Friday, February 26, 2021 Update
2.24.2021
Secondary parents and staff
Monday, the Board of Trustees met to discuss concerns about its recent decision to continue the hybrid schedule for our secondary schools until the end of the school year.
Trustees authorized me to form a task force to reflect on what we have learned from the pandemic, investigate options for students in grades 6-12 in order to make a recommendation to the school board on some best practices that we can implement this current school year and future school years.
The 6-12 Advisory Task Force is composed of parents, teachers, administrators and a student (full committee listed below) who represent diverse viewpoints about next steps for our secondary students.
The task force will meet for the first time from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.
We will post agenda and the notes from the group’s meetings on this site:
http://www.kunaschools.org/index.php/advisory-task-force
We appreciate each of them and their willingness to give up their personal time for this important work.
Wendy
Task Force Members
Andi Basterrechea |
KHS parent |
Brian Graves |
Secondary Coordinator |
Chris Howard |
KHS & FMS parent |
Hunter Warnick |
KHS/SFHS ASB President |
Jessica Anno |
SFHS teacher |
Kevin Gifford |
Elementary Coordinator |
Kim Bekkedahl |
Asst. Supt. (co-facilitator) |
Kristi Hardy |
KHS & FMS parent |
MacKenzie Dodd |
KHS teacher |
Meeka Kay |
KMS teacher |
Neva Noe |
FMS teacher |
Shelley Hopkins |
KEA President |
Sonya Brekke |
KMS parent |
Tiffany Brown |
FMS parent |
Tim Jensen |
MS Coordinator |
Wendy Johnson |
Superintendent (co-facilitator) |
Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 Update
2.9.2021
Kuna Parents
This Friday, Feb. 12 will be an “e-day” for all grades. Students will not attend school in person that day. Your child will get more information from their teacher(s) about what to do on this day.
We apologize for the unexpected change in the schedule. Here’s why:
This is a proactive step. We have 144 staff who will get their second dose of the COVID vaccine Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and may need to stay home if side effects of the vaccine develop. Looking at the potential impact, we wouldn’t have enough subs to cover Friday’s absences.
According to Central District Health, side effects are normal, particularly from the second dose of the vaccine. Individuals with symptoms aren’t contagious but for a day or two they may not feel well enough to come to work.
We don’t expect that this will happen again and we greatly appreciate your understanding.
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 Update
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 Update