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April 15, 2008

	Destination Imagination Fundraiser
	School Board Meeting - Final Budget Decisions
	Bullies and Their Victims - Origins and Solutions
	Community Open House at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
	National Physics Day Show
	Henley Jazz Concert
	Extreme Journey Through Hallowed Ground
	
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Destination Imagination Fundraiser

Garage Sale! Bake Sale! Eat and shop! Two Henley Destination  
Imagination teams have advanced to the Global Tournament, to be held  
in Tennessee next month. The Henley SWITCH Team, comprised of seven  
enterprising 7th graders, will be holding a garage/bake sale at  
Henley Middle School THIS Saturday, April 19 from 8:30am - 1:00pm. DI  
is a team-based problem-solving competition that requires much  
dedication and hard work by those who participate. Your support would  
be greatly appreciated!

If anyone would like to make a direct donation to the team or if you  
have any ideas to help them raise the necessary funds for travel to  
the Global Tournament, please contact the team manager, MaryAnn  
Schill (mailto:maryannschill at excite.com) (434) 823-5141.

School Board Meeting - Final Budget Decisions

A regular School Board meeting will be held on Thursday, April 17 at  
6:30 PM in Lane Auditorium of the Albemarle County Office Building.   
The School Board now knows what funds are available for '08-'09 and  
will discuss scenarios for possible adoption of a final budget.  The  
Board of Supervisors adopted a tax rate on April 9, 2008 of $0.71 per  
$100 of assessed value.  Below you will find a list of items that are  
potential reductions and items that could potentially be included in  
the '08-'09 Budget.  If you have a particular item that you would  
like to make sure is included in this years budget please contact the  
School Board at mailto:schoolboard at k12albemarle.org.

Potential Reductions:

Eliminate subsidy staffing for underenrolled electives (ex: Strings,  
World Languagues)

Eliminate Piedmond Futures payment
Goal I: Prepare All Learners to Succeed in a Global Community and  
Global Economy.

Increase Math Specialists FTEs to expand services to all elementary  
and middle schools.

Goal II: Eliminate the Achievement Gap.

Nurses – Elementary nurses are 6 hours per day, Health Advisory  
Board recommended nurse coverage for the full school day to improve  
services to medically at-risk students,

Literacy Specialists – add an additional 0.5FTE to bring Meriwether  
Lewis and Murray Elementary Schools  to Board-approved standards,

Increase intervention and prevention support including the AVID  
specialty center program in the northern feeder pattern, funding to  
address 9th grade dropout intervention programming in all high  
schools, and differentiated learning and behavior intervention  
services in schools with at-risk populations exceeding 40% f/r lunch.

Goal III: Recruit, retain, and develop a diverse cadre of highly  
qualified teaching personnel, staff and administrators.

Adjust funding for the Academic Leadership Stipend model to  
incorporate market and system-driven needed changes,

Increase funding for Administrative Technical Training to ensure  
direct support for classified staff only to improve use of  
productivity software and data tools (also Goal V),

Support for leadership development for novice and experienced teacher  
and building leaders.

Goal IV: Achieve recognition as a world-class educational system.

Provide support for the Baldrige-based continuous improvement model  
in all schools and departments to include training and implementation  
funds to begin system-wide implementation of its requirements  
including continuation of the online customer survey tool, K12Insight.

Goal V: Establish efficient systems for development, allocation, and  
alignment of resources to support the Division’s vision, mission,  
and goals.

Increase funding to support administrative and instructional  
technology support to teachers and classified staff so that access to  
technology tools and training is increased (power supply upgrades,  
increased access to laptop computers, SmartBoards, digital probeware,  
digital cameras, ipods, personal response systems, etc.),

Increase Office of Technology Staffing - staffing in this area was  
recognized by principals as needing improvement to reduce assistance  
turn around time,

CEPI study continuation - funding to provide resources to meet CEPI  
study items for year 2 and later study such as fleet diversification,  
system-wide redistricting, etc. ,

Custodial Supervisors II - Building Services evening shift custodial  
supervisors to oversee building use and staff management.

Maintenance of Effort/Cost of Doing Business Increases

Increase Fuel Cost Allocation and the Fuel Contingency Fund: Current  
estimates are being evaluated for diesel for next year. Prices have  
risen $0.40 over the past month,

System-wide Capital Replacement Funds - establishment of a  
substantial capital item/material replacement fund to support student  
learning. These funds would be used as needed by application items,  
such as kilns, laboratory equipment, musical instruments, library  
material updates/replacement, etc. (Reduced in the 2007-08 budget  
cycle),

Increase funds to address increasing Materials/Energy costs - based  
upon the increasing cost of fuel, delivery of supplies and the  
materials are rising faster than anticipated.  Additionally it is  
likely that energy costs will rise more than currently budgeted,

Increase Board Reserve – rainy day fund to address possible  
shortfalls in FY2008-09.

