All-Day Kindergarten Approved for 2012-2013

At its March 14, 2012 meeting, the Gladstone School Board decided to offer full-day Kindergarten at no charge beginning in the 2012-2013 school year. Gladstone School District currently has one full-day class, for which families pay tuition. Oregon will require all districts to provide all-day Kindergarten starting in 2015.

Gladstone School District Approves Open Enrollment (School Choice)

Open Enrollment (School Choice) was approved by the Gladstone School Board on February 8, 2012, as allowed under HB 3681. Gladstone School District is proud of its schools that are widely recognized for their student achievement and outstanding teachers. Within just the last year, three teachers from Gladstone have earned national recognition for their teaching prowess from Harvard, the Milken Foundation and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. In addition, Gladstone School District was the 2010 winner of the Governor's Sustainability Award, the first Oregon School District to be recognized in this way.

The Gladstone School Board has approved accepting students from within Clackamas County, and has set capacities at each grade level, shown below. There will be no openings at Grades 11 and 12. Students currently attending Gladstone schools under an inter-district transfer from another school district will be admitted ("grandfathered") under this provision. Once approved, siblings of families under Open Enrollment or the Student Options program have priority over other new students.

The available Open Enrollment slots for the 2012-13 school year are:

Grade Level	Open Enrollment slots
All-Day Kindergarten	45
First Grade	31
Second Grade	30
Third Grade	15
Fourth Grade	41
Fifth Grade	31
Sixth Grade	73
Seventh Grade	48
Eighth Grade	28
Ninth Grade	42
Tenth Grade	24
Total	408

The deadline for applications was April 1, 2012. A separate application must be received for each student requesting admission.

HB 3681 was enacted by the 2011 legislature and provides an additional method of school choice for Oregon students. HB 3681 Frequently Asked Questions

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State Rule Change Regarding OAKS Retesting

Gladstone schools are in the process of administering the annual required state OAKS assessments. The Oregon Department of Education allows students to have multiple opportunities to meet state standards and/or to improve their score no matter whether they 'do not meet', 'meet' or 'exceed' on their first test attempt. Recent action by the State Board of Education allows parents of any student, in grades 3-8 who has already met or exceeded the state standard for their grade, to request that their student not be retested to improve the student's existing score. This action does not change the school's obligation to administer a state test to all students in grades 3-8 at least once each year in each subject. Requests to not retest must be made using forms that are available at both John Wetten School and Kraxberger Middle School. Completed request forms should be submitted by the deadline indicated on each school's form. Please contact Susan Olds ( / 503-655-2544) or Bill Stewart ( / 503-655-2777) if you have any questions.

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