Republic School District invites parents and guardians of our kindergarten through 12th grade students to complete the short survey found at the link below (EC families will receive a separate survey in November). Your feedback allows us to see at what level we are meeting the needs of our students, families and community at large. Preparing each student for a successful future is our mission, and the information gathered through this survey provides us a measure to see how well we are achieving this goal.

REMINDER: The district SISFin Portal (HR information, requisition portal, etc.) is being replaced due to hardware age. Therefore, we will not have access to this portal on computers/devices outside of the district network until this is updated. However, it will still be accessible while on campus only using the following link: http://sishr.srv.rsd/hrportal. Once the replacement is complete, off-site access will be restored.

Those attending received an email invite from Sched to register for STAR Summit sessions on October 17th. Please check your Spam folders if you don't see it in your inbox. After clicking on the invite, you will be required to create a password.  (If you used Sched last year you do not need to create a new account.  Your school email address and existing password will connect you to STAR Summit 19.  If you have forgotten your password, click on "Forgot Password?") Next, select the sessions you wish to attend. Attendees will be allowed to change their sessions, if sessions are not full.  When registering for sessions, look for "N" or "O" to be sure to select sessions at your designated location. You can use the filters on the right to show presentations for your site, grade level, subject, etc. 

**Presenters, please register for your own session(s).  

• NIXA SITE - 6th - 12th Grade, 6-12 Fine Arts, 6-12 Librarians, 6-12 Counselors, K-12 Health/PE, ROTC, 6-12 Computers, 6-12 SPED, 6-12 Gifted, Foreign Language, 7-12 CTE - Career Technical Education (FACS, Vocational Business, Vo-Ag, Industrial Tech, Marketing, Building Trades) 
• OZARK SITE - PreK - 5th Grade, K-5 Fine Arts, K-5 Librarians, K-5 SPED, OT/PT and SLPs, K-5 Counselors, Reading Recovery, K-5 Gifted, K-5 Computers, Early Childhood, K-12 ELL

Attendees should install the Sched app on their phones to have access to the event details and their schedules. The app can be found in the Apple Store or through Google Play by searching for "Sched."  Then enter STAR Summit 2019 when prompted for the event. You will be allowed to see sessions, but must log in to access, create, or edit your personal schedule.

 

Details regarding STAR Summit 2019 can be found at: starsummit2019.sched.com

The Republic School District will be closed for Fall Break on Monday, November 4 and there will be no school for students on Tuesday, November 5 for the STAR Summit School Improvement Day. For families in need of childcare, Cub Care through the STRIPES 360 program will be available for kindergarten through 8th grade students.  CLICK HERE for more information.

**TEACHERS, PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILIES.**

Know someone deserving of our RepMO Hero award? Nominate them TODAY! Certified employees will be honored in October!

We are so #repmoproud of our kitchen and custodial staff for their hard work each day in making sure we are providing nutritious meals to our students from a healthy kitchen environment. We received PERFECT kitchen health inspections in ALL district kitchens from the Health Department! The health inspector's comment was, "They did a super job! All of the schools are doing a fantastic job and I want you to know how much I appreciate all of the hard work you do as well as all of the kitchen staff at each school!!! You are all a shining example of doing the right thing all of the time!!"

Congratulations to Director of STRIPES 360, Ashlee Liska, 

for being named a Missouri Afterschool Network Afterschool Ambassador! In this role Mrs. Liska will work with local and state elected officials to advocate for afterschool programming in schools all across Missouri. She was chosen for this accolade due to her continued commitment of providing excellence in afterschool programming here in Republic, and being seen across the state as a "go to" director in which to learn best practices. We're #repmoproud of you, Mrs. Liska!

At the October 17 Board of Education meeting the adoption of the agenda and approval of consent items ( found on BoardDocs) took place after the Pledge of Allegiance. In addition, President, Todd Wojciechowski, provided a Board Update.

Officer Scott Umbarger, Director of Safety and Security was honored by the Board of Education for being the first RepMO Hero of the school year! Officer Umbarger was awarded this accolade due to his continued efforts in going above and beyond the call of duty in keeping students and employees safe while building great relationships with those he serves.

Lyon Elementary students shared about the Lead Teams within their school building. Every single student has an opportunity to participate on one of the 25 Lead Teams available. CLICK HERE To watch a video the students produced for more information.

After the students, EdCounsel presented their full maintenance board policy and associated services product to maintain district compliance. In addition, the monthly MSBA video was viewed.

Administrative presentations were as follows:
Dr. Pearce presented a summary of the district's Annual Progress Report (APR).

*Dr. Wistrom provided a monthly update to the Board regarding district finances, DESE updates and district happenings.

All administrative reports can be found on BoardDocs.

Discussion items were as follows (details on BoardDocs):
Board policies
High school curriculum

The only item the Board took action upon was setting the tuition rate. As noted in Board Policy JECB, the district does not accept nonresident students. However, there are some exceptions noted in this policy. As such, it is necessary on an annual basis to set the tuition rate for the year in the event that a nonresident student is accepted under provisions defined in the policy. The tuition rate is based on the Weighted Average Daily Attendance (WADA) calculation in the ASBR. The computation for the 2019-2020 tuition rate is $8,936.

A special meeting will take place on Thursday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m. and a regular meeting is scheduled for November 21 at 7:00 p.m.

American   Fidelity  Assurance Company representatives will be in the district to provide the yearly employee benefit package review. This review is provided annually to all employees who work 20 hours or more, which include voluntary benefits offered through payroll deduction, plus the benefits of Section 125 Flexible Benefit Plan. Open enrollment for ancillary products will begin September 16 and run through October. This is the window of opportunity for employees to change or add  American   Fidelity  products for an effective date of January 1, 2020.

Please watch the CTA October Meeting Minutes in Minutes Video at the following link: https://www.wevideo.com/view/1487810260
Important information from the video:

1. Congratulations to Kimberly McDonnell for being the winner of the September Drawing Winner. Steffanie Flippin will be emailing you with more information!

2. Please fill out the October Monthly CTA Drawing Link for a chance to win an MSTA bag- https://bit.ly/33MaS9V

3. Your CTA/MSTA needs your help with some upcoming events/activities. Please go to the MSTA/CTA Committee Sign-up. These committees will not take a lot of time, but are extremely important! Thanks! https://bit.ly/2NapFVx