“No one is indispensable and for this next year, I aim to achieve all our Students First goals,” she told the Board of Education yesterday.
She said the vision and wish-list that PSS gave to her “have been transformed into strategic plans, policies and regulations, and into real evidence of achievements that you can see and feel.”
Sablan attributed the school system’s successes to the “shared leadership” with PSS management and schools.
“I am grateful for their professionalism and dedication. You can’t find this anywhere. I am telling you what people from as far as D.C., Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, and others have said about our faculty, staff and leadership,” she added.
She said she is grateful to be part of PSS and to be a witness to the work that has been performed over the last three years.
In her report to BOE, Sablan said the school year 2011-2011 school schedules and course offerings are already completed.
School inspections conducted by the Bureau of Environmental Health are ongoing, she added.
All schools have to meet three inspection requirements, including updating their occupancy permit.
“The [Food and Nutrition Services] vendor and program are in place. Private schools have begun classes and are already being provided with the breakfast and lunch program,” Sablan said.
For PSS, elementary schools will start at a new time, 8 a.m., while secondary schools will start at 8:30 a.m.
Buses will roll out of the central bus station at 6:45 a.m. with the first pick up at 7 a.m.
Student enrollment as of August 24, 2011 showed 5,288 for elementary, 4,987 for secondary, and 462 for Head Start.
Sablan said the regular classroom teacher assignments are complete at Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary, Tanapag Elementary, Oleai Elementary School, San Vicente Elementary School, Dandan Elementary, San Antonio Elementary School, Koblerville Elementary School, Tinian Elementary School, Sinapalo Elementary School, Chacha Oceanview Jr. High High School, Dr. Rita Hocog Jr. High School, Tinian Jr.-Sr. High School, Rota High School ,Saipan Southern High School and Kagman High School.
The needs for regular classroom teacher vary in different school: two for Garapan Elementary School, one for Kagman Elementary School, three for William S. Reyes Elementary School, two science teachers for Hopwood Jr. High School, and three math teachers, one science teacher, one language teacher and two career and technical education teachers for Marianas High School.
The need for special education classroom teachers also varies: one for GTC, one for Hopwood, one for Saipan Southern High School and two for Tinian schools.
“All schools are 100 percent compliant with the highly qualified requirements for school administrators, school counselors and classroom teachers,” Sablan said.
