{"id":120916,"date":"2017-05-18T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=120916"},"modified":"2017-05-19T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T19:14:03","slug":"jps-town-hall-mtg-may-18-input-on-future-dev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=120916","title":{"rendered":"Jamestown Public School town hall meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4825\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jmst-public-schools-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jmst-public-schools-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jmst-public-schools-259x175.jpg 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jmst-public-schools.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Jamestown Public Schools \u00a0is \u00a0considering a bond referendum for facility improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Citizen\u2019s Advisory Committee invites the community to a town hall meeting on May 18, 2017, from 5:30-p.m.,to 7:30-p.m. The committee will be listening to the community\u2019s input on future developments around Jamestown Public Schools, and will also share its initial priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The town hall meeting will be at the Jamestown Middle Schools, Thompson Community Room.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the event and the committee, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamestown.k12.nd.us\/news\/\">http:\/\/www.jamestown.k12.nd.us\/news\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since 2016, Jamestown Public Schools has been working to gather information and feedback on several items, including the expected life of our facilities, a 10-year capital maintenance plan including safety and security measures, updated enrollment projections, K-12 infrastructure and technology, flex space at the elementary level, locations of high school activities, JHS Transition House, and perspectives of staff, school board members and the community about 21<sup>st<\/sup> century learning and what our students need for careers of the future. The town hall is a next step in the information gathering and sharing process to help determine what\u2019s best for the future of our schools.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizen\u2019s Advisory Committee was formed out of these discussions and members include:<\/p>\n<p><u>School Board Members<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sedric Trevithick<\/li>\n<li>Steve Veldkamp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>School Leadership<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Superintendent Rob Lech<\/li>\n<li>JHS Principal Adam Gehlhar<\/li>\n<li>JMS Principal Ryan Harty<\/li>\n<li>Washington Elementary Principal Phyllis Clemens<\/li>\n<li>Business Manager Sally Ost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>School Staff Representatives <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kelly Bauer \u2013 1st Grade Teacher at Gussner Elementary<\/li>\n<li>Cody Mickelson \u2013 Foreign Language Teacher at JMS\/JHS and JEA President<\/li>\n<li>Mari Stilwell \u2013 Elementary Instructional Coach<\/li>\n<li>Susanna Walker \u2013 Teacher at Jamestown North<\/li>\n<li>Laura Weis \u2013 Language Arts at JMS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Community Representatives <\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Candace Dempsey \u2013 Retired<\/li>\n<li>Travis Dillman \u2013 Engineer at Interstate Engineering and Current Interim City Engineer at City of Jamestown<\/li>\n<li>Laurie Kramer \u2013 Licensed Social Worker<\/li>\n<li>Carrie Orn \u2013 Dentist<\/li>\n<li>Mindi Schmitz \u2013 Environmental Lobbyist and Former School Board Member<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Solensky \u2013 University of Jamestown Professor<\/li>\n<li>Harley Trefz \u2013 Retired<\/li>\n<li>Ron Truax \u2013 Pioneer Seed<\/li>\n<li>Dan Tweten \u2013 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Larry Ukestad \u2013 Retired<\/li>\n<li>Amy Walters \u2013 Director of Two Rivers Activities Center (TRAC) and Former Program Coordinator at South East Educational Cooperative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Jamestown Public Schools \u00a0is \u00a0considering a bond referendum for facility improvements. Citizen\u2019s Advisory Committee invites the community to a town hall meeting on May 18, 2017, from 5:30-p.m.,to 7:30-p.m. The committee will be listening to the community\u2019s input on future developments around Jamestown Public Schools, and will also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120916"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121874,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120916\/revisions\/121874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}