From the desk of Mr. Armbrister:

March 1st, 2017

Andover Public Schools

www.usd385.org

2017 Bond Election

Andover has long been a leader in excellence as it relates to fa-cilities, academic and athletic achievement. The district, in partnership with our community, has studied its facilities for the past year. We are committed to providing opportunities for our students to successfully learn and grow.

The bond issue seeks to: im-prove safety and security, ad-dress necessary facility im-provements, enhance academic choices, and provide equitable opportunities.

The 17-year bond will be paid off in 2034. Interest rates are estimated at 3.5%, which are near historically low levels for the past 50 years. The state will pay 24% of the principal and in-terest of the bond issue. There

are two propositions:

Proposition 1 ($168.8 Million,

No Tax Increase):

Build storm shelters onto CES, RMES, SES, AMS, ACMS, and ACHS.

Build a new Meadowlark Ele-

mentary on a new site.

Build a new Andover High School on the same site & keep existing gyms.

Add additional preschool programming.

Upgrade district athletic facil-ities including middle school tracks & tennis, AHS stadium, locker room & park-ing, and enhance ACHS sta-dium to host home events.

Build a district tennis com-

plex.

Address district-wide neces-

sary facility improvements.

Renovate existing Meadow-lark building for District Of-fice, Support Services, and Andover eCademy.

Proposition 2 ($19.805 Million,

2.3 Mill Tax Increase):

Build a district pool to pro-vide a place for curriculum, swimming & diving teams.

Construct new career & pro-

fessional studies center.

Add artificial turf to varsity softball & baseball fields.

The tax increase on a $100,000 home for P2 would be $26.45 per year,

just over $2 per month.

In my update, you will find information

on the following:

2017 Bond Election

Climate Survey Results

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Andover USD #385

Wheatland Elementary

15200 E 21st St

Wichita, KS 67230

316-218-4820

Mr. Elton Armbrister, Principal

Climate Survey Results

The Andover climate sur-vey is given annually to employees, parents and students. Aligning with the district goal of Culture & Climate to provide a posi-tive, safe environment to optimize student and staff success, the survey analyz-es the atmosphere of Ando-ver Public Schools. The in-formation from the survey guides the district’s con-stant improvement efforts.

With nearly 4,000 respons-

es, the district is pleased

with the participation from

staff, parents and students.

As various groups have

viewed the results, three

areas on the survey have

been identified as the top

priorities to stakeholders.

The areas of utmost im-

portance are Quality In-

struction, Safety and Feel-

ing Valued. These were de-

termined based on feed-

back from the Superinten-

dent’s Student Advisory

Team, district leadership

teams and administrators.

The survey shows 90 per-

cent of parents and sec-

ondary students are “very

satisfied” or “satisfied” with

the quality of instruction.

Regarding school safety, 89

percent of parents, second-

ary students and staff said

they are “very satisfied” or

“satisfied.” Finally, 79 per-

cent of parents, secondary

students and staff feel con-

nected to their school and

valued by the district.

Thank you to all parents

and students who took the

time to take the Climate

Survey! For building specif-

ic data, please click here to

go to the WES webpage.

Each year results are post-

ed on the website for re-

view.

3/1-3/14 –StuCo Food Drive

3/6 –Site Council, 4-5pm

3/10 –No School, Professional Learning Day

3/12 –Daylight Savings Time Begins

3/14 –PTO Meeting, 6pm

3/15 –StuCo Meeting, 3:35-4:30pm

3/20-3/24 –Spring Break

3/28 –Kindergarten Round Up, 6:30pm

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Wear Your Wheatland Gear Every

Friday!!

We’re Saving

Trees with

Peachjar!

Click Here to Go To Our

Peachjar!

Click Below for

Breakfast & Lunch

Menus!

Wheatland Elementary

9th ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE

March 1—March 14 Items requested by the Andover Food Bank include, but are not limited to:

bar soap, toothpaste, toilet paper, soup, canned meals (chili, spaghettios),

pork ‘n beans, macaroni & cheese, Ramen noodles

Any non-perishable items you give will be greatly appreciated!

SPRING

BREAK!

March 2017

Volume 1, Issue 1

Counselor’s Corner

Special points

of interest:

Testing

Classroom Guid-

ance

Character trait of the month: Teamwork– Working with other people

to accomplish a goal. During classroom guidance, the students will

engage in various activities that will help them work on teamwork.

We talk about there not being many more difficult tasks in life than

getting a group of different-minded individuals to work as a team.

The students will engage in several team-building activities where

they will learn that in order to accomplish the goal, they will have to

compromise and be willing to problem solve in order to be a great

teammate.

Students and parents,

I can’t believe it’s March already! Where did the year go? Well, along with

March comes state testing. We will begin testing after spring break

starting with 5th grade science. Parents, please talk with your child(ren)

about not being stressed about testing, and instead, treat this like any

other test they would take. WES kids are prepared and have done

well in the past. Some tips are: encourage them to take their time,

I have no doubt our students will do well. GO WARRIORS!!

get a good nights rest, eat a good breakfast, and try their best.