Teachers are: Jeneille Branen – kindergarten, Lisa Stratford – first, Jessica Dahlin – multiage 2/3, and Kathryn Bonzo multiage 4/5.

Summer Clayton's announcement of the teacher selection

I'm excited to be addressing you as a  group for the first time in my new role.  I'm even more thrilled to officially announce that we have made teacher selections and have received verbal acceptances.

From Daniela Monk, Facilities Committee

On Friday, 22 May, our Architect, Jerry Brotnov, offered a second showing of the Brown’s facility to contractors.  Currently, there are six (6) LOCAL general contractors
that have received architectural plans, unknown number of general contractors have accessed electronic versions through the planning
centers, and at least ten sub-contractors (electrical, plumbing, etc.) have contacted Brotnov Architecture for information.  All seem to be solid prospects!

The bid date has been moved to the 2nd of June, because we had to add an addendum to clarify the lighting. (On Monday, 25 May, Jerry traced power and lighting circuits to document existing conditions.)

The contractor’s bids will be received and opened by Jerry and his team and the ‘apparent low bid’ will be e-mail to us.  Jerry will help us evaluate the various bids.

By June 1 the front building will need to be cleared out.  Nils has organized a 'clean-out party' for this coming week-end.

Once remodeling starts we will need VOLUNTEERS for (1) separating of materials, (2) painting inside walls (time and date determined by contractor), and (3) sorting recyclable versus non-recyclables waste/surplus.

The Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning is pleased to announce its new director: Summer C. Clayton.

Ms. Clayton comes to us with 13 years of instructional and administrative leadership experience, 7 of which are in Expeditionary Learning (EL) schools. For the past four years she has been pivotal in coordinating and implementing the ELS school reform model at Winnona Park Elementary School, in Decatur, Georgia.  She has demonstrated a range of skills necessary to start a new EL school including experience in financial planning, personnel management, handling of critical legislative and regulatory demands, and foremost a broad and solid experience of implementing the EL educational model with teachers new to EL. Her leadership and collaboration with teachers and community members was recently recognized when Winnona Park was honored to be selected as a 2008-2009 EL site seminar for educators around the nation.

In addition, she has a total of 10 years experience teaching both elementary and middle school students. Ms. Clayton holds a master’s degree in Education from the University of Georgia and is currently completing her doctorate in Education at Walden University.  Her dissertation: Expeditionary Learning and the Achievement Gap in Primary Settings.

Ms Clayton will be arriving in Moscow July 1.

By Greg Meyer
KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID
Mar 26, 2009

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Below are the architects elevation drawings of the facility.
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