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Message from Dr. Mary Ann Reilly

Dear Teachers & Staff, 

I want to echo the message John Abeigon, your NTU President, sent on Friday. He quoted Neil Gaiman who said, "I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly; you're doing something."

I hope you will remain curious and in doing so embrace that wide-awake living that Gaiman

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Message from Dr. Mary Ann Reilly

Good Morning Teachers and Staff,
 
Maya Angelou in speaking about reading and books said, “When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”

We are so excited to share this year's summer reading book lists. It is a terrific collection. As in the past, all students will receive a physical, not electronic, book. These books allow the reader opportunities to

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Just a few quick items that came up this morning.  We will still be releasing our normal weekly update on Friday

 
1) First Ave School - AFT President Randi Weingarten, Superintendent Leon and I spoke at First Avenue School today about school reopening and how proud we are of the staff and students of Newark.    You can watch the video over on Facebook.

 
3) No Dime Left Behind - DON'T FORGET TO USE YOUR ENTIRE $300 discretionary fund!   
 
"As per District policy, in order to be reimbursed in the amount of $300.00 for
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In This Update!

1) Try Something New!

2) ILP Update

3) Evaluation Update

4) Non-tenured Notice

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In this Issue:

1) Evaluation Rebuttals

2) Discretionary Fund Update

3) Non Tenured Update

4) NBOE Approved Vendors (Aflac, etc)

5) AFT Update

6) Escrow Update

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Late Breaking News!  While we were putting this issue to bed, we had a meeting with NBOE, and there were some additional updates I wanted to get out!

- Salary Guide Advancement:  For staff who will be moving to the Earned MA or Earned PhD guides for September, they MUST have their transcripts into the district by July 1, 2021!   Send the transcripts to transcripts@nps.k12.nj.us.

- Personal Day Buy Back: The forms for Personal Day Buy Back will be coming out around June 1, and staff will have two weeks to send them back in.


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In This Week's Update

1) Around the

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