East Otero School District

We envision a district respected by students, families, and community for its high performance and innovation. We envision schools where every student values education and acquires the knowledge, skills, self- confidence, and adaptability to be a capable and successful learner, ready for further education and/or work, and prepared for life’s challenges.

Through commitment, collaboration, and creativity, we will:

• Create a safe and effective learning environment;
• Foster respectful relationships and open communication with students, families, and community;
• Deliver a guaranteed and viable curriculum;
• Implement research-based teaching and learning practices;
• Share leadership; and
• Monitor professional practices and student learning to ensure accountability.

• Classified Openings
• Certified Openings
• Administrative Openings

Date: Monday, May 6th, 2013
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Place: Columbian School Gym
8th & Grace Ave
La Junta, CO

Kindergarten bound children will be tested at roundup, and must turn five on or before July 1, 2013.  Please bring your child's birth certificate and immunization record.

On Monday, April 29th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., the Primary School is having an informational meeting along with a tour for parents of incoming kindergartners.  The informational meeting on the 29th is optional and in addition to Kindergarten Roundup.  Parents will need to attend Kindergarten Roundup to complete the necessary paperwork.

Included below are some forms that you may complete and bring with you to Kindergarten Roundup.

• Enrollment Form
• Health Form

Dear East Otero School District R-1 Community,

East Otero School District R-1 is pleased to announce the availability of our 2011-2012 Annual Report to the Public.

Every year, school districts in Colorado report about their performance to their communities, based on requirements in the No Child Left Behind Act.

Most of the information required by federal law is now available on the Colorado Department of Education’s website in the SchoolView Data Center located at www.schoolview.org/performance.asp. The remaining information will be available in the Data Center in coming months. The district will notify you when the additional information, National Assessment of Educational Progress results and teacher qualification data, becomes available

A safe and disciplined learning environment is essential to a quality education. These guidelines for student attire are intended to help students concentrate on schoolwork, reduce discipline problems, and improve school order and safety. Students shall not wear apparel that is deemed disruptive or potentially disruptive to the learning environment or to the maintenance of a safe and orderly school.

1. You must wear shoes and undergarments.
2. Both boys and girls must wear a sleeved shirt. This is a BIG CHANGE for the girls! Girls, you may layer your shirts, but there must be a sleeve involved and you must be covered.
3. Jeans, pants, shorts & skirts must be worn at the waist. If we are suspicious, we will have you prove that they are at the waist.
4. Your underwear can not be showing. This includes bra straps and boxers. Keep them covered.
5. Caps, hats, bandannas, gloves, and hoods are not to be worn in the building. On Fridays, only LJHS/Tiger orange and black headgear may be worn.
6. You can not wear clothing with logos or words which promote the use of drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes, are sexually suggestive, gang related, have profanity or obscene gestures, or are otherwise offensive.
7. No pajama pants, tops, or bedroom slippers.
8. Shorts/skirts must be finger-tip length.
9. Jeans with rips/holes/tears in them must also have those exposing features below the fingertip line (just like the rule for shorts) or have solid leggings worn beneath them.
10. Sunglasses, hanging belts, and chains are prohibited.
11. Any other attire or any hairstyle considered by administration to be inappropriate or a distraction will be prohibited.

Please do not push the limits when dealing with dress code! If you forget to take off your hat or something simple like that, we will remind you. If you “forget” it multiple times, we will not remind you anymore and you will receive the consequences of the policy. If you come to school dressed inappropriately that is not an issue of forgetting, that is a conscious choice.

1st offense – student will be asked to correct the problem. Parents will be contacted. The student will go on a list of first offenders.

2nd offense – the student will be suspended for a minimum of 1 day.

Gang related dress code issues

According to policy JICF-R, the type of dress, apparel, and activities displayed by students must not cause school officials to reasonably believe that they are gang related and would disrupt or interfere with the school environment. The administrators are empowered to make this decision, and it is typically done on a case-by-case basis. Currently the biggest problem is with red and blue colors. Other than a backpack, a student should not wear more than one piece of clothing that is red or blue. This includes shoelaces, necklaces, pants, shorts, shirts, hoodies, etc. If a student is asked by administration to correct this issue, they will only be asked once. The second time it occurs, the student will be formally written up on the district gang policy with parents being notified. After that, an immediate 5 day suspe