Dear Community Members,
First and foremost I would like to thank our community for the continued support of our two year replacement levy. Great things will continue happening in Brewster Schools because of your vote. I would also like to thank the local businesses who donated to help support the levy’s radio and print advertising. Without all of you this would not have been possible!
At the February board meeting the board and I were asked by community members to begin researching options for implementing school uniforms during the 2008 - 09 school year. It is important to remember when talking about “school uniforms” there are varying levels of school uniforms found in public schools. For example, a lower level may be requiring students to have a belt, to tuck in their shirts, and pull up their pants to their hips. A higher level of school uniforms would be requiring students to wear specific kinds of clothing. e.g. dockers and specific colors of polo shirts.
Over the next few months a committee made up of myself, district staff, parents, community members will begin meeting weekly to explore this topic. The committee will be chartered to complete the following tasks:
· Visit a school district that has implemented school uniforms.
· Come up with proposals for the board to discuss and act on during the May 27th board meeting. One of these options must be to make no changes.
· Once proposals have been generated this committee will host a series of town hall style meetings to discuss with the community these proposals.
· Survey students and provide a forum to survey their thoughts & opinions on this topic.
In closing, your input is very important as we begin discussing this topic. In this months newsletter is a survey which asks for your level of support for various grade level school uniform options. Please return this survey to the district office as soon as possible, no later then March 11th. Thank you in advance for you input on this topic.
My Best,
Aaron Chavez, Superintendent
Brewster School District
