School News

Here are a few reminders for a successful school year:

·     Label all water bottles, lunch boxes, coats, sweatshirts and sweaters with your child’s           name.  Remind them to keep track of their belongings.

·     Send a healthy snack with your child every day.

·     Remind your child about the plan for picking them up every day.

Parking

·     For the safety of the children and their parents, the speed limit in the parking lot is 10 miles per hour. 

·     Respect our staff members by not parking in any spots that are labeled.

·     Park only in official parking spaces—never in the red zones or along the fences.

Thanks to everyone who is helping with the congestion in our parking lots by riding their bikes to school.  Our bikes racks have been reinstalled.  One is on the far side of the Campbell Care building outside the fence.  The other is near the benches outside the Kindergarten yard.  If your child is riding their bike to school, please provide them with a lock to attach it to one of the bike racks.  Thank you!

Welcome back to a new school year!  There have been a lot of positive changes on campus.  We are very excited about our new look!  I think that you will agree that it is wonderful!

Although the construction will not be completely done on Wednesday when school opens, the big areas that are still under construction will be fenced off until they are completed.  Landscaping will not be done but it will be in process soon.  We are all looking forward to seeing the finished project sometime in the future.

Class lists will be posted at school in the office windows and on our school website after 5:00 on Tuesday.  You will need your child’s district identification number to check the lists to determine who their teacher will be.

School begins on Wednesday at 8:20.  The first few days of school are always hectic and the construction will make this even more challenging.  The parking lots may be affected by the construction, so plan to arrive early to obtain parking.  If possible, walking to school, carpooling with another family, or parking in the neighborhood and walking in would really help with the traffic congestion.  Thank you for being flexible!

2017-2018 is going to be a great year!  Our staff looks forward to our partnership with you.

Marshall Lane has undergone a lot of changes since students left in June, and more are happening daily as our construction and cleaning crews push hard to finish everything before students return. We are very excited about all of the positive changes that are taking place at our school site.

I assure you that, on August 23^rd, we will welcome your child to a safe school and engaging lessons for students.

When we return, there will be a few fenced-off areas where the crews will be finishing up.  The surge in construction around the Bay Area caused a couple of delays in our timeline, so some of the work will have to continue into the fall. 

Marshall Lane School was built in the 1960s and needed updates to its infrastructure—sewer, gas, electrical, water— as well as improved access for people with disabilities. Thanks to voter-approved school bonds, we are able to make these much-needed improvements.

The projects in this phase include:

• Replacing aging underground utilities, like electrical and plumbing.
• Re-grading the site to make it wheel chair accessible.
• Removing the overhead power line on the east side of the site.
• Creating safe new plaza area in front of the school for students to wait before and after school.
• Improving the overall appearance and functionality of the site.
• Adding a covered outdoor eating area, which will be completed in the near future. 

To make these improvements, construction crews removed the concrete paving within the central core of the school.  The walkways will be replaced with new materials and re-landscaping of the affected areas

Our team of professional teachers and support staff are ready to welcome your child and begin a new year of exciting lessons on a safe school campus. Once the construction is completed, our campus will be updated, safer and much more functional.  The long-term benefits of this renovation will be worth the short-term inconveniences.

We will have more information about the renovation at our two Back to School Nights in September.  The Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten Back to School Night will take place on Wednesday, September 13th from 6:00 to 7:30.  Back to School Night for first to fifth grades will take place on Wednesday, September 27th from 6:00 to 7:30.  At this time, we will be able to update you on the progress of the construction.  Please plan to attend.  We are looking forward to our partnership with your family.