Talk Sup’t. - 3/18/2011
Congratulations FOR NATIONAL RECOGNITION!
We are so proud that West Bloomfield School District has been named to the AP® Achievement List by the College Board for significant gains in Advanced Placement® Access and Student Performance. Only 388 US public school districts across the nation are honored.
West Bloomfield School District has achieved this by opening AP classroom doors to a significantly broader pool of students, while maintaining or improving the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher. From 2008 to 2010, WBSD has increased the number of students participating in AP from 274 to 385, while improving the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher, the score typically needed to earn college credit.
I am proud that the strength of our PreK – 12 curriculum has allowed us to receive this distinguished honor. Our minority and socio-economic students’ scores have strengthened our resolve to utilize our APID (Advanced Placement International Diploma) program.
This is a very exciting benchmark for our district!
For the news release linked on our website, please go to http://www.westbloomfield.k12.mi.us/files/filesystem/AP%20AchievementPress%20Release.pdf
For the award announcement on the college board website, please go to
To view the entire list please follow this link:
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS . . .
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have suffered as a result of the earthquake and resulting Tsunami that have devastated the country of Japan. We have educated many children from Japan in the West Bloomfield School District and we pray for those in our community who have families there and are concerned about their loved ones.
Once again I am proud to say that our West Bloomfield School District buildings have taken it upon themselves to raise funds in various ways in order to make monetary donations for relief in that country. I hope that we will all be kind and thoughtful as we keep all of the families in mind as our concern about Japan grows.
OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
There is a resource just added by the OC Health Division to answer community questions about radiation effects. We have posted a Frequently Asked Questions About Japan’s Radiation Events supplied to us from the Oakland County Health Division for your information. It is also posted on the Health Division website at http://www.oakgov.comhealth/.
NEGOTIATIONS
The Administration will officially meet with the West Bloomfield Education Association (WBEA), the Union that represents the Teachers of the district, on March 24.
The Board of Education is committed to keeping fiscal responsibility. The union has not put anything on the table that would generate a significant amount to meet the district’s needs or allow us to reach an agreement.
LEGISLATION
We had a great opportunity to speak with our legislators on Wednesday evening at our PCN meeting at WB High School, as Representative Lisa Brown and Senator Mike Kowall joined us at our PCN – MEET AND GREET YOUR LEGISLATORS evening. It is a comfort to know that we are well represented in Lansing and that parents have the opportunity to follow up with these legislators to make the appropriate connections in Lansing to address issues that impact education funding. We hope you will continue to monitor the events as they fight for more education dollars to come our way.
A link to our legislators' contact emails, addresses and phone numbers is on our homepage at
http://www.westbloomfield.k12.mi.us/files/filesystem/Legislators%20Contact2010-2011.pdf
A link to our legislators' contact emails, addresses and phone numbers is on our homepage at
http://www.westbloomfield.k12.mi.us/files/filesystem/Legislators%20Contact2010-2011.pdf
SOC
Applications for School Of Choice continue to be accepted at this time now through March 30 for Kindergarten -3rd grade with very limited openings in grades 2-3. The lottery will be held on April 13.
EARLY CHILDHOOD OPEN HOUSE
Nearly 90 families toured our Community Education Preschool Academy Open House on Wednesday held at Ealy Elementary and at ACS. The Open House was well attended as parents visited model classrooms and potential preschoolers explored the new environment, jumped in Bouncers, read books and played with educational toys while their parents registered on-site for next fall. We welcome all of our new preschoolers and look forward to seeing them in the classrooms this fall!
Have a great weekend!!
