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Q: Were you able to continue your tradition of visiting District 1 schools on the first day of school?<\/strong> Q: What can you tell us about the new safety protocols?<\/strong> Q: Have school grades been received yet from last school year?<\/strong> Q: Are our schools sufficiently staffed [as of interview date of Aug. 15]?<\/strong> Q: Do you have anything else to share with District 1?<\/strong> Q: How can our readers contact you?<\/strong> Q: Were you able to continue your tradition of visiting District 1 schools on the first day of school?A: Yes, I went to all 10 District 1 schools and found the students to be happy, well behaved and learning. The teachers were smiling and welcoming them back. We had a few glitches with transportation, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[130],"class_list":{"0":"post-11024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creekline-st-johns","8":"tag-qa"},"yoast_head":"\n
<\/strong>A: Yes, I went to all 10 District 1 schools and found the students to be happy, well behaved and learning. The teachers were smiling and welcoming them back. We had a few glitches with transportation, as usual early in the school year. We ask for everyone\u2019s patience as we work out any unexpected surprises. Adjustments are ongoing and we expect to have everything on schedule very shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>A: Some changes from the legislature to our safety procedures have been instituted. We are now required to lock all gates around the school buildings and of course visitors still have to ring a doorbell to be admitted to the school. The layers of security are deep. We\u2019ve already had a visit from the Office of Safe Schools on the second day of school to make sure we were following the new procedures \u2014 which of course we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>A: Yes and once again, our district did exceedingly well. All District 1 schools remain an \u201cA\u201d and in fact the lowest graded school we have in the whole county is a \u201cC.\u201d We actually had a couple of schools improve from either a \u201cC\u201d or a \u201cB\u201d to an \u201cA\u201d this year. Ever since grades have been given, our district has been an \u201cA\u201d district and we share that distinction with Sarasota County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>A: I\u2019m very pleased that we have few staff vacancies; almost all of our schools are fully staffed. Also, at our upcoming Aug. 20 special school board meeting, we will ratify both of our union contracts. We are delighted to start the new school year with new contracts for our teachers and support staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Before the start of the school year, we had our traditional back to school prayer held at every school in the district. We\u2019ve done this for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: They can email me at beverly.slough@stjohns.k12.fl.us or call me at (904) 547-7510.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"