Please encourage your student to BIKE, WALK, SKATE, or SCOOTER to school. If you live FAR away, consider Parking and Walking. Active travel is great exercise, it reduces traffic and pollution and it’s FUN! All who walk or roll will be entered into a raffle to win Tommy Breeze hats or Hydroflask water bottles. They will also receive a delicious organic energy bar from JAMBAR!

Annually school districts across the nation begin their fall planning for the subsequent year as early as January of the current school year. Planning begins at this time to address education code parameters related to employment and budget development. The KSD monitors student enrollment to guide decisions about the number of classrooms for the subsequent year and engages in various feedback loops to be as informed as possible when making programmatic plans. Our main goal is to maintain student-to-staff ratios that are in alignment with state requirements, KSD Board Policy, our collective bargaining agreement, and ultimately in the best interest of our student population.

• Please see this Frequently Asked Questions resource offering more details about Fall Planning.

To keep you updated on our emergency preparedness work in KSD, we're sharing information about our student release process known as Tag & Ticket. This process is used in the event of an emergency requiring a school-wide evacuation, and is designed to reconnect students and authorized adults through a smooth, quick, and safe process. Look for a separate message coming later this week about Tag & Ticket!

Beginning in the fall of 2023, the KSD will transition from locally funding the Universal Meal Program to participating in the National School Lunch Program through a collaborative partnership with other local school districts. This shift will provide the KSD fiscal relief through the state and federal reimbursement program and may lead to changes in daily operations and program vendors. See here for more information about the California Universal Meal Program. Additional information will be forthcoming.

As the KSD Budget evolves, we want to ensure our community stays informed of our current fiscal status. Please see this most recent slide deck outlining the KSD budget as of the Second Interim Report. This fiscal information will be a foundation to support the KSD Budget Development for the 2023-2024 school year.

Work is being done to revise street lighting on the median islands along one mile of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, between Manor Road in Kentfield and Eliseo Drive in Greenbrae. Overseen by the Marin County Department of Public Works (DPW), the lighting update project will address street lighting that was installed during the Upgrade the Drake project, completed in November 2021, replacing a selection of lighting poles with shorter, decorative poles and dimmer fixtures.

The work is scheduled to take about three weeks to complete, weather permitting. Once the project is finished, 20 street light poles will have been removed and replaced with 28 new light poles that are shorter and have a more decorative style.

Learn more.

The KSD Spring lunch menu is available now through June 16, 2023. The menu will remain the same for the last two and a half months of school to streamline the ordering process for parents/guardians. We continue to request families to pre-order their child/ren’s lunch to ensure we have the most accurate count of school lunches. Please sign up for lunch here or contact info@deesorganic.com for support with ordering your child/ren's meal. If your child/ren has any food allergies, please report them to heather@deesorganic.com.

Resources and tips on choosing a summer camp experience for your children from Ivette Villarreal, Kentfield School District Community Family Liaison.

Read more.

District Calendars

Download a PDF of the Board-approved 2023-2024 District Calendar.
Breakfast & Lunch Menu

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

• Finance Committee meeting, 4-5 p.m., agenda

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

• Bacich Parents in Action, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Room 7
• Communication Committee meeting, 4-5 p.m.
• Kent ELAC meeting, 4:45-6 p.m., Kent Library
• KSPTA Parent Ed Event – Helping Kids Navigate Friendship Ups and Downs with Resilience, 6:30 p.m., Zoom

Friday, April 28, 2023

• 5th/6th Game Night hosted by KSPTA, 6-8 p.m.
• Kent Area Track Meeting, College of Marin
• KSPTA Equity, Inclusion & Belonging meeting #3, 8:30-9:45 a.m., Kent Library

Monday, May 1, 2023

• 8th Grade Boys Volleyball vs Miller Creek, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

• Family Partners meeting, 9-10 a.m.
• Kent Site Council meeting, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Kent Room 11
• DELAC meeting, 5-6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

• National Walk & Roll to School Day
• Bacich Parents in Action, Bacich Room 7, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 4, 2023

• Kent Parents In Action, 8:30-10 a.m., Kent Room 11

Friday, May 5, 2023

• Marin County Championship Track Meet, College of Marin

Saturday, May 6, 2023

• School of Rock, KIK Spring Auction Event, Party at Bimbo’s 365 featuring Notorious, tickets
  

Next Regular KSD School Board Meeting is on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 5 p.m.

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

KSD Board/District Committees

• Finance Committee meeting, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 4-5 p.m., agenda
• Communication Committee meeting: Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
• DELAC meeting: Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 5-6:30 p.m.

The latest COVID-19 subvariant, XXB.1.16, is increasing in the U.S. according to estimates from the CDC. It has been most documented in India but has been found in 29 countries, according to the WHO. This new subvariant is producing a new symptom: conjunctivitis (pink eye), especially in children.

MCPH is recommending COVID-19 testing for students who present with pink eye. Guidance will be updated to reflect this change.

California Department of Public Health encourages all students and staff to test for COVID-19 IF they feel sick, AFTER exposure, travel, or large gatherings, and BEFORE events or visiting high-risk people.

Please know that our school offices have COVID tests available if needed. Thank you for your support.

Please reference this exposure notice for symptoms, communicability, and prevention information. (English I Spanish).

Please keep your child home if they are sick. Please contact our school nurse Laurel Yrun (lyrun@kentfieldschools.org), with any questions about navigating illness and school this year.