September 20, 2012 at 5:00 PM - Pink Memo

Description:  9/24/12 - 7:00 pm - Regular board meeting in Arrowwood Conference Center

9/26/12 - 6:00 pm - Community Forum on Bullying in White Pine Auditiorium

10/8/12  -  7:00 p.m. - COTW board meeting in Arrowwood Conference Center

10/12/12 - 4:30 p.m. - Heritage Homecoming Parade at Green Acres Plaza

10/22/12 - 7:00 p.m. - Regular board meeting in Arrowwood Conference Center

Description:  I was able to attend the Curriculum Nights and enjoyed meeting a lot of people and further learning about our school district.

Description:  You are invited to attend a community forum on bullying sponsored by the White Pine Counseling Department.  Mr. Kevin Epling, Founder of "Matt's Safe School Law," will be speaking on September 26, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the White Pine auditorium. 

Description:  Below are headcount numbers for grades K-12 compared to the last three school years. The Board of Education will receive updated numbers each week until the fall membership count day (which is October 3^rd this year). Actual headcount numbers will continue to be adjusted as the schools follow up on attendance and other issues. These headcount numbers will need to be converted to Full Time Equivalency (FTE), which is the number the State uses to calculate our foundation allowance. The schools have a month after October 3rd to collect and report data that will allow us to convert these headcount numbers into FTE. The most common areas of adjustment are at the high school in the areas of attendance, reduced schedule and SCC/Academy students at the city school programs. The district headcount projection used for budget purposes is 4,794. As a reminder, Mackinaw Academy is not included in this comparison due to the nature of counting the students in those programs. Included in your packet today is the breakdown as reported by each building.                   
                     District                                                                                        
Fall 2009    Headcount    Fall 2010    Headcount    Fall 2011    Headcount       Fall 2012      Headcount
                                                                                          9/7/11           4,968               9/5/12            4,893
9/9/09           5,151            9/8/10            5,128            9/14/11        4,906               9/12/12          4,843
9/16/09         5,111            9/15/10          5,061            9/21/11        4,879               9/19/12          4,838     
9/23/09         5,114            9/22/10          5,011            9/28/11        4,870               9/26/12
9/30/09         5,107            9/29/10          4,996            10/5/11        4,861               10/3/12

Description:  I will be attending the Michigan Association of School Administrators' Fall Conference on Tuesday, September 25  through Friday, September 28, which includes a new Superintendent Academy.

Description:  Heritage's 25th Annual Homecoming will be Friday, October 12, 2012.  The parade will set up and leave from Green Acres Plaza.  Celebrating the themes of "Under the Big Top," they hope to make this Silver Anniversary of Heritage the "Greatest Show on Earth."