Dear Parents, Staff, and Students;

Welcome to the Fletcher Elementary School.  This handbook is intended to serve as a reference about the culture of your school, its philosophy, expectations, rules and methods of operation.  As the school is a community, it is important that each member understand the rules needed to ensure a peaceful, safe and stimulating environment.

The Fletcher Elementary School is foremost, a community school.  This means that we recognize and value our ties to parents and other community members.  We feel that the education of our town’s children best occurs when there is a partnership between the school, parents, students, and community.  Our educational goals reflect values expressed by Vermonters from across the state.

Vermont’s Educational Goals:

Goal 1: Vermonters will see to it that every child becomes a competent, caring, productive, responsible citizen who is committed to continued learning throughout life.

Goal 2: Vermonters will restructure their schools to support very high performance for all students.

Goal 3: Vermont will attract, support and develop the most effective teachers and school leaders in the nation.

Goal 4: Vermont parents, educators, students and other citizens will create powerful partnerships to support teaching and learning in every community.

Being a community school also means that we expect parents to become actively involved in the educational process.  We welcome parent volunteers, and our doors are always open to all members of our community.

Feel free to call or stop by your school, so that you can become an active member of this exciting educational community!

Jeffrey B. Teitelbaum

Principal

The Fletcher School Board

The primary mission of the Fletcher School Board is to provide an excellent education for all Fletcher students.  The Board’s responsibilities include, determining the educational policies and rules for the management of the school.  The Board meets regularly the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.  Other special meetings are called as needed.

If there are concerns, please feel free to call us or attend the meetings.

FLETCHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

Name	Title	Phone	Term Exp.
Jennifer Cary	Chairperson	849-6012	2003
Diane Dayvie	Member	849-6554	2010
Tammy Langlois	Member	849-6218	2005
Betsy Lesnikoski	Clerk	849-6358	2005
Dale Rock	Member	849-6417	2006

Administration and Faculty

Jeffrey Teitelbaum	Principal
Nancy Hurt	Preschool
Jenny Blackman	Kindergarten
Denette Locke	Grade 1/2
Cathy O'Brien	Grade 1/2
Tracey Murphy	Grade 3/4
Lorrene Palermo	Grade 3/4
Beverly Briggs	Grade 5/6
Corrie Sweet	Grade 5/6
Charles Guyette	Art
Joann Osborne	Compensatory Ed. Teacher
Julie Steves	Compensatory Ed. Teacher
Emily DiGuilio	Librarian/Information Technologist
Gianna Messier	Music
Linda Goodman	Nurse
Douglas Young	Physical Education
Melissa Sargent-Minor	Special Education
Kathy Hogan	Speech and Language Pathologist
Deb Chisholm	Guidance Counselor

SUPPORT STAFF

Jim Ellsworth	Custodian
Sandy Raymond	Custodian
Beverly Holsopple	Food Service Manager
Bonnie Labrie	Food Service Assistant
Sharon Tinker	Administrative Asst./Bookkeeper
Joanne Sheldon	Secretary
Roger Dreher	Student Assistant
Pam Farmer	Preschool Assistant
Penny Kane	Student Assistant
Kathy LeMay	Student Assistant
Tammy Pidgeon	Student Assistant

Teachers' Qualifications

At the beginning of each school year, public school districts are required to notify all parents in the district that they may request information on the professional qualifications of their child's teachers.

Upon parents' request, we will provide you with the following information at a minimum:

§      Whether your child's teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional certification;

§      The teacher's academic degrees and any other professional certification;

§      The qualifications of any paraprofessionals who provide services to their child;

§      Timely notice (one time notification) if your child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not "highly qualified."