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Early Release Day February 16th, 2018

Early Release for All Grades

The District has once again designated a number of days for collaboration. Collaboration time allows staff to work together and plan the best ways to support individual students without requiring additional no-school days. This collaboration time is key to allowing schools to build the networks of support that can help all students achieve our vision of Every Student a Graduate Prepared for a Bright and Successful Future.

There are 15 early release dates identified on the calendar for all grades. High schools will provide more information about their early release

School Board Appreciation

Thank You, School Board!

Please join us in thanking our school board members for their service to our district!

January is School Board Recognition Month, and we invite the Springfield community to join us in recognizing the five dedicated members of the Springfield School Board for the valuable contributions they make to our school district, and to our community. We welcome our newest members and wish them all the best in 2018.

What does a school board do? Broadly speaking, it’s the board’s job to support student achievement by creating a vision for where we want to go as a district and

Classified Employee of the Year Nominations

It's time to start thinking about Classified Employee of the Year!!.. We have some changes to the procedure this year. We would like each building site to recommend one person, so each site participates and no site is left out. From all district sites winners will be chosen. Look for an email in the next few weeks.

Springfield's 20th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

What: A celebration recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through K-12 student entries of essays, speeches, poetry and art. The theme for this year’s event is “Let us stand up. Let us be a concerned generation.”

When/Where: 1:00-3:30 p.m., Monday, January 15. The MLK March for Justice and Equality begins at 1:00 p.m. this year at the Springfield Justice Center at 230 4th Street, followed by a celebration from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Springfield High School, 875 7th Street.

The Keynote Speakers for this event will be the speech contest winners (to be announced).

Who: All community members and

New Hamlin Middle School Opens

Hamlin Students to Return to New School

New Hamlin Hamlin staff and students are starting the new year with a whole new outlook!

Hamlin students will begin their break on Friday, December 15 and conclude it on Wednesday, January 3 to give the district and staff time to get moved in.

After break, students will receive their official tour of the new school on Thursday, January 4.

Families are asked to use the Centennial entrance to drop off and pick up students for the time being, as buses will be using the Moffitt Lane entrance and contractors will be using the L Street entrance. Your patience

New Administrative Building location

The Springfield Public Schools district offices will soon be moving to their new space at 640 A Street in Springfield, just north of City Hall. As previously reported, the district’s Administration Building, located at 525 Mill Street, was declared “seismically unsound” in a 2015 engineer’s report. After considering a number of options, the district determined that renovating a different building was more cost-effective than either bringing the existing building up to code or building a new structure.

The move will take place during the first week of winter break – Dec. 18 through 22 – during