Believe, Achieve, Succeed!
September 13, 2020 Volume I
“The Best in the U.S.A”
Week 2 will have more of a focus on instruction than last week. We intentionally reduced the security restrictions on entering the teachers’ zoom classrooms for the first week. This allowed the students with login issues and technology issues to still enter the zoom sessions of their teachers. Unfortunately, several students chose to take advantage of these reduced restrictions by entering in classrooms using multiple devices and entering in classrooms where they were not on the teacher’s roster. I apologize for these disturbances. We have identified a small group of students involved and we will use the student code of conduct to apply appropriate consequences.
Moving forward, the teachers will only allow students to enter their zoom sessions if they are following the campus wide naming convention. For security reasons, I will not include the naming convention in this newsletter. If you have any questions on the naming convention, you can contact any teacher, staff member or administrator. An additional precaution that we have put in place is to require the student to turn their camera on immediately after being admitted into the teacher’s zoom session. They can turn off their camera after showing their face, but if they do not show their face, the teacher will remove the student. If your son does not have a device with a working camera, we have one available for him at the campus. Please contact me directly with any concern that you may have.
Thank you all for promptly responding to all of the surveys! We are using your responses to help guide our decisions. If you responded that you would prefer to have your son take the required MAP test from home, please reconsider allowing him to take it at Barack Obama MLA. We are able to provide a quiet and consistent testing environment if they come to campus. We want the teachers to have accurate data that identifies the students’ true academic needs. The teachers will be able to use this data to make individualized academic supports for students.
If you have not responded to the district survey about preference for online or in person instruction, please respond as soon as possible. The survey will close Friday, September 18th.
Thank you for your continued support in our mission of developing impactful leaders for the global society of tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Rashad Jackson
972-749-2100
3030 Stag Road
Dallas, TX 75241
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