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Weather woes and schools. We've entered the "iffy" season when winds and snow can play havoc with roads and cause schools to close or start late.

Easy ways to get early-morning school schedules during bad weather

Email -- be sure your school has a valid email address for you
Phone call -- be sure your school has your current phone number
Text message -- does your school have your cell number?
Website -- everything about school closure and late start is on that page -- also information about snow routes for school buses, half day kindergarten and preschool. Bookmark that site so you can find it early in the morning -- even before you've had your coffee.

Update on student growth management and property management processes

Both topics are on the board meeting agenda for Nov. 18. For more details and timelines about those two processes visit the Facilities and Planning website. Click on "property management" or "student growth management" for timelines and to track the public processes.

Congratulations to Silver Lake Elementary and the Everett Public Schools Board of Directors

Silver Lake is a "School of Distinction;" the school board is a "Board of Distinction"

Silver Lake has earned 13 awards in seven of the last eight years for continuous student learning improvement!

Everett's Board of Directors is among only 17 of the state's 296 to earn this honor for 2014. Judges awarded this designation based upon criteria in annual awards nomination.

Are you a data geek?

How does the district's graduation rates compare to other districts? How does one school compare to another -- and to others in the state? What are district and school Advanced Placement score histories? And what about SAT scores? How do you interpret Student Growth Percentiles?

All this and more is on the district's Assessment and Research website.

Do you know that the 2015 required tests will be all new?

You can learn about the spring Smarter Balanced Assessments and even try your hand at some of the practice tests to see what the students will be doing in the spring.

Nov. 18 School Board meeting

The school board will meet in regular session on Tuesday, beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the board room at the Community Resource Center located at 3900 Broadway in Everett, WA 98201.

You can find the agenda and other board materials online in BoardDocs.

Nov. 18 Board meeting topic highlights

Agenda item	Details
Property management and student growth management processes updates	What will happen with Colby and Longfellow? When will decisions be made? What is happening in preparation for student enrollment growth coming in the future?
Budget status and fiscal update	The board acts as a committee of the whole to regularly receive and review district financial reports.
Legislative platform approval	Each year the board establishes a legislative platform for which it advocates during the legislative session.

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Everett Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

Designated to handle inquiries about nondiscrimination policies are:

Affirmative Action Office - Carol Stolz, cstolz@everettsd.org, 425-385-4106

Title IX Officer - Randi Seaberg, rseaberg@everettsd.org, 425-385-4104

504 Coordinator - Becky Ballbach, rballbach@everettsd.org, 425-385-4063

ADA Coordinator - Kristine McDowell, kmcdowell@everettsd.org, 425-385-5250

Address: 3900 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201