Toutle Lake School District

     

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May 4, 2021

Toutle Lake School District Parents/Guardians –

As many of you have probably already heard, Cowlitz County will be remaining in Phase 2 for at least the next two weeks. For the time being, this means that our high school students will need to remain in our hybrid educational model. All of our K-8 in-person students will continue to be able to attend five days per week.

In other school related news, I would like to touch base on four individual topics:

1. Recovery Plan – in order to receive federal and state dollars related to COVID-19’s adverse effects on our educational programs, we are being required to complete an Academic and Student Well-being Recovery Plan. Please click here to see the plan. Haga clic aquí para ver la versión en español. We are inviting community members to view the template and if they are interested in providing any input related to it, please share your thoughts via email to me at bgarrett@toutlesd.org. We are also required to complete an Equity Analysis and expect to have more info regarding that process in the near future.
2. State Legislature – the legislature adjourned its regular session on time, and while the adopted State budget is not “perfect” with regard to funding for education; it is far better than it might have been! More information regarding how it financially affects our programs will be shared once we have more specific numbers.
3. Three-year audit (September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2020) - the State Auditor’s office has recently completed both a Financial Audit and Accountability Audit for TLSD. Both reports can be found on our website under the School Board tab. You will notice that both documents reflect a “clean” audit, meaning there were no findings nor management letters. Kudos to Lynne Williams for her excellent service as a very competent Business Manager for the district!
4. Staff Appreciation – this week is School Staff Appreciation Week – we encourage you to take a moment to express your gratitude to all of the fine people serving the youth of our community. They are indeed “Super!”

Thank you again for your support of the Toutle Lake School District!

Sincerely,

Bob Garrett

Superintendent

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Revised Letter – April 12, 2021

April 2, 2021

Toutle Lake School District Parents/Guardians -

We had been hoping that we were going to be able to announce that all of our plans for students returning after spring break, would be certain, “cast in stone”, etc. – unfortunately, during this pandemic, very little remains certain.

We are pleased to be able to report that our K-3 in-person students will begin attending five days per week, beginning Monday, April 12 (the first day after spring break).

Similarly, our Grades 4-6 in-person students will begin attending five days per week, beginning Wednesday, April 14.

Our Junior High in-person students will begin attending five days per week, beginning Thursday, April 15 (the first day of the fourth quarter).

Unfortunately, we have learned that Cowlitz County will need to return to Phase 2 at the end of this week.  For the District, that means K-8 students can attend five days per week, but our high school 9-12 students will need to remain on the hybrid schedule.

Mr. Byrd has sent out a notification to all parents of high school in-person students via Skyward.

Thank you again your support of the Toutle Lake School District!

Sincerely,

Bob Garrett

Superintendent

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