Absences Add Up!

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Missing just 2 days a month

means a child misses 10% of the

school year.

Addressing the social and emotional needs of students

Students are productive members of the school and community!

Homecoming Game 2018

Flat Stanley is in the house!

Email to Staff - October 19, 2018

Good afternoon everyone,

Last Friday I wrote of believing, imagining and dreams. Yes, dreams. I wrote of how I expect Rutland City Public Schools to be recognized as a World Class Education System that achieves tremendous outcomes for every member of our family. I asked that you imagine what that looks and feels like.

So how do we get there? How do we become a strong family? How do we become a stronger community? How do we treat each other with compassion? How do we develop our community into a strong equitable community? Regardless of how we get there, we get there together!!

We work together, encouraging each other to take risks. We work to improve on a system that already has many great qualities. We improve and become the best World Class Education System that exists.

We need to create a system:

based on equity not equality;
where each student receives the resources and educational opportunities they need to thrive;
that is inclusive of each member regardless of where we come from;
where it doesn’t matter who our parents are or not what title anyone may hold;
where a student’s success is not predicted nor predetermined by characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion, family economics, class, geography, disability, language, gender, sexual orientation or initial proficiencies;
that is student centered;
that provides high quality curriculum and academic rigor;
that has collaborative administrators and great teachers;
that offers exceptional programs, extracurricular activities and support services for every student to enable them to succeed;
that is designed for students to achieve their best;
that embraces innovation;
that incorporates and embraces student voice;
to develop opportunities for reflection and growth;
that disrupts any inequitable practices that may exist, acknowledges biases and employs practices that reflect the reality where ALL students will learn; and
that creates inclusive multicultural environments for adults and children alike.