Today as many children across neighborhoods venture out for fun let’s remember the importance of safety. Below are some Halloween Safety Tips from the Marin Prevention Network and Marin Healthy Youth Partnership. Enjoy this final day of October 2022.

CDC Halloween Safety Tips (Spanish) | Social Host Ordinance | "Our Kids Are Watching Us" an opinion piece in the Bark, Redwood High School student newspaper.

Family Partners, Tuesday, November 1, 4-5 p.m. at the Kentfield District Office

Family Partners will welcome Sarah Doherty, MEd, behaviorist and executive director of COMPASS-Community of Mindfulness Psychology and Social Services. The topic of her talk will be Teaching Kids Replacement Behaviors.

As many may be aware, Project Homekey at 1251 South Eliseo Blvd. is moving forward. Recent information about the project can be found at their website 1251seliseo.com. To offer the KSD community a current update, Supervisor Katie Rice will be joining the KSD Board Meeting on Tuesday, November 8. Access to the meeting will be available in person at 750 College Avenue or via Zoom audio. If you are interested in speaking at this meeting you will need to attend in person to share comments.

Through the end of November, you’ll see bright and colorful banners and lawn signs popping up all over Marin asking people to keep their “Eyes Up” and be alert. These signs will be asking drivers to slow down, watch when turning and look for pedestrians in the crosswalk; bicyclists to yield to pedestrians and to follow the rules of the road; And those walking to pay attention when crossing the street.

These messages will also show up in your social media feeds, and you can find them at www.streetsmartsmarin.org. Please share with your friends, family and co-workers!

The Eyes Up, Marin Campaign is part of the Street Smarts Program and Safe Routes to Schools, locally funded programs of the Transportation Authority of Marin.

Bacich is launching a lunchtime Lego and Game Room during lunch recess. We will start this week with third and fourth grade on Fridays and add first and second in the coming weeks.

We are in need of Lego donations to boost our supply.

If you have Legos at home that are no longer being used, please consider donating them to Bacich. You may bring them to the Bacich main office. Thank you!

The federal Centers for Disease Control Prevention’s (CDC) independent vaccine advisory committee, ACIP, voted last week to add COVID-19 vaccines to the routine childhood vaccine schedule. This has no impact on vaccine requirements in California. The main impact of the CDC recommendation is that health insurance companies will be required to cover the cost of the immunization and that the federal government can continue to provide it for free to low-income families. This does not mean COVID-19 vaccines are now required for school entry.

COVID-19 vaccines continue to be safe and effective, and they remain the most powerful weapon against hospitalization and serious illness due to COVID-19. Widespread vaccination is a major reason California is in a position to wind down emergency processes. California continues to support K-12 students and staff in accessing the COVID-19 vaccine. Turnkey mobile vaccination services remain available for any K-12 school within the state.

It is important for parents to stay up to date on their children’s vaccinations, including the flu and getting boosted for COVID-19 to help prevent the spread of respiratory virus transmission, especially as the holiday season approaches with increasing indoor gatherings and travel.

Reminder November 10 is a Non-Student Day for Teacher-Staff Inservice (Professional Development) and November 11 is a School Holiday to observer Veterans Day.

2022-2023 District Calendar

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

• Family Partners Meeting, 4-5 p.m., Kentfield District Office
• 6th Grade Volleyball Game at Mark Day, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• 7th Grade Volleyball at Mark Day, 4:45-5:45 p.m.
• DELAC meeting, 5-6 p.m., Bacich Library

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

• Walk and Roll to School Day
• Bacich ELAC meeting, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

• Flag Football vs Marin Horizon, 4-5 p.m.
• 8th Grade Volleyball at Davidson, 4:45-5:45 p.m.

Monday, November 7, 2022

• KSPTA general membership meeting 8:30-9:30 a.m.
• Bacich Site Council meeting, 3:15-4:15 p.m.
• Flag Football at Mark Day, 4-5 p.m.
• 6th Grade Volleyball Game at Davidson, 4:45-5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

• Earthquake Drill
• Kent Site Council meeting, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Room 11, agenda
• 7th Grade Volleyball at Davidson
• School Board meeting, 5-8 p.m.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

• Parents in Action, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Bacich Room 7
• KIK Board meeting, 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, November 10, 2022

• Professional Development Day - No School

Friday, November 11, 2022

• Veterans Day - No School
• KSPTA Book Fair starts and runs through : November 17, 2022
  

Next KSD School Board Meeting is on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 5 p.m.

Here is a link to where you can find the agenda once posted. Access to the meeting will be via in person or audio.

School Board Information: video recordings of meetings, community letters, minutes, trustee contacts

• All are welcome and encouraged to attend in-person or via Zoom.
• Addressing the Board

As many may be aware, our next regular election is on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The KSD will not have a contested election for the open Board of Trustee seats, instead we will welcome Trustee-elects: Cari Irwin, Benny Joseph, and Silver McDonald. Our Trustee-elects are actively engaging in the full scope of their anticipated role in order to fully accept their new position at the December Board Reorganization meeting. Highlights regarding our Trustee-elects will be forthcoming.

KSD Board/District Committees

• DELAC meeting, November 1, 5-6 p.m.
• Governance Workshop - New/Tenured Trustee Orientation, November 15, 5-7 p.m.
• Communication Committee meeting, November 16, 4-5 p.m.
• LCAP Strategic Plan advisory meeting, November 28, 4-5 p.m.
• Equity and Inclusion Committee meeting, November 29, 4-5 p.m.

If you are interested in joining a District Committee, please submit your name here.