Posted on October 4th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
School Board Meeting
We had a most informative school board workshop and special meeting on Tuesday September 26th, 2010. At the workshop the Board was presented with the MGT of America, Inc. Educational Facilities Master Plan Update (an update of the MGT FMP from 2006-07). In addition, the Board was presented with the State of the District Part I report.
The MGT’s report was most helpful for me as a new board member as it was very in-depth and will greatly assist the Board with our distric ‘s current and future capital pla n s.
Assistant Superintendent Mary Curry began the State of the District Part I report which covered State Assessment updates, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), Citrus Virtual, District Initiatives/Challenges, and Florida’s Race to the Top.
Exceptional Student Education Department Visit
I continued meeting with school district departments. I visited the Exceptional Student Education (ESE) department and met with Nancy Haynes, Director and Julie Kelsey, Coordinator. I have worked with both of these ladies while on Central Ridge Elementary School Advisory Enhancement Council as they both serv ed as the school’s district representatives . ESE always is facing challenges for our students and Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Kelsey and myself talked about many of the challenges ou r parents, students and educators are facing. Florida Response to Intervention (RtI) is a big part of our students ‘ learning these days. RtI is a process that provides intervention and educational support to all students at increasing levels of intensity based on their individual needs. The goal is to prevent problems and intervene early so that students can be successful. Visit http://www.florida-rti.org/ for more information.
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Posted on September 29th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Citrus County Chronicle
By Cheri Harris
Chris Suchan blew into Citrus Springs Elementary School last week, creating quite a stir. As soon as he walked into the cafetorium, cries of “You’re on TV!” met the 10 News meteorologist as he greeted fifth-graders with high-fives. As he started his presentation, they fell silent.
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Posted on September 29th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Citrus County welcomes $400,000 check from federal reimbursement program
Citrus County Chronicle
By Cheri Harris
During a workshop, Mike Geddes, director of technology and information services for the district, said he received a check Friday for more than $400,000 from a federal telecommunications reimbursement program, and he expects the district to receive a total of about $1 million in the next 30 to 45 days.
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Posted on September 27th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Dear Friends,
Thomasine and I want to thank all of you who were able to make our Victory Party on Saturday. We had over 80 people attend and we had a wonderful time visiting, sharing, reflecting and planning for our students’ and community’s future. We want to thank Lynn and Todd Sisto for again having the party at their home. It is such a great setting! Thanks to Faye and Dennis DeLoach for bringing the incredible Cuban sandwiches; Denyse Atchinson, Tana Carney, Sue Barnes, and Robin Braswell for baking their scrumptious cookies; and Corrine and Steve Sachewicz for their delicious key lime pie. If I am leaving anyone out (and I bet I am) thank you as well!!! It was a special and wonderful day for Thomasine and myself and I am so happy we could share it together.
We want to again thank all of you for your support, encouragement and advice since the election. I have been transitioning into role as School Board Representative. If you are interested in following what I am doing visit my web site at www.OurCitrusCountySchools.com (which also points to www.KennedyForKids.com) and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kennedyforkids.
I have a great deal of work ahead and I will continue to need your support, encouragement, advice, insight, and prayers.
Thank you for this opportunity,
352.476.4031 (direct number)
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Posted on September 26th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
Citrus County School District is an “A” graded district for the State of Florida. While the bulk of this article doesn’t necessary apply to Citrus schools it does have some interesting figures and information. THOMAS
A new WSJ/NBC News poll shows Americans give the nation’s public schools a GPA of 1.8 – not failing, but clearly in need of remediation.
Asked to grade the nation’s public schools using the common scale for students – A, B, C, D and F – only 2% of those surveyed gave them an A; 17% a B; almost half, 45%, said C; 25% a D, and 7% said F. Asked about the schools in their own communities, respondents handed out better grades: an overall GPA of 2.3, with 13% giving an A; 32% a B; 27% a C; 15% a D, and 9% an F.
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Posted on September 25th, 2010 by
Thomas Kennedy
By Nancy Kennedy
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When you’re in middle school, lunch is the most important time of the day — and it’s not about the food.
“It’s like recess, but better; you get to talk with your friends,” says Julianne Cook, Inverness Middle School sixth-grade student.
The Chronicle is following Julianne as part of the year-long Students in Transition series, following a kindergarten student, a middle school student and a set of high school freshmen twins.
It’s Friday in the IMS cafeteria. Sixth-graders eat lunch from 11:15 to 11:50 a.m. Because some of the students are having difficulty following rules, everyone sits at assigned tables.
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Exceptional Student Education Department Visit