Bullies and Their Victims - Origins and Solutions

Important Information on the Cause of and Cure to Bullying

Presented by: Peter Sheras
Clinical Psychologist
Professor, UVA Curry School of Education

Saturday, May 10, 2008
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Gordon Avenue Library, Charlottesville

Learn More About
	-Why kids bully & why kids take it
	-Research on early signs and symptoms of bullies and victims
	-What to do about it and useful web resources

FREE CHILDCARE is LIMITED (must register in advance).
Infants welcome to attend with parents
Call (434)296-4118 ex. 0 to register or if you would like more  
information

Community Open House at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Sunday, April 27, 2008 • 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Activities for all ages
Lectures on the latest discoveries
Sun and planet viewing
Ask an Astronomer
StarLab planetarium shows
Science demonstrations
Science and technology exhibits
Hands on activities
Open to the Public
FREE admission and parking
For ages 5-15 - Complete your "Passport to the Universe" and enter  
the drawing to win a $500 U.S. Savings Bond. Drawing will be held at  
3:45 p.m. Must be present to win.

In the evening, there will be a special open house at UVa's McCormick  
Observatory from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Weather permitting, viewing  
through all of the telescopes will be possible. In addition, there  
will be audio-visual presentations, museum exhibits, and tours of the  
Observatory.

We want to thank the members of the Charlottesville Astronomical  
Society and the Albemarle Amateur Radio Club for participating in  
this year's open house!

A complete Schedule of Events will be posted soon, so please check  
back often.  http://www.nrao.edu/index.php/Open%20House


National Physics Day Show
The University of Virginia Physics Department
presents

A FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT

The Annual
NATIONAL PHYSICS DAY SHOW

An hour of intriguing and exciting demonstrations to educate and  
dazzle you

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
One Show: 7:00 pm
Physics Building, Room 203
McCormick Road
Charlottesville, Virginia

For more information on this free public event, call 434-924-3781
Free public parking in nearby football stadium lots
http://www.phys.virginia.edu/Announcements/PhysicsDay/

Henley Jazz Concert



Extreme Journey Through Hallowed Ground

     Rising sixth through eighth grade students are invited to hike,  
bike, canoe and pod with historical experts along the Journey Through  
Hallowed Ground, a 175 mile swath of land from Gettysburg, PA to  
Charlottesville, VA.   This Extreme program introduces participants  
to Where America Happened as they study the legacy of leadership  
provided by men and women along the trail and the decisions they made  
that shaped our nation.  What hung in the balance as Thomas Jefferson  
labored over the text of the Declaration of Independence? What did  
George Gilmore gain by staying in the south after the Emancipation  
Proclamation? Was Clara Barton out of line on the battlefield? And  
what if John Brown had stalled at Harpers Ferry?  Students answer  
these and other questions as they work with archaeologists, authors,  
cartographers and national park service guides at Antietam,  
Gettysburg, Ash Lawn-Highland, Montpelier, Harpers Ferry, C&O Canal  
and Point of Rocks.
      In addition to exploring significant people and events at  
heritage sites, participants create vodcasts using photographs, video  
clips and sound bites gathered during their field experiences. This  
material along with original music and literary pieces are combined  
to create movies that explore the lessons of leadership learned along  
this Hallowed Ground.
      Visit www.hallowedground.org for more information on the  
Extreme Journey.   Registration opens March 24th for the Albemarle  
Extreme session which runs from July 7 – July 18.  Tuition for the  
two week experience is $650.00.  Interested participants can also e- 
mail questions to education at jthg.org or watch the Extreme Video at  
www.hallowedground.org/education!

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Mark Your Calendar

	April 18, Friday - Spring Dance 4:00 - 6:30 PM

	April 19, Saturday - Garage Sale and Bake Sale, Henley Middle School  
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

	April 25, Friday - Henley Night of Jazz - Benefit Concert 7:00 PM in  
the Lane Auditorium, County Office Building

	April 26, Saturday - Dogwood Parade - Symphonic Band
	
	May, 1, Thursday - Parent Orientation for rising 6th grade students  
at 7:00 PM

	May 2, Friday - Track and Field Day

	May 8, Thursday - Parent Orientation for rising 7th and 8th grade  
students at 7:00 PM
	
Links

Dr. McLaughlin's blog at: http://henleyhornets.blogspot.com/

The Henley website at: http://www.k12albemarle.org/Henley/

The School Division website at: http://www.k12albemarle.org/

The ACPS Parent Council website at:  http://acpsparentcouncil.org/
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