I love this definition of community. When we talk about PLCs--Professional Learning Communities--in District 93, this is exactly what we mean by being a community of professional learners. Our commitment to grow together continues to create better and better results for our students. This week, Idaho Education News recognized Bonneville School District for having the greatest percentage of students improve in their reading ability from fall to spring of any large district in the state.

Parent teacher conferences are also right around the corner and we hope you will take the time to meet with your child's teachers so that together we can learn how to best meet the individual needs of your student. Here is the schedule for fall parent teacher conferences, please note that Middle School PTC has changed their times. They run from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• Elementary - October 17th - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. AND October 19th - 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Middle School - October 16th - 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

CNN has reported that schools in Israel, the UK and the US are advising parents to delete their children’s social media apps over concerns that Hamas militants will broadcast or disseminate disturbing videos of hostages who have been seized in recent days.

We urge our teachers and parents to be extra vigilant in monitoring your children's' social media in the event that this horrific threat becomes a reality. We will also take appropriate precautions for students' access at school.

• Theresa Flannery, CPA from WIPFLI presented our annual audit for the 2022-2023 school year. She gave our District an A+ in all areas and commended Guy Wangsgard and our business operations staff for being conservative and forward planning in our budgeting and for their leadership in implementing accounting standards in the state.
• Heather Plain, Manager of Child Nutrition reported the great things happening in D93 Child Nutrition.
  
• John Pymm, Director of Facilities and Maintenance reported on the improvement in our groundskeeping with the additional investment of dollars for many projects that have taken place over the last year to improve schools inside and out.
• Scott Woolstenhulme, Superintendent, reported on open enrollment applications and enrollments for this school year.

Next Board Work Meeting - Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 11:30 a.m. - PLC Building

Please take a look at the following policies that were approved for 30-day review:

4312 School Visitations

3518 Treatment of Opioid Overdoses

3006 Proof of Residency

3006F Third-Party Affidavit Form

3500 Distributing Treats and Gifts at School

2740 Self-Directed Learner

Our upcoming D93 Live will be on October 16th at 8:00 p.m. on the District's Facebook page. All are invite to join.

President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. We couldn't be prouder of the Bonneville Child Nutrition team.

Please take a moment to watch the great report last night from Child Nutrition during the Board Meeting. You can find a link to it above this in the Family Update.

If you can't attend on your assigned night, please don't hesitate to attend on a night that fits in your schedule.

Students, parents, and employees can reach out for help with bullying, harassment, suicidal tendencies, self-harm, threats, or to report weapons at school by going to d93.org/gethelp or sending the text @gethelp to 855-528-0074.

Thank you to our community partners at EIRMC for supporting our D93 Family Update.