From the Principal's Desk:
Dear Salisbury Community School Community,
It feels like every newsletter is a bit different than the other depending on what has happened that week, and how much news we have to share. Last week's was picture heavy- but this one is not, because we have a lot of important news to share!
One bit of news relates to me. I have mentioned in previous newsletters that I have been helping out at Ripton School, and you may well have seen an article in the Addison Independent that described how I will be helping out in Ripton for the rest of the year. I wanted to take a minute to explain what that will look like, and what it will mean for Salisbury Community School.
I am excited that Roxanne Greene, an experienced principal, special educator, and classroom teacher, will be in Ripton full-time for the rest of the school year as the "Associate Principal" and part time academic interventionist. Her job will be to handle the day-to-day stuff that comes up. I will be the "Acting Principal", and I will be providing mentorship for her (as a new ACSD Principal) and helping with "big things" at Ripton (planning state testing, collaborating to help make school-wide decisions, communicating on Board-level topics- those kinds of things). I will be based in Salisbury, and will spend almost all of my time here. I do plan on going up to Ripton a few times a week as needed, especially as Roxanne gets started.
From a Salisbury perspective, you shouldn't see much difference, as I am going to be at SCS the great majority of the time. I hope it is always obvious that I love Salisbury School, and take my responsibilities as Principal very seriously (even when I make jokes)- it is an honor and a privilege to hold that responsibility. I'm not going anywhere. Please always feel free to reach out, especially if time goes on and you have any concerns or questions.
There's other important news later in this newsletter too, including our Community Building Newsletter and information about upcoming community meetings relating to budget development for next year. There's also a link to our online "School Store"! Please look it over!
Best, and thanks,
Bjarki
The School Store is Back!
Once again, we are having a online school store, but this time it is open longer, and early enough that orders will be ready for the Holidays! Click on the button below to access the school store! Lots of good stuff, including new tote bags!
Remember that you have two choices of logo, so click on an item to see what both logos look like!
Invitation: ACSD Community Input Meetings about FY26 Budget Development
This budget season, ACSD will be working to create a spending plan for FY 26 that protects and preserves the trust of our voters, advances the work of our strategic plan, and honors the values that have led to widespread and historic support of public education within our ACSD community. Read more in Superintendent Baker’s Op-Ed. We invite community input as we develop the first draft of next year’s spending plan:
On October 22nd from 6-7:30pm, we will host community conversations to inform the first draft of our budget. These meetings will be held simultaneously in the MUHS library and at Bridport, Cornwall, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge schools. You are welcome to join any location.
You can also share your thoughts using this survey. Please complete the survey by 9pm on October 22nd.
