tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66099991783450064592023-11-15T09:15:21.557-08:00Southern Tioga School District Transition Team BlogSTSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-84736829661375864022013-06-04T08:05:00.001-07:002013-06-04T08:05:42.050-07:00<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">From: Keith Yarger</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">To: <st1:place w:st="on">Southern
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Date: <st1:date day="29" month="5" w:st="on" year="2013">May 29, 2013</st1:date></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">RE: <u>Superintendent
Recommendation for School Consolidation</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Dear Board,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">In light of the funding shortfall and that <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PDE</st1:stockticker> is now recommending something to the Governor
that could ultimately eliminate our reimbursement for capital projects, I would
like to formally make my recommendation to you for consolidation. I would like you to take action on this at
tonight’s meeting or on June 3<sup>rd</sup>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">One goal that the school board made just a few months ago
and all agreed to, was to have a school in each community as long as feasibly
possible. I really believe in this goal
as well. By giving back the majority of
the borrowed money, I believe that we can still reach this goal. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">My recommendation is to remain status quo for the 2013/14
school year. During that time, the
furloughed professional employees would have the furloughs revoked and the
district would run on the same schedules as it did for the 2012/13 school year,
with the exception of the added vocational classes. During this time though, the district should
hold another 780 school closure hearing for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">North</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Penn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place>. I would recommend that the school district
hold this hearing in the fall so the school can be officially closed before the
Winter Holiday to allow for ample preparation on the transition. This would also allow the administration to
concentrate on a direct plan and focus more on academics. The extra cost for transportation to have the
NPHS students attend both Liberty High School and Mansfield High School would
be in the range of $218,000, with reimbursement each year after that taking the
cost down to $74,120, APPROXIMATELY.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">By closing North Penn in the fall, the board will then be
able to give out furloughs for the building closure next year to meet all of
the laws required for furloughing professional staff. During the course of the 2013/14 school year,
I would recommend the district use some of the bond money, to put a new roof on
Blossburg Elementary (which Shane Nickerson said would cost approximately
$250,000), put a new floor in the school (which we received a price of
approximately $27,000), Secure the school with a secure entrance at the office
and playground area, eliminate the two story structure of the high school
during the summer of 2014, and make the kitchen of the elementary one that can
prepare food for the elementary students before the 2014/15 school year begins. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: right;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Also, during the course of the 2013/14 school year, I would
recommend doing the $2.1 million in repairs or less at the <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city> schools. The total of the repairs to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Blossburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Elementary School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Liberty</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Elementary School</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Liberty</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place> would be in the range of
$2.4 - $2.6 million. I would then
recommend using some of the money to fix the mortar problems at Mansfield High
School as well as some asphalt repairs at each of the buildings, bringing the
total to be spent to close to $3 million.
I would encourage the district during the 2013/14 school year to poll
the students to find colors that would be the same in the two high schools,
mascots that would be the same, and change the names of the high schools to
“Southern Tioga North, and Southern Tioga South”. This way, when and if we do consolidate to
one high school in the future, the colors and mascots would already be the same
and the only thing the district would need to do is take off the end of the
name of the school, “North or South”.</span></div>
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<b><u style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Looking long
range…..<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Mr. Loudenslager’s wife stated at a board meeting after Mr.
Loudenslager did an inspection of the Liberty Elementary School and that we
really do not need to do anything to the Liberty Elementary School, with some
exceptions to the mechanical, as it was in good condition. With that, if the board would put the minimal
amount of the bond into the schools at <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city>,
as stated by Mr. Loudenslager, we should be fine in the <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city> area.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Stuart Hopkins, Derek Wheeland, Glenn Shaffer, and Tim
Kreger were contacts in the <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city>
petition to begin working on a charter school in the <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city> area.
243 students would be lost to the charter school from the preliminary
numbers given to the district by people signing the petition that are currently
attending the <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city>
area. If this would transpire, we would
need to fund the charter school in 3 ways.
