April 29, 2021
"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." 
-Oprah Winfrey
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY AS WE ASSESS THE PAST YEAR
JOIN BOARD MEMBER AND SUPERINTENDENT colleagues and weigh-in about how this historical time can be an opening for positive change in public ed. Have your district send at least one representative on May 24th to WPSBA's Annual Meeting and Program (via Zoom), where the membership will vote on next year's budget and Board of Directors slate, and then participate in small group discussions about pandemic positives. Register through your district clerk and come with a district group to discuss how you can use the lessons learned to do things differently moving forward.
THIS COULD SERIOUSLY INTERFERE WITH YOUR DOWNTIME
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THE MOST UP-TO-DATE information on WPSBA's 54 school districts. We've traced down stats from NYSED, PNW BOCES Clearinghouse, and the districts directly, and it's all consolidated into our annual Facts & Figure$ publication, which will be arriving at your district next week. There are about a million interesting tidbits in the book, so if you can't wait for your own hard copy, check out our e-version (click below for e-book link).
ONE DISTRICT TURNS PANDEMIC OBSTACLES INTO GOOD NEWS
LIKE US, THIS SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT had to learn to do things differently when the pandemic started. Distributing devices on a 1:1 basis, adjusting to different spending needs, and focusing more effort on students whose skills began to lag, helped form an improved partnership with parents and a new flexibility they are touting as fortuitous. It's official, the world is different, but perhaps this situation calls for a new perspective, or as we at WPSBA would say, it's time to look for the silver linings.
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