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VOLUME FIVE, ISSUE 11 | JAN. 28, 2015
From the Superintendent
New leadership,
new legislature
This year brings some exciting
opportunities to work with our state
elected officials to make positive change
for public education. Joy Hoffmeister, our
newly elected state superintendent, hit
the ground running when she took office
on January 12. She has already started
meaningful dialogue with educators
across the state to better understand what
our students, teachers and schools need
to succeed, and what she can do to help.
On February 2, our state legislators
will enter the conversation as the 2015
legislative session convenes. Several
bills have been introduced for this session
which address funding for education,
teacher retirement, assessment and
academic achievement, and legislators
seem eager to work with educators on
many issues.
To stay informed about legislation
related to education, I encourage you to
visit the Take Action! tab on our website
where you will find information about the
legislative process. Once the legislative
session is underway, you will also find
a Legislative Update link which will
direct you to the Cooperative Council for
Oklahoma School Administration’s weekly
legislative updates. These updates will
provide you with a briefing on the past
week’s legislative activity and how it could
affect Oklahoma students and teachers.
I certainly look forward to collaborating
with state leadership and Oklahoma
legislators during this session, and as an
educator and a constituent, I hope you will
also become engaged in the process.
Staff Café opens at the
BA Academy Feb. 2
Can’t decide what to eat
for lunch? Join us at Broken
Arrow Public Schools’ Staff
Café, conveniently located on
the Broken Arrow Academy
campus (412 S. 9th Street),
beginning Feb. 2, MondayFriday from 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
The Staff Café offers all
BAPS staff members a variety
of food options, including
salads, sandwiches, a la carte
snacks and an assortment
of items that change daily.
Meal prices range from $3 to
$3.50.
“The
child
nutrition
department feels the Staff
Café is important for BAPS
employees because it offers
a nutritious meal with a
selection of fruits, vegetables
and low-fat milk for an
economical price,” said Gayle
Henley, BAPS Child Nutrition
Staffing Coordinator.
If you’d like to set up
a prepaid lunch account,
please email Henley at [email protected] with your name and employee ID number.
To place a lunch order, please fill out this order form no later than 9 a.m. the morning of your
request. If you do not have internet access, please call Kelli Hunsperger at 918-259-4600, ext.
2159. (NOTE: In the future, you can find the order form under the “STAFF” tab at baschools.org)
Still have questions? Please contact the Child Nutrition Department at 918-259-4565.
STAFF EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT
Broken Arrow Public Schools encourages employees to continue their education and, with
this in mind, provides educational assistance based on a fund established each fiscal year
for the district. Because the Support Education Reimbursement program is new this year, the
deadline to complete the pre-approval application for the winter/spring semester has been
extended to Feb. 5. Once your application is complete, please submit it to Cathy Mitchem at
[email protected] in the finance department.
Planning to enroll in classes for the summer semester? This application is due May 5. Visit
the Support Staff HR Information Center at www.baschools.org for more info.
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Broken Arrow Public Schools is an equal opportunity educational institution.
DATES TO REMEMBER
February 2 – Staff Café opens at the Broken Arrow Academy campus.
February 3 – “All Things Pre-K” parent meeting at the Broken Arrow PAC, 6:30 p.m.
February 6 – Special Olympics Chili Dinner and Silent Auction in the BAHS cafeteria, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
February 9 – Board of Education meeting at the ESC, 6 p.m.
February 10 – Vote on the BAPS Bond Issue, visit baschools.org/2015Bond for more info
February 13 – “Beyond and Above” support staff recognition nomination forms due
February 16-17 – No School, President’s Day and Professional Day
February 19 – “All Things Pre-K” parent meeting at the Broken Arrow PAC, 6:30 p.m.
February 20 – Employees can enroll their PREK student— M-F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Click here for more info
February 23-February 12 – PREK Early Bird Enrollment opens to the public
February 24 – “Peter and the Starcatcher” at the Broken Arrow PAC, 7:30 p.m.
*The above list is not a comprehensive list of all district events but represents events that will impact a majority of
our employees or campuses, or that are large in scale. For a comprehensive list of events, click here and apply
the appropriate filters.