From Cam Wingfield

Cane Ridge Families, Dr. Joseph and his team – in collaboration with the Board of Education – are developing a long-term strategic plan for MNPS. Right now they want your input about mission, vision, and values. In the Spring we will reach out again to families for thoughts about plan proposals. Please read below, offer your input, and help us craft a direction for the District. · Dr. Joseph and the district chiefs – with frequent discussions with the Board – are putting together a long-term, strategic plan for the school district. · It will take about three to four months for them to put together their final plan. · In that time, they will be consulting parents, community members, and employees for their input on draft plans. · They are making their draft plans based off the feedback they collected in Dr. Joseph’s first 100 days, including the Listen & Learns, parent/teacher voice sessions, the transition team, school visits, etc. · Metro Schools is surveying parents, community members, and employees on key parts of the strategic plan. This feedback is very important to Dr. Joseph and his team to ensure their work is reflective of the families, students, and employees that make up our school district. · Families can access the surveys here: http://www.mnps.org/blog/2016/11/29/we-need-your-input-for-our-new-strategic-plan. · The first survey is now open, and we will launch a second survey by next week. THANK YOU…As mentioned above, you can access the survey and learn more about the strategic plan at the following link: http://www.mnps.org/blog/2016/11/29/we-need-your-input-for-our-new-strategic-plan

Register for the Kids' Marathon, April 30th!

https://register.runrocknroll.com/Register/?event=37216 I am giving this as a Christmas gift to my boys! They really want to participate, and it is about $30 each. (They get an amazing medal, and it is so much fun!) Personally, I have started to use a lot of events/ tickets/ experiences/ trips as gifts as opposed to toys (definitely not always, just more often). I usually have to pay for it anyway, so why not include it as a gift? That's just my thought of the day on gift giving! :) -Emily