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Starting the New School |
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February 1998
The Core Staff was selected in February 1998 and met regularly to plan
for the new school. Core Staff Members: Joan
Barksdale (teacher), Barbara Butterworth
(Interim Principal), Claudia Kruger
(Library Consultant). Kathy
Plock (teacher), Lucinda
Surber (teacher), Larry Wong
(teacher)
Setting the boundaries for the new school was the first topic. The Juana Briones and Barron Park Site Boundary and Program Support Memo was revised and approved at the Board of Education Regular Meeting on March 31, 1998.
The New School Naming Committee met in March and April to select a name for the new school. Committee Members: Will Beckett (community), Sue Benjamin (parent), Barbara Butterworth (Interim Principal), Lorna Conas (parent), Al Larsen (parent), Lucinda Surber (teacher) The Board of Education discussed the 12th School Naming Proposal on March 31st and approved the name Barron Park Elementary School at the meeting on April 21st.
The Principal Selection Panel interviewed candidates for our principal in March and April. Committee Members: Joan Barksdale (teacher), Jeff Burch (parent), Barbara Butterworth (Interim Principal), Kirsten Flynn (parent), Kathy Plock (teacher), Candace Simpson (District Administrator), Lucinda Surber (teacher), Larry Wong (teacher). The Board of Education appointed Cathy Howard as our principal at the meeting on April 21st. We were thrilled to read the PAUSD Press Release.
And then we celebrated and toasted our new principal with sparkling apple juice!
May 31, 1998
At the Barron Park Ice Cream Social incoming students left their hand
prints, ready to welcome them back to school on September 8, 1998.
August 5, 1998
It is now the first week in August and the BPES staff is meeting to prepare
for the start of school. Stefan
Dasho from the Developmental Studies Center led a two day institute:
"Building a Caring and Powerful Learning Community." Shari McDaniel, Kathy
Plock, and Jodi Libretti meet in
a triad to discuss ideas. Supplies are arriving and being sorted into
classroom boxes by our secretarial
elves. Lucinda Surber’s
room is mainly empty, but Larry
Wong’s
boxes have arrived. One room of the Library
is being painted but the books have arrived. Here is the first
skid coming off the truck. Doug Brown helped organize moving the boxes
of books into the Library. Claudia Kruger is standing in front of
boxes containing 4000 books!