We would need to raise taxes paid into the district by the community, we
would need to cut programs, and/or we would need to close more schools. If the charter school would open and we would
lose all of those students to the charter school causing a decline in
enrollment in the <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city>
area, this would leave the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Liberty</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place> sitting
almost empty. At that point, I would
recommend closing the Liberty High School and moving those few remaining
students up to the Mansfield High School to preserve our programs and cut
costs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">With <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Blossburg</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Elementary school</st1:placetype></st1:place>
remaining open, the centralized location would allow for the locker rooms to
remain open for all sports and music that are currently using NPHS as the point
of consolidated origin such as marching band, football, wrestling, and
track. Although these sports would not
be permitted to keep the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">North</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Penn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">High
School</st1:placetype></st1:place> name due to PIAA guidelines, they would
still be stationed at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>. The names of the teams would then need to be
either Southern Tioga North or Southern Tioga South. The Marching Band already holds the name of
“Southern Tioga Marching Band”. The
community would be keeping the auditorium as well for community events, and with
the demolition of the two story structure of the current high school, the
elementary school would have a larger field to play on during recess time while
the band would have a nice field to practice on after school. The cost of this would not raise the transportation
costs for after school activities as the buses are currently already running
these routes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Making the schools safe and secure by placing the safety
features presented by Quad 3 in the buildings now should be our number one
priority, and by putting the approximate $3 million into the schools to make
them functional, would allow the district to then set forth a maintenance plan,
which the district has never entertained in the past to my knowledge, to keep
the buildings current and running well without needing to take out a major
construction bond in the near future or for many years to come. This would allow the district to pay down its
existing debt and focus on the future for a centralized site for a true centralized
high school once the existing debt is paid.</span></div>
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<b><u style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Proposed Timeline:<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="29" month="5" w:st="on" year="2013">May 29,
2013</st1:date> – Approval of Superintendent’s Recommendations</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">May 29, 2013 or June 3, 2013 - Reject the closure of BES</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="29" month="5" w:st="on" year="2013">May 29,
2013</st1:date> or <st1:date day="3" month="6" w:st="on" year="2013">June 3,
2013</st1:date> – Allow the Administration to go out to Bid on the Repairs to
Blossburg Elementary, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mansfield</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Liberty</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Liberty</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Elementary School</st1:placetype></st1:place>. <u>Accept bids as they come in at special
board meetings for that purpose</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="3" month="9" w:st="on" year="2013">September
3, 2013</st1:date> – 780 Hearing to Close NPHS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="4" month="12" w:st="on" year="2013">December
4, 2013</st1:date> – Vote on the closure of NPHS, Vote on the re-opening of
LHS program, and LES building.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="13" month="1" w:st="on" year="2014">January
13, 2014</st1:date> – Vote to rename Southern Tioga North and Southern Tioga
South as well as R.S.Ostrom (LES) elementary school. (<i>Entertain a new name for BES</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="13" month="1" w:st="on" year="2014">January
13, 2014</st1:date> – Vote on redistricting of NPHS students, send out busing
assignments</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="13" month="1" w:st="on" year="2014">January
13, 2014</st1:date> – Vote on accepting the furloughs which will go along with
the consolidation of NPHS</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="10" month="2" w:st="on" year="2014">February
10, 2014</st1:date> – Student presentation on Colors and Mascot for <st1:stockticker w:st="on">STN</st1:stockticker> and <st1:stockticker w:st="on">STS</st1:stockticker></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><st1:date day="1" month="4" w:st="on" year="2014">April 1,
2014</st1:date> – Have boxes at NPHS for teacher use for transfers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">June 23, 2014 – Have a moving company move NPHS teacher
belongings</span></div>
STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-47487583242512077592013-06-04T08:04:00.001-07:002013-06-04T08:04:15.013-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Board of Education of the Southern Tioga School District has passed a resolution that maintains all six schools as currently operated in the 2012/2013 school year.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-79014174382470085802013-05-15T11:12:00.002-07:002013-05-15T11:12:52.827-07:00<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">At the direction of the STSD Board of Directors, the STSD
Administrative Team is currently examining the following scenarios:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">1. Proceeding with a
scaled down version of current Option 7 (full version available here).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">2. Utilization of the
current Mansfield High School as a centralized school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">3. Exploring a
complete North and South option to include both primary and secondary
schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Each scenario is being examined using the following criteria
and being mindful of current and projected fiscal constraints:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">1. What are the
potential benefits and disadvantages to the curriculum?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">2. How are all
district personnel being effectively utilized?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">3. What are the effects
on transportation regarding cost, safety, and efficiency?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-74366030613140138052013-04-26T12:51:00.003-07:002013-04-26T12:51:22.066-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Administrative Team and several faculty members from every school attended a training on the Incident Command System. This training will aid in allowing the school district to interface with emergency response organizations during any event that may occur. </span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-63120673350945162872013-04-26T12:50:00.010-07:002013-04-26T12:50:58.054-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The District Reorganization Facilitator has been reviewing and renewing the Memorandums of Understanding regarding Evacuation Locations in coordination with the school district Administrative Team.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-36847965135420076912013-04-26T12:50:00.006-07:002013-04-26T12:50:34.723-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The District Reorganization Facilitator has been working with the students of the Southern Tioga School District to present a comprehensive presentation to the Board of Education on the desires of the student population regarding future school Colors and Mascots. </span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-1126636098953390452013-04-26T12:50:00.002-07:002013-04-26T12:50:13.433-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The District Reorganization Facilitator, in coordination with the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and Technology, is beginning the process of ensuring that the technology needs of all faculty are being adequately addressed for the 2013-2014 school year. This process includes computers, smart boards, and any other peripheral devices that aid in instruction.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-41099147770457154752013-04-26T12:49:00.001-07:002013-04-26T12:49:52.116-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The District Reorganization Facilitator has been meeting with faculty that have been transferred throughout the district to discuss the moving process and address any concerns regarding the physical move.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-26692115425507409052013-04-17T10:21:00.000-07:002013-04-18T05:11:10.699-07:00UPDATED with corrected link.<br />
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The Southern Tioga School District is pleased to publish the Course Catalog for the 2013/14 school year. The catalog includes some exciting new CTE courses and expansions.<br />
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The entire catalog can be viewed at <span id="goog_1338776604"></span><a href="http://southerntioga.org/offices___services/curriculum">Mapping Your Future 2013-2014</a><span id="goog_1338776605"></span>.<br />
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To view the catalog, you will need to click on the link on the left marked Mapping Your Future 2013-2014 Career Planner.STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-90529315629429685812013-04-15T12:23:00.000-07:002013-04-15T12:36:45.699-07:00The following is the staff assignments at the high school level for the 2013/14 Academic Year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.southerntioga.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_5982283/File/Sandy's%20Docs/High%20School%20Placement%20Consolidated%20List[1].pdf">High School Placements for the 2013/14 Academic Year</a>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-56467905886105953782013-04-12T05:42:00.005-07:002013-04-12T05:42:41.086-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">High school students and elementary students that will be assigned to new buildings for the next year due to the closure of the Liberty High School program will be notified via mail of their new assignments at the beginning of the week of April 15th, 2013. Additional elementary reassignments may result from a decision regarding the question of closing Blossburg Elementary School after May 6th.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-30581064539077767442013-04-12T05:42:00.002-07:002013-04-26T12:51:52.216-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The District Reorganization Facilitator has been meeting with local law enforcement agencies to review security plans and procedures for the district. The facilitator will be continuing to update the security plan in coordination with Law Enforcement, Fire Departments, Medical Departments, Tioga County Emergency Services, and other entities as the plan necessitates.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-2699991362542045372013-04-09T06:50:00.002-07:002013-04-09T07:02:58.372-07:00<b id="internal-source-marker_0.2715063472278416" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.2715063472278416" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to the reorganization of the district, faculty have been reassigned based on the following criteria: Content area certification, current and previous teaching experience, extra-curricular involvement and interest, expressed interest based upon teacher feedback of personal preferences.</span></b></div>
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.2715063472278416" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A listing of transfers is available on at <span style="color: #1155cc;"><u><a href="http://www.boarddocs.com/pa/stsd/Board.nsf/vpublic?open">Board Docs on Southern Tioga School District Website</a></u></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. From there, click April 8th, View Agenda, Professional Employee Transfers.</span></b>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-21907155299979603512013-04-03T06:36:00.002-07:002013-04-03T06:37:25.754-07:00<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The Southern Tioga School District will be holding open houses at all of our high schools during the months of April and May. The open house schedule can be found at the link below. It is asked that anyone wishing to attend the open house confirm their attendance prior so that adequate staffing can be ensured by either calling the school or follow the link in the schedule.</span></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1np2Lz5CKi55kFBD0L6j_Hc4ayN9-aOkw5Rz5T4OBHrw/pub" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">STSD Open House Schedule</a></div>
STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-19483660063539889962013-03-26T10:46:00.000-07:002013-03-26T10:46:06.683-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The choices for a mascot and colors for next year were put together from students currently attending Liberty High School and North Penn High School. They were derived utilizing elements from both schools to honor our heritage, as well as some that were interesting to all of the students on the transitional committee. The entire Liberty High School and North Penn High School will vote to recommend one of these options to the Southern Tioga Board of Education for approval for next year's combined school.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The choices can be viewed here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1whdWoVsL900viWGTOnEG0Ddu4NC08dlm8lNhNkLH7qQ/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">School Colors and Mascots</a></span><div>
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STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-85249995106579083512013-03-22T13:15:00.003-07:002013-03-22T13:16:49.890-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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Miller is excited to announce a new Twitter Feed. You can follow activities at WLM by following
them at </span><a href="https://twitter.com/WLM_Elem"><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">https://twitter.com/WLM_Elem</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: white;">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-32371032907985325502013-03-22T13:14:00.002-07:002013-03-22T13:14:45.892-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The STSD Curriculum and Instruction Department in
coordination with the High School Guidance Departments is working diligently on
refining every student’s schedule. The
district is pleased to offer some expanded offerings next year to include: Safe
Serv certifications, an expanded construction management program, an expanded
Ag program to include small engine and diesel repair.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-26194283389859560092013-03-22T13:13:00.003-07:002013-03-22T13:13:36.285-07:00<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Every school in the Southern Tioga School District will be
holding two open houses within the next few months. These dates and times will be announced via
our website and through a letter home with the students.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-21068178956283848722013-03-22T13:12:00.002-07:002013-03-22T13:12:57.950-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the last week of March, the student population of
Liberty and North Penn will be voting on new mascots and colors for next year’s
combined high school.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The choices for
colors and mascots were thought of from students from Liberty and North Penn
and then refined after talking with their home schools.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The choices for mascots include: Mountain
Lion, Mountain Cat, Puma, Wolves, and Bearcats.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The choices for colors are: purple and black, purple and silver, orange
and grey, royal blue and black, and blue and black.</span></span><br />
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STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-44919871591610410432013-03-19T08:28:00.000-07:002013-03-19T08:28:16.231-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Transition Team has been working with the individual school Guidance Departments to facilitate building the high school student schedules for next year. This takes into account individual student preferences and will be utilized in building the academic master schedules at the high school level.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-626527093014901092013-03-18T05:42:00.002-07:002013-03-18T05:42:32.351-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Transition Team is currently working on a systematic approach to processing inter-school transfer requests for students.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-18218052092683127662013-03-18T05:42:00.000-07:002013-03-18T05:42:05.225-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The District Reorganization Facilitator has been working with building custodial staff to properly account for all custodial and maintenance supplies in their building prior to the move. This information will be used to ensure that school district maintenance and custodial products are utilized in an efficient and cost effective manner</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-30261375131925798502013-03-10T06:43:00.003-07:002013-03-10T06:43:11.180-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Curriculum and Instruction Department is pleased to announce that the entire course catalog will be soon be available on our district website. </span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-9161584385342409132013-03-10T06:42:00.003-07:002013-03-10T06:42:40.552-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Transition Team in coordination with the District Technology Department has developed an organized approach to ensure that computer systems that teachers are used to using this year, will be available wherever they are teaching next year.</span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609999178345006459.post-14658974743015445232013-03-10T06:41:00.001-07:002013-03-10T06:42:51.978-07:00<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">The Transition Team has completed the collection and organization of Student Activities Account advisors and has made a "cross walk" document that shows which clubs and activities are equivalent to each other across the district. This will ensure that any funds a student has raised for a specific activity, will remain with the student as they transition to an equivalent activity next year. </span>STSD Transition Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05629592653936181074noreply@blogger.com