especially careful when walking or waiting for a bus during bad weather.
It is everyone’s hope that weather conditions do not disrupt transportation and schools. Our most critical concern, however, is the safety and welfare of our students.
Sincerely,
Bill Lahmann
Superintendent
Please understand that many things factor into the decision to close or delay school. Our District exercises caution and overall safety for all 9,000 District students when determining if school should be canceled or delayed. The 80- square miles covered by our District are very diverse geographically, and what one family experiences outside their window can be very different from what another family on the other side of the District is experiencing. We have staff who drive the streets in the early hours of the morning to determine the safety of our routes. We appreciate your understanding and support.
