Shared Board Meeting for Athletics
The announcement: On November 4th, the Farragut and Hamburg Boards of Education would like to invite their communities to a discussion on shared athletic programs. The discussion will be at the Hamburg Gym starting at 6:30 p.m. Please see both districts’ websites for an agenda and more information. www.farragutschools.org and www.hamburg.k12.ia.us

10% Cut
As you know the governor has cut the state’s budget by 10%. This is a harsh cut to school districts. Rest assured, we will continue to offer all the successful programs that we have for decades. The district will work through this setback. If you would like to hear more about this cut, Governor Chet Culver did an interview on Iowa Public Television on October 16, 2009. It is being rebroadcast on television and can be watched with transcripts at http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/transcript_detail.cfm?ipShowNum=3706.

After School Education Help
Don’t forget, the state of Iowa pays for the best websites for students and parents to use at Iowa AEA Online (link below). This wonderful resource can help you with almost any homework assignment. Login: farragutes or farraguths Password: aea13

http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/

Corner Conference Music Festival
Due to the Corner Conference Music Festival, there will not be a late start on November 16th but students will be released at 1:30 p.m.


Blogs
Check out my blogs: http://educationalnewsfarragut.blogspot.com/
http://jaydlutt.blogspot.com/

I hope to start updating them every other day!

A Special Thank-You!
I would like to send a special thank you to the Fremont County Community Foundation through the Community Foundations of Southwest Iowa for approving our grant for $4,640. Those dollars will be used to merge our physical education curriculum with exciting technology! This will be putting the power of Wii technology into our fitness program. Purchasing of the equipment has started and we hope to have everything set up before Thanksgiving.