A Message from the Superintendent Our current school year has begun very well. Students School Enrollment
and staff have settled in to their normal routines and we have lots of exciting things taking place in and outside of our buildings. Changes Coming the District Newsletter
Go Tigers!
We will be adjusting the schedule of the District Newsletter to a quarterly publication in an effort to conserve resources and also re-direct some of those resources in an effort to improve our communications with the community, parents, students and staff. The District Newsletter will continue to be published at a minimum of four times per year not including our back-to-school issue. To further improve our ability to communicate in a timely, more effective manner some of our resources will be directed at improving the district website so it is more user-friendly, information is more current for parents, staff, students and other members of our community. Our goal is to have a revised, updated and more effective website available sometime in January, 2012. Parent & Staff Survey Results This past spring the Board conducted a survey of parents and staff regarding the operations of the school district. The Board has used the results of those surveys to help it develop goals for the District for the coming school year. The survey results demonstrated concerns for more and different methods of communication with parents and staff, concerns with bullying, continued concerns with improving student academic performance in all academic areas, specifically reading and math; critical thinking and problem solving skills; academic expectations, clarification of the District’s mission, staff development, character education, and financial management of the school district. Board goals for the current school year will include objectives which center around developing activities and concentration on improving the school district’s performance in these areas as well as continuing efforts that have an ongoing focus for improving the school district. The results of the surveys can be accessed on the District’s website if you wish to review them in more detail.
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The District’s student enrollment at the beginning of the school year was up significantly from the previous school year. Student enrollment in the four-year-old Kindergarten program grew from 217 to 243 students. The Morrie Veilleux, Superintendent early childhood special education program enrollment decreased from 20 students to 10 students. Enrollment in grades K-5 declined by four students, enrollment at the middle school increased 40 students and enrollment at the high school enrollment increased by one student. Overall, our student membership grew from 3,098 students to 3,154 students or an increase of 1.71%. Building Enrollments as of September 17th Hillside Elementary
564
Paperjack Elementary
287
Starr Elementary
536
Total Elementary Enrollment
1,387
New Richmond Middle School
672
New Richmond High School
842
Early Childhood
10
4-year-old Kindergarten Total District Student Enrollment
243 3,154
The district’s enrollment/membership count was recorded on September 16th as required by the Department of Public Instruction. The September enrollment count is one of two counts taken during the course of the school year. The other is taken on the second Friday in January. Listed below are the enrollments in each one of our school buildings. The enrollment count includes 75 students who open enrolled to the school district this year, but does not include the 78 District resident students who open enrolled out to other school districts. The difference between the two counts, three students, increases our membership count to 3,154 for revenue limit and state aid purposes.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF NEW RICHMOND