Dear CP Families,

A recording of last night's Board of Education meeting, which touched on short- and long-term plans and ideas to address growing enrollment in the district elementary schools, is now available here. 

• Co-Chairs of the Board of Education's Long Term Planning Committee presented on projected enrollment increases over the next five years, fiscally prudent facilities planning, and models for utilizing existing spaces (~1:27:45 into the recording) 
• Dr. Kimberly Tew, assistant superintendent for curriculum & instruction, presented the District's plan for rebalancing the elementary schools' enrollment next year, as well as suggestions for restructuring the elementary schools to address growing enrollment in subsequent years (~2:09:15)
• Pricilla Russel, district supervisor of world languages, ESL/bilingual and dual language immersion programs, spoke about the history of the DLI and addressed questions about the plan to add back Traditional classrooms to CP (~2:42:35)
• CP Principal Dineen Gruchaz discussed the DLI goals, as well as plans to welcome children who will be transferring from JP to CP (~2:47:15)
• After Spring Break, the District will provide more information about the plans for the elementary schools, with an emphasis on outreach to impacted families (~3:00:00)
• Dr. Tew answered the question about whether the plans PPS put forward are set in stone, or if the District might change course after speaking with the community (~3:57:32)

If you're interested in learning more about plans for PPS, the Board meeting schedule, as well as recordings of past meetings, can be found here. The District will also host a parent meeting about the elementary school curriculum on April 13 at 6:30 p.m. (Zoom link).