Assistant 

Principal News Flash 

Stephanie Di Salvo, Dan Moloney & Eva Primarolo

Post School Expo

Each year, five of the local specialist schools (Jacana School for Autism, Glenroy SDS, Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Specialist School, Broadmeadows SDS and Hume Valley Specialist School) organise a Post School Options Expo for students and families to attend. Service providers from the local area will be setting up stands to present and provide information to everyone.

This year’s event will be held on the 16th of March at The Meadows Conference and Events Centre - 80 Northcorp Blvd, Broadmeadows from 4.00pm – 7.00pm. Expo flyers have been sent out to all Year 11 & 12 families. If you would like to attend the event, please contact Karen Glare, our Community Engagement Officer for more information. 

Dual Enrolment with Mainstream Schools

With Term 2 coming up, we would like you to please note our Integration Policy:

• A new integration request can take place at any time, and steps can be taken towards planning and preparing for this process, however students can only commence new integration placements during Terms 2, 3 or 4.
• Integration is not advised in the first year of schooling. This is to ensure that our Foundation students are able to establish strong routines, communication strategies, and adequate skills to manage themselves in mainstream settings and transition into integrated placements and experience a high level of success. 
• It is recommended that students commence