After review and discussion of the district's needs and priorities, a committee of parents, teachers and administrators is recommending D91 spend its federal ARPA money in the areas of Learning Loss, Facilities and Social-Emotional Learning. Review the Recommendations. The recommendations will be presented to the Board of Trustees during its regular Work Session at 4 pm Tuesday, Sept. 21. If you would like to provide input, email your comments to Jess Means at meanjess@sd91.org by 5 pm Monday, Sept. 20. Learn How D91 Spent The Other Federal Money.

Click here to view the agenda for the Board Work Session.

As D91 strives to create High Reliability Schools to ensure ALL students are successful, the board recently passed a HRS/PLC Resolution. The High Reliability Schools or HRS framework is built on three big ideas: 1. Relentless focus on student learning, skill by skill, student by student; 2. A creative collaborative culture to create and achieve common goals and 3. Passionate and persistent focus on results and improve learning for ALL students. The framework has 5 levels -- 1. Safe, Supportive & Collaborative Culture, 2. Effective Teaching In Every Classroom, 3. Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum, 4. Standards-Referenced Reporting & 5. Mastery-Based Education. Learn more about the HRS journey here. 

Don't miss the latest issue of the D91News Newsletter! Find out about Dr. Shank's upcoming State of the District Address, the district's continuing HRS work, a calendar change, our National Merit Semifinalists, $90,000 in Maeck grants and more.

The Board of Trustees has approved an agreement with Cooperative Strategies to renew work on a 5- to 10-year facilities plan for the district. As part of this work, Cooperative Strategies will update the recommendations presented to the board in 2019, review enrollment projections and analyze current school boundaries. See the proposal.

If you missed Dr. Shank's Facebook Live from Sept. 10, please click here to watch it. Please join us next week for another Facebook Live event on September 24. You can read the transcripts here.