A few notes for early September: passing on from the Superintendent

Screenshot from the Superintendent's Twitter; 
Wednesday, she rode the bus in the morning.

A few updates from Dr. Monárrez this week: 

• There is now a draft MOU on the policing liaison model for the Worcester Public Schools. That is being looked at by the Safety Task Force this week with the intention, as we heard at our last meeting, of it coming to the Committee for our September 15th meeting.
  
  
• Families can expect to have an opportunity to continue to learn more about the district's sex ed curriculum at their Know Your School nights, getting accurate information about what is actually being taught from our staff who know it (editorial comment from me: as opposed to rumors that circulate online and elsewhere and link to things that aren't actually our curriculum).
  
  
• We have some updates in the grant department: "The Department has been moved back under Finance and Operations with a newly restructured staffing model. The Superintendent has recently appointed Danielle Parillo to be the new Director of Grants Management. Danielle will be joining us from the Providence Public Schools where she has worked for the past ten years, most recently as the Executive Director of Innovation and Accountability. A start date is still to be finalized. Two grant developer and two grant compliance positions are in the process of being filled. A contract coordinator position was on the school committee agenda last evening and an additional financial analyst position will be filled."
  
  
• Northeastern University will partner with WPS to recruit emergency, waivered, or provisionally licensed educators into teacher licensure programs. Funds will be used to develop MTEL workshops specifically aimed at meeting emergency licensed educators’ academic needs. Northeastern has the capability to offer a PlusOne program to paraprofessionals who need to complete their Bachelor’s Degrees.
  

...I think maybe I'll give Transportation its own post? For ease in finding it?