Toutle Lake School District

     

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June 14, 2021

Unfortunately, we have recently learned that an elementary student tested positive for COVID-19. In our attempt to contact trace, we have determined that approximately 30 students were close contacts to the student.
 
All affected families have been notified and given instructions regarding quarantining, testing and possible return to school. Should we learn that others test positive, we may have to take further action, up to and including returning to remote instruction.
 
We will keep you posted as we learn more. Please continue to remain vigilant in watching for symptoms, practicing safety protocols (wearing a mask, physical distancing, frequent washing and/or sanitizing your hands, etc). And please do not send sick children to school.
 
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
 
Sincerely,
 
Bob Garrett, Superintendent
Toutle Lake School District
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June 9, 2021

Unfortunately, we have recently learned that we have one employee who has tested positive for COVID-19; as well as two elementary students who have tested positive. In our attempt to contact trace, we have determined that approximately 30 students were close contacts to either the infected employee and/or to the two students.
 
All affected families have been notified and given instructions regarding quarantining, testing and possible return to school. Should we learn that others test positive, we may have to take further action, up to and including returning to remote instruction.
 
We will keep you posted as we learn more. Please continue to remain vigilant in watching for symptoms, practicing safety protocols (wearing a mask, physical distancing, frequent washing and/or sanitizing your hands, etc). And please do not send sick children to school.
 
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
 
Sincerely,
 
Bob Garrett, Superintendent
Toutle Lake School District

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May 28, 2021

Toutle Lake School District Parents/Guardians and Students -

As referenced in my last two letters, in order to receive federal and state dollars related to COVID-19’s adverse effects on our educational programs, we have been required to complete (1) an Equity Analysis and (2) an Academic and Student Well-being Recovery Plan.

Each of these documents were approved by our School Board at its recent meeting on the evening of May 25, 2021; and they have now been posted to our website in both English and Spanish.

You can access the English version of the Equity Analysis by clicking here, and the Spanish version of the Equity Analysis by clicking here. You can access the English version of the Academic and Student Well-being Recovery Plan by clicking here, and the Spanish version of the Academic and Student Well-being Recovery Plan by clicking here.

We will be revisiting these documents during the next school year, and updating them as our situation warrants. Your input is always welcome and you may contact me via email at bgarrett@toutlesd.org.

In regard to another topic, the District is hoping to have an enjoyable graduation ceremony for each of our graduates and their families. It has come to our attention that our guidelines for the attire of our graduates is no longer in compliance with gender-neutral requirements. Consequently, we have revised our graduation attire language to state, “it is our hope that each graduate will wear nice dress clothes, including shoes, as opposed to flip flops, sandals, etc.” In addition, each graduate is being given the opportunity to change the color of their gown (from blue to white and vice versa) if they so choose.

On behalf of the entire district staff, I will take this opportunity to wish our graduating class of 2021 the very best! They certainly deserve it!

Sincerely,

Bob Garrett

Superintendent

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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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