The Badger Brief
January has certainly reminded us how unpredictable winter weather can be, and I am incredibly thankful for the way our Beebe School District team has responded. I want to specifically recognize our maintenance and custodial teams for the long hours spent clearing snow and ice and working to make our campuses safe and ready for students. I am also grateful for our bus drivers and transportation department, who navigated challenging road conditions and newly added snow routes to get our students to and from school safely. I appreciate our families and community for their patience and understanding as we worked through these weather-related decisions together.
I am also thankful for our district’s choice to operate on an alternative calendar that is calculated by minutes, which allows us to build in four weather days. The Arkansas Department of Education allows this type of calendar, and our district intentionally chose this model to provide flexibility while protecting instructional time. At the same time, we are moving through different stages of interim assessments across campuses. These assessments give our teachers and parents a clear picture of where students are at this point in the year and help guide next steps. We will continue to use class time, Response to Intervention, tutoring, and other supports to help students continue to grow. I also encourage parents to work with your students at home whenever possible. I truly love being a Badger and am thankful to serve the Beebe School District.
Human Resources, in collaboration with the Business Office, has been working diligently to bring the new Recruiting and Hiring platform through Frontline Education fully online. Training videos will be available soon for administrators, coordinators, and supervisors to support effective use of the system. The next phase of the rollout will be the Records component, which will include electronic forms and an online onboarding process.
