La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District

Puente is hosting a vaccine information session for parents of children aged 5-11 on November 10th from 6:00-7:00pm. Dr. Garcia will present vaccine-related information and be available to answer questions from caregivers. The session will be presented in Spanish with English interpretation available.

Special meeting of the school board to be held Monday at 6:00pm with two items: 1. Consider approval for the purchase of a school bus 2. Consider approval of a bid to replace roof on the Pescadero Elementary Multi-Use room. Both items need consideration prior to our next regularly scheduled meeting on November 15th.

All San Mateo County evacuation orders for the South Coast were lifted today at 11:00 am. Our transportation routes to Pescadero schools through Dearborn, Loma Mar, Gazos and Cloverdale will now resume.

LHPUSD schools are open on Monday. All three sites are outside of the evacuation areas. For safety reasons, we will not be transporting students in the evacuation zones. Contacts are being made to those impacted in the following areas: Dearborn Cloverdale Butano Loma Mar Stay safe and dry out there.

Update on Storm and Power Despite the heavy rain and strong winds, as of 5:00pm on 10-24, power is on at all three schools. Stay dry and keep safe!

Rain is expected to start Saturday and continue through Tuesday. All schools have a safe indoor eating plan in case it is too wet to eat outdoors. Due to possible power outages, please make sure your child brings a warm jacket and bottled water to school.

Change in date of November School Board Meeting- Meeting has been changed from November 18th to November 15th!

The LHPUSD School Board will meet tonight at 6:30 pm on zoom. The link to attend the meeting is : Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88418440131?pwd=RkRSZm9hYzd4OHA0Mlo0dy9pd3lUdz09 Meeting ID: 884 1844 0131 Passcode: 131759 One tap mobile +16699006833,,88418440131#,,,,*131759# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,88418440131#,,,,*131759# US (Houston)

Pool testing for COVID-19 begins this week for students and staff! We are so excited to bring this layer of safety to our schools through the support of California Department of Health and Concentric testing. Pescadero schools test on October 13th. La Honda Elementary on October 14th. Parental consent is required for any health testing. Any questions, please contact your school office.

Correction of start time for open session: Board Meeting on October 14th starts at 6:00 with a 30 minute closed session. Open session will begin at 6:30 pm. Please join us for a meeting of the Board of Trustees next Thursday, October 14th. Information related to this meeting and past meetings can be found at https://www.lhpusd.com/page/board-agendas.

No School for students on October 11th! Teachers have a staff development day on October 11th. Students return on October 12.

Zoom link for Special Board Meeting tonight Topic: LHPUSD Board Meeting 9-30-21 Time: Sep 30, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81240161278?pwd=MTVTcjJYeTFnRGtRZXFHbExHemJpdz09 Meeting ID: 812 4016 1278 Passcode: 675966

While power outages continue to disrupt our school community, our schools are open! Please send your child to school even if we have no power. Our teacher are resilient and dedicated to ensuring that your child receives a quality education.

Don’t forget that the LHPUSD Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Thursday, September 30th to discuss workforce housing on the North Street property in Pescadero. District staff will share progress and allow a space for the community to ask questions and provide feedback to the board and district staff.

The LHPUSD Board of Trustees will hold a special session on September 30, 2021 at 6:00 pm to discuss the North Street housing initiative. District staff will present information about the initiative and engage in a community conversation.

LHPUSD Families- Mark your calendar! The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be September 9th starting at 6:00pm. The meeting will be held via zoom. If you would like to attend, please e-mail Tami McVey at tmcvey@lhpusd.com to receive a link to the zoom meeting.

We had a fantastic first two weeks of Big Lift Inspiring Summers and Panther Camp!

We had an amazing “last day of school” celebration. Thanks to the Pescadero Educational Foundation for sponsoring a Caljumps slide, Puente for supplying the electricity, the La Honda Education Foundation for providing the popcorn 🍿 and snow cone machine and a great big thank you to Harley Farms for letting a few goats 🐐 come down to visit us! Tuvimos una celebración increíble del “último día de clases”. Gracias a la Fundación Educativa Pescadero por patrocinar un tobogán Caljumps, a Puente por suministrar la electricidad, a la Fundación Educativa La Honda por proporcionar la máquina de palomitas de maíz 🍿 y cono de nieve y un gran agradecimiento a Harley Farms por dejar que unas pocas cabras 🐐 vinieran a ¡Visítanos!

See the South Coast Artists' Alliance Student Gallery featuring art from PMHS students! Ver la costa sur de Artistas Alianza Galería estudiante de arte que ofrece a los estudiantes PMHS! https://www.scaa-artists.org/kids-art

We realize this is a very different start to the school year for everyone. The LHPUSD staff is doing their best to provide learning opportunities to your child(ren). Please plan to pick up a computer and books for your Pescadero Elementary, Pescadero Middle/High School child (or drop off if you borrowed a computer for the summer) on Thursday, August 13 at Pescadero Elementary 3:00pm - 6:00 pm. The first day of school is this Friday, August 14 at 8:30 and students will start from home.