Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope this message finds you well. As you may know, this past Tuesday evening
Superintendent Evans delivered her presentation on the FY 20 budget and the proposed Proposition 2 1/2 override process during the
School Committee meeting held at the High School. She discussed in detail the vision for McCall
and the entire district as well as how we are planning to meet those
goals. Since both the school district as
well as the entire municipality are currently facing significant budgetary
challenges, Dr. Evans outlined the consequences that will occur if the town and
the district do not receive an influx of revenues. The PowerPoint presentations she used during
the School Committee meeting are posted on the district website, and you can
also access it here. Dr. Evans will also be attending the monthly
McCall Parent Association (MPA) meeting to be held this Tuesday at 9:00 am in
the McCall Cafeteria to discuss the FY20 Budget. I highly encourage all of you to attend this
meeting so you can stay informed about McCall as well as the entire district.
Here are some reminders about two upcoming events.
Parent Conferences
– Please do not forget Parent Conferences will be held in the afternoons of
Tuesday, January 22 through Friday, January 25.
All four days are early release days with dismissal time scheduled at
12:00 pm. You should have received the
conference sign up information from your students’ teachers through email by
now. If you cannot locate those messages,
please contact the Team Leaders directly (please click here
if you do not know who your students’ Team Leaders are). Please also note that we will not be
able to meet all conference requests during those four afternoons due to the
limited amount of slots available. If
the teachers are unable to schedule a conference during the week of January 22,
they may suggest that your students’ progress be discussed through phone
conferences, email reports, or meetings with specific teachers as opposed to the
entire team. Thank you for your understanding on this matter.
Semester Schedule
Change – Please note that the first day of Semester 2 will be Monday,
January 28. Since some of your students’
Exploratory Classes are semester courses, your students’ schedules will change
that day. The school is not planning to
print out paper schedules for your student in order to conserve valuable
resources, so we ask all parents and guardians to access your students’
schedules through Aspen’s Parent Portal.
You can do so by taking the following steps after you log in to the
Portal:
- Click on the “Family” top tab.
- Click on the student’s name if you have multiple students in the district.
- Click on the “Schedule” side tab.
- Select “S2” on the drop down menu located right above the student’s schedule.
Please note that most of your student’s schedule will not
change for Semester 2. Only the semester-long Exploratory Classes will.
Thank you and enjoy the upcoming week.
James Lin
Principal
McCall Middle School
