Hello Team Edgerton!

It is time to get back together.

Please check out the updated "Agenda" and "Just for Fun" links to the right.

Holler, if you have any questions, concerns, ideas, etc. See you all soon!

Guy

Brrr...Snow and Ice, Ice and Snow...What is a Lead Team to do?!

Well, since we missed our time together, here is an attempt to get everyone up-todate...

I AM SENDING THE FOLLOWING IN THE COURIER:

- Agenda from last week's meeting

- Student Recognition Handout (Blue - is this what we all agreed on?)

- A Playground Visual (Color - This is what we are going to order - Upper portion for younger students, lower for older. We plan on two spinner bowls and two spicas. Note that the "Glacier" will not be part of the order. We still plan to order benches/tables and exercise equipment). FYI.

- PTA (this is just capturing what we felt the PTA could/should focus on in terms of fund raising to help the school).

- Technology ordering information (Purple - this is the same as we last spoke). FYI.

- Furniture Update - (SEE LINK TO THE RIGHT)

- Mission & Vision (Yellow Handout from Kristi - I added a box on page two that we put some thought to our work from our last meeting. We have a lot of work to do here - I am open to your thoughts. It directly relates to our Book Study reading. SEE LINK TO THE RIGHT).

-Lunch & Tour (Hah! We will make up the tour - more to come)

-Book Study (On hold until we meet again)

-Room Choices (Those who can choose, may choose. I have included a map and expected the tour to help, but if you already know what/where you want, feel free to let me know).

-Art In Public Places (Green - Ken is heading this up and we would like one more member from our Lead Team on the committee. First of six meeting times/place is on the handout, as well as some committee selection and role information. Let me know if you have a passion to serve in this area).

-October 2nd Dedication (This is our date for our official dedication. It will be at the end of the school day...kids, staff, families, builders, ESC folks, perhaps dignitaries, etc. This is the formal ribbon cutting ceremony, but we need to put some thought to whether we want to do anything else - I love Dave's idea of a "Formal Evening". It could take place earlier in the year...just kid/staff presentations, some music, tours, cake, etc. - more of an "Us" thing than the 10/2 larger thing....put some thought to this. I also plan to create a couple summer opportunities for our community families - picnic-type thinking.

-Upcoming Interviews (SEE LINK TO THE RIGHT)

-I also inluded: 1) Meeting Minutes from the last Construction Meeting on site. It is just FYI so you can see what goes on weekly there. 2) A Timesheet for those who have attended a New School Info. Meeting. Jot down the hour you were there, your personal info., sign it, and return it to me.

-OTHER: We are currently scheduled for Feb. 13 AND 15 for our next Lead Team meetings. I will clearly communicate between now and then on how/if we are using those days. It will be smack-dab in the middle of our hiring efforts...more to come. How will we "make-up" our time we missed last week? I don't know right now. My initial thought is that we do have to meet prior to interviews. Therefore, I am thinking of trying to pull a 1.5 or 2 hour meeting of our Lead Team some day after school - I know this may be difficult with everyone's schedules, but I think it is important to get together...again, more to come. We missed 3 Info. Meetings. Right now we do not know what we are going to do to make them up...we will have to do something, but whether we do them all or not will be determined this week by HR. Finally, I am beginning to work on a newsletter for our Edge community. If you have great ideas or want to share anything in it, I'd love to hear from you...I will send out a "draft" before it is sent to families.

Have a super week back! Let me know if I didn't answer something you have questions on. We will be in touch! Take care! -Guy

Wow! Another productive meeting...you guys are awesome!



I meant to mention yesterday that something signicant has happened with our team. While preparing for yesterday's meeting, I could sense a sincere "I miss you all" feeling! I had a strong desire to hang-out and be with the Edgerton Lead Team...that means a lot to me and speaks to how we have grown and come together (at least in my eyes). I think we make a wonderful team - everyone is open to sharing their opinions, and although we do not always agree on things, we all walk away feeling like we have moved forward! Exciting stuff - way to go!

HERE ARE SOME FOLLOW-UP ITEMS TO YESTERDAY'S MEETING...

1) All are challenged to continue our Mission and Vision work on this blog. Check out the link, and add your comments. Many of you have "E.D.G.E." acronyms to share. Let's get all of our thoughts out there, and hopefully begin to come up with a draft by next week's end.

2) We are right on budget with the technology work we did. Thank you for your time on this! I did modify, per our discussions, and I will have to get a handle on what is currently at Pope/ER to see how that all fits in as well. Right now, we are looking at the following:

• Pre-school - one desktop
• K - 2 desktops in each room
• 1st-3rd - 3 desktops in each room
• 4th - 2 desktops in each room + another in the project room
• 5th-6th - 2 laptops in each room + another in the project room

...to make budget, I narrowed the number of 10-laptop carts to 3, instead of 4. Thinking that one could be placed in the 6th grade area, one in the 4th-5th grade area, and one in the 3rd grade area...this leaves Pre-K-2 without a cart near by, but they can always use the one in the 3rd grade area. Plus, this is the reason for an additional desktop in each of those rooms.
The remaining items remained as discussed, minus anything in the library, but I have been directed to look at the library budget, plus what is at Pope/ER. The equipement requested for the library will happen, just not from this budget.
Let me know if you see anything that is off.

3) I will be working on answers for the following questions that we came up with:

• Where are the plug-ins and ports in the rooms?
• What is our answer for an "assembly" projector?
• Should we buy flashdrives (minor cost)?
• Is there capacity for using an additional mic in classrooms?
• Are we getting the same assembly sound system as Meeker?
• Where is the primary second-recess in regards to the teacher contract?
• What is the flooring in the lab?
• Are there ports in the project rooms?
• With the possibility of a new entrance, where should the reader board go?
• Who will do the "Edge Gear" (there is lots of interest to help with this)?
• Can we get white boards in the pre-school room?
• Can we get an additional white board in the rooms where teachers want them?
• Renaissance Learning Place ("Enterprise" - on-line assessments) - cost? capable? ITC?
• Can we get moving on ideas for others to donate books to library (long list of ideas)?

4) I was very pleased with the work that both Renee and Kristi brought to the table. This information was well prepared, shared in a very professional manner, and was useful to the entire team! Way to go & Thank You!

5) Next meeting is at Trish's house (Thank you)! More to come on location, times & lunch.

6) Trish was kind enough to send the following meaningful quotes:

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." -Henry Ford
And another personal favorite:
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. " - Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

7) WISHING YOU ALL A MOST FABULOUS HOLIDAY BREAK! MAY IT BE FILLED WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS, RELAXATION, AND THOSE THINGS THAT BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE....ENJOY! * Look for a little something in the courier next week (if you have been good)! :-)

Guy

Hello Team!

Time to get back together!



Edgerton is over 50% complete!


1) LEAD TEAM MEETING INFORMATION

Date: Thursday, December 7th
Time: 8:30 - 4:00
Location: Puyallup Public Library (324 South Meridian - downtown near Pioneer Park).
Homework Reminder: Mission & Vision (see below #2)
Agenda: see link
Lunch: Two Busy To Cook, Inc. See link for options - let me know by this Friday.

2) MISSION AND VISION WORK
I will have our work-to-date ready to share (pretty basic at this point) as well as some more thoughts of my own, but please come ready to move forward in this area. I'd like you to put more thought as to our motto and goal/belief statements.

3) LINKS TO THE RIGHT
More About Our Team - no changes
Agenda - updated
Technology Information - will be updated by this Friday (more to come)
Code-of-Conduct & Decision Making - no changes
Teaming & Collaboration - no changes
Lunch - new & updated
Just for Fun - updated :-)

Make it a great week!
Guy

Hello Team!
Time to get back together!

1) LEAD TEAM MEETING INFORMATION

Date: Thursday, December 7th
Time: 8:30 - 4:00
Location: Puyallup Public Library (324 South Meridian - downtown near Pioneer Park).
Homework Reminder: Mission & Vision (again - see link)
Agenda: see link
Lunch: Two Busy To Cook, Inc. See link for options - let me know by this Thursday.

2) MISSION AND VISION WORK
I will have our work-to-date ready to share (pretty basic at this point) as well as some more thoughts of my own, but please come ready to move forward in this area. I'd like you to put more thought as to our motto and goal/belief statements.

3) LINKS TO THE RIGHT
More About Our Team - no changes
Agenda - updated
Technology Information - will be updated by this Friday (more to come)
Code-of-Conduct & Decision Making - no changes
Teaming & Collaboration - no changes
Just for Fun - updated :-)

Make it a great week!
Guy

MEETING INFORMATION

Two notes on our upcoming meetings:

1) Wednesday @ the Edgerton site - if you'd rather not go through the development, you can turn left off of 122nd onto 164th instead. It is listed as a priviate road. This will get you right to the back of the site. Watch out for the many speed bumps. Be aware that it is muddy and may be rainy (there is no shelter to get under, so an umbrella and shoes that can get a bit dirty would be good). I know a couple of you are coming from other meetings. Call me on my cell, if you are running behind - 732-0303.

2) Next week's 4-7 p.m. meeting (Tuesday, Sept. 26th) will be at Meeker Elementary. I am aware we are all South Hill employees, but Meeker's remodel work was just completed by one of the same construction companies that is working on Edgerton (a good peek) and they have also purchased some furniture that we can see if we like (you will be involved in that decision making later).

BUDGET BACKGROUND INFORMATION

One of the three/four budgets Arturo and I have a bit of control over is the playground equipment (the others being library/technology/furniture). If you are interested in helping with making decisions around playground equipment, let me know. Ultimately, all of the Edgerton Lead Team will be able to give input and will hear from the reps below, but it would be great if some of you could join me in actually looking at the equipment in sites in the area and discussing pros & cons of each - becoming our Lead Team playground experts. We have approximately $70-75,000 to spend on outside play equipment (keep this info. discreet at this time). We are asking some clarifying questions to others in terms of what exactly would not need to be bought by this budget (gym hoops, big-toy ground covering, PE equipment, etc.). We are looking at spending about $40K on a main play structure, then using the remaining budget for basketball hoops, tetherball equipment, those quad-hoops that refeed you the ball once you make a basket, etc.........if you have ideas in this area, let me know, but for know we need to make a main playground structure idea. The playground "big toy" and an electronic reader board were part of the bond so PTA does not have to fundraise for those items, but we may look at some fundraising for a smaller/primary structure to help get more for our kids. We will see how far our money stretches and what the PTA is thinking as it begins to form over the next couple months.

WANT TO HELP WITH OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT?

We are moving right along with choosing our equipment for our playgrounds.
Currently, Arturo and I have met with a rep from the three companies listed below. This does not mean that we are limited to these vendors. However, if the group feels that we have sufficient choices and competitive prices then we may choose to focus on these three companies. Below are some places that a few of us (me and you) may choose to visit, or other locations to be aware of just in case you happen to be in the area and want to take a look. We will coordinate visits for our purposes.

Kompan Company:
http://www.kompan.com/sw23449.asp
Neighbors Park (Tacoma Metro Parks)
McKinley Park (Tacoma Metro Parks)
Powell Barnet Park (352 Martin Luther King Way, Seattle)
New Adventures/Multi-Care Children's Center (1310 S. 4th St. Tacoma)

GameTime/SITELines:
http://www.sitelines.com/
Spinning Elementary
Stewart Elementary

Northwest Playground Equipment/PlayWorld Systems:
http://nwplayground.com/
Maplewood Elementary
Bradley Lake Park

Notice that the reps we met with may have been representing more than one company. I have included the website links to the companies listed above if you're interested in doing some perusing.

Things to keep in mind while looking at these options would be:
Ease of supervision
# of students that it can accomodate
Age appropriateness
All will be ADA accessible
Price
We currently have a 54 ft. diameter circular play area for this to go in. There needs to be a 6 ft buffer from the edge of the enclosure to any equipment, so will it fit?
After shipping, tax and installation (although we would be leaning toward a "volunteer" installation to help with costs), we are looking for a product in the $30,000 range.
All can be "customized".
I have a bunch of catalogs/info., if you want to dig deeper.

The most peculiar equipment is the Kompan - I am attaching a picture of the Arcturus in a follow-up email.

Have a wonderful Tuesday evening - I will see you tomorrow!
Guy

Welcome back to the blog!

This blog posting contains important info. related to our Lead Team, and requires action on your end. You will find info. on:
1) An Edgerton Site Tour (RSVP)
2) Our first date to work together (let me know if the date is OK or not)
3) Information on "Who's Who" on the Edgerton Lead Team
4) A short blurb on G. W. Edgerton, our namesake

Site Tour - I have scheduled a site tour for our team for next Wednesday, September 20th, starting at 3:45. RSVP via email, if you are planning on coming so that we are not waiting for you. The tour will last 30-45 minutes. We will be escorted by John Ovitt, the PSD project manager. The work crews should be pretty much wrapped up by the time we start, but it should be fun to get to finally meet all the team members and get a feel for current progress on the facility. To get to "The Edge", travel south on 122nd (which runs right in front of Pope) until you get to 168th, where you will turn left (there is a small sign for "Emerald Point"). Take 168th until it nearly ends and turn left on 127th into the development. You should be able to see the site at the end of the road. Travel to the end of 127th and turn right. Take this road to its "T" and turn left, then left again once you get to the end of the new houses, getting you to the backside of the property. I will be waiting there for the team to gather. You can park on the side of the street. Bring any questions you may have as well as some shoes that can get dusty.

Meeting Date - I am proposing that we get together for our first official work time on Tuesday, September 26th from 4-7 p.m. This, in addition to the above site tour, will be a paid four-hour time. I need to know if this date conflicts with anyone.....let me know asap. I will secure a place, once I am certain of the date. At this first meeting we will: take time to get to know each other a bit more, create a timeline/calendar for the rest of the year, and create a list of the work to be tackled in future meetings.

Edgerton's Lead Team- note the new link to the right of this posting - "More About Our Team". Click on it - this is the information you submitted. Take time to read about your colleagues and get to know more about who you will be working with. I am still working on a handful of pictures, inlcuding my own, and I apologize for not having them up. There have been technical glitches the past two days.

Who is George W. Edgerton? "Edgerton, a founding father of Puyallup, served as a civic and business leader in the community. His list of contributions are lengthy, including founder and director of Citizen’s State Bank for 46 years, a founder and director of the Western Washington Fair, and a member of thePuyallup School Board for 24 years." He has a handful of active relatives in the area - we will be working with them some over time. I heard, but did not see it on Wednesday, that there is a good display at The Fair with pictures and info. on him. I plan to track that down. I understand that he was friends with Ezra Meeker as well. More to come...

Let me know on the Tour and First Meeting Date. Erin & Amanda have agreed to help with compiling the students' input on Mascot and Colors in the coming days......we will keep you informed of the "finalists" (last day to give your own input, if you wish). Have a super weekend.

Guy