Informational Parent Meeting
Monday, December 3, 2018
7:00pm in the Media Center at Will L. Lee Elementary School
Thursday, February 28, 2019
12-3:00 and 5:00-6:30pm in the Staff Lounge at Will L. Lee Elementary School
Letters to the Community
11/26/18 - Letter to Grade K-3 Families
11/20/18 - Letter to all Richmond Families
Presentation PowerPoints
12/03/18 - Informational Parent Meeting
11/12/18 - Board of Education
"Got a Question?"
Click HERE to submit a question regarding the 4th Grade move to Richmond Middle School. Questions will be reviewed and responded to by the Administrative Team.
Question and Answer Document [updated 03/12/19]
Click HERE for the latest Q & A Document regarding the 4th grade Move to Richmond Middle School.
Implementation Time Line (Projected)
November 2018
--Direction from the Board of Education
--Announcement to Staff and Parents
--3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Teacher meetings regarding the move
--Elementary and Middle Schools Staff meetings regarding the move
--Student input collected on Playground Equipment
--Site-condition walk through regarding Classroom Storage Units
December 2018
--Will L. Lee Elementary School PTO Meeting - Scheduled
--Informational Parent Meeting
--4th Grade Move to Richmond Middle School webpage launched
--Staff Input on Playground Equipment
--Issue Request for Proposals for Playground Equipment
01|28|19 - Request for Proposals for Early Childhood and Grade 4-8 Playground Equipment issued
02|15|19 - Site Walk-through for potential bidders
03|01|19 - Bids Due
--Issue Request for Proposals for Classroom Storage Units
01|28|19 - Request for Proposals for Classroom Storage Units/Cubbies issued
02|14|19 - Site walk-through for potential bidders
03|01|19 - Bids Due
--Staff interested in Teaching 4th and 5th Grade for the 2019-2020 school year
January 2019
--Review Request for Proposals for Playground Equipment with students and staff
--Review Request for Proposals ​for Classroom Storage Units
--Issue Tentative Teacher Assignments to 2019-20 4th and 5th Grade Teachers
02|09|19 - Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Hooks, Ms. Malburg, and Mrs. Munro have been given 2019-20 Tentative Teaching Assignments as 4th Grade Teachers at Richmond Middle School.
02|09|19 - Mrs. Churchill, Mr. Clendennin, Mrs. Gillespie, and Mr. Jarsma have been given 2019-20 Tentative Teaching Assignments as 5th Grade Teachers at Richmond Middle School.
--Review Middle School Library Circulation Collection
February 2019
--Playground Equipment Board of Education presentation and approval
--Classroom Storage Units Board of Education presentation and approval
03|11|19 - Approve by the Board of Education - Award of contract with ML Schoenherr Construction, Inc. for 4th grade Classroom Storage Units and Cubbies
March 2019
--Computer Board of Education presentation and approval (part of remaining Bond scope)
--Order computer furniture
--Grade 4 and 5 Literacy Library Board of Education presentation and approval
April/May 2019
--3rd and 4th Grade visit to Richmond Middle School
--Installation of Playground Equipment
--Title I and 31a At-Risk Staffing determined
--Accelerated Learning staffing determined
--Special Education staffing determined
June and July 2019
--Move 6th Grade Classrooms to 500 wing of the Middle School
--Installation of Classroom Storage Units
--Installation of Computers
--Additional lunch tables added to Middle School
--Move 4th Grade materials and/or Teacher belongs from the elementary school to the Middle School
August 2019
--Tuesday, August 27, 2019* MS Blue Devil Days, i.e. Meet-the-Teacher Night
* Blue Devil Days is a negotiated date with the Richmond Education Association. The 2019-20 school calendar has not yet been negotiated.