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1/19/22 – What age can you drive a bus? – Student
A. New York State bus drivers must be 18 years of age. Bus drivers that drive interstate must be at least 21 years of age.
1/18/22 – If I have the Google Classroom app on my phone or am signed into my Shen email on my phone, can the software that has been deployed view my phone screen? – Student
A. If students are accessing their Shen account on a personal Apple iPhone, iPad, or Android phone or tablet, their device cannot be filtered.
1/18/22 – Has Shen ever considered doing the “Test Drive A Bus” event on a weekend or later in the afternoon? I know many interested people who cannot go during the morning during a weekday. There may be better attendance and outcomes from an off-time event. – Community Member
A. Transportation has considered an event later in the day but decided against it because of the amount of traffic on campus. As a department, we will look at a weekend event in the near term since there is interest. Staff could also do a one-on-one Test Drive if they would like to call us. […]
1/14/22 – Does the High School East cafeteria sell breakfast? If so, where and when? – Student
A. HSE has breakfast open from 7:15 till 8:15 on the North serving side which is the serving line closest to the front of the school.
1/14/22 – Where can we see the total number of COVID cases per school? – Parent
A. You can find all the daily notifications on the COVID Corner (https://www.shenet.org/covid-corner/).
1/14/22 – When will a decision be announced regarding March’s Superintendent’s Conference Day? – Employee
A. Superintendent’s Conference Day is set for Friday, March 11 and will be in-person along with some hybrid/virtual spaces due to space capacity and social distancing. More information will be forthcoming in the next few weeks.
12/22/21 – Why has Grammarly been disabled on the school Chromebooks? – Student
A. The free version does not adhere to NY Education Law 2D requirements and therefore we are no longer allowed ot us it.
12/10/21 – Has Shen ever thought about using other vendors to sell their athletic apparel other than WickedSmart? The things they sell (that being mostly hoodies and uniforms) are unreasonably expensive, not the mention the very long delivery times and high shipping prices. – Parent
A. Yes, Shenendehowa works with a number of local businesses who sign a licensing agreement to sell Shen merchandise. They are part of the Shen Shops and can be found here: https://www.shenet.org/shen-shops/.
12/10/21 – Would it be possible to share on Facebook the monthly menus?
A. That is a great suggestion. We will be sure to post the monthly menus on the Shenendehowa CSD Facebook page beginning in January.
12/6/21 – How would I be able to see and interact with the therapy dogs at High School East? I see them often but I never see them in use. – Student
A. The dogs typically stay with the staff member they belong to. Therefore, they end up interacting with students that have that staff member for class. Should you want to interact with therapy dogs, the Student Center has two that are available to everyone.
