The Week Ahead

Congratulations, Amy York,

Teacher Assistant of the Year!

MTSS Meetings This Week

We will be meeting on Wednesday, February 5^th (1^st grade will meet February 4^th) during planning for MTSS. During this meeting, we will review student progress and identify students who may require an individual intensive problem-solving meeting. We will hold intensive problem-solving meetings on February 17 (work day). If you are not working this day we will plan for another date.

Grades 1-5: After you’ve completed MOY testing, please complete this document to review student progress and next steps: MTSS Review 2/5/205

Also, after you’ve completed MOY testing, if you have students who you would like have an intensive problem-solving meeting for please complete this document. This document should be completed before February 5^th and should only be for students who are receiving intensive interventions and are not making growth: Intensive Problem-Solving Meetings

Compensation Study Update

We are pleased to announce that the Board of Education voted in favor of the recommendations from the Classified Compensation Study during their meeting on January 28, 2025. This approval marks an important milestone in aligning our compensation structures with current market conditions and reinforcing our commitment to equity, competitiveness, and excellence across CMS.

What Happens Next?
With this approval, we will move forward with the implementation of the study's recommendations as planned:

• February Paychecks: Eligible employees will begin seeing the increases in their February paychecks, reflecting the approved adjustments.

• Individual Notifications: By the end of February, all classified employees will receive an individual email detailing their placement within the new structure and how the changes will impact their compensation.

• Increases Retroactive to July 1, 2024: Pay increases will be applied retroactively to the start of the fiscal year.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked through this process. Our team is committed to ensuring a smooth and timely implementation, and we are excited about the positive impact these changes will have on our workforce.

If you have questions after receiving your individual notification, please contact compensation at [email protected]. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to our students and community. This is another step forward in building a brighter future for CMS together.

CMS Legal Records Management Policy & Updates

This legal alert provides information impacting every CMS employee when they create, share, and destroy records. Public records policy and law affects everything from emails, to text messages, to lesson plans, and beyond. Because records management is a part of North Carolina law, make sure you are aware of the following wildly important facts that are linked below.

Clothing Support For Students (MHES PTA)

The PTA understands the importance of having clothing items readily available in classrooms to address students’ needs quickly and discreetly. This ensures that if a student has an accident and needs a change of clothes, they won’t have to walk to the front office in wet or soiled clothing to access the Manatee Care Closet.

The MHES PTA is committed to minimizing classroom interruptions and supporting you in addressing these situations effectively. To help, we will help provide essential 2-4 sets of clothing items that can be kept in your classrooms. To request clothing for your class, please complete the form linked below:

You can use this form to restock as needed throughout the school year. Since this is a work in progress, we may adjust the form based on your needs and feedback. While the MHES PTA will do its best to fulfill all requests, please understand that our ability to gather and distribute these items depends on donations, volunteer support, and available funding. We respectfully ask for your patience as we work to meet these needs.

We also strongly encourage you to remind families to include a change of clothes in their child’s backpack, regardless of grade level. The PTA will share this reminder in our weekly updates to help ensure students are prepared for unexpected situations. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to our students. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or if you have additional needs.

CMS Good News Submissions

Share good news with CMS Communications!  Did you win an award? Have a colleague you'd like to give a shout-out to? Or maybe you have a classroom strategy you think is unique? Let us know! We'd love to hear from you.

Reminder: Atrium Clinic for Staff 

As a reminder, our Atrium Virtual Health Clinic isn’t just for students—staff can utilize it as well! If you need to see a provider, please reach out to Rick and/or Nurse Haley.

MHES 24-25 Yearbook

Drop your pictures from this year in this folder so that they can be shared in our MHES yearbook!

Social Committee Updates

FAC Notes & Updates

Previous FAC Notes

• January 2025 FAC

• November/December 2024 FAC

• September/October 2024 FAC

Here are the notes from the Performance Area Advisory Council (PAAC):

Jan. 9 PAAC Meeting Notes

Nov. 6 PAAC Meeting Notes

Updates & Information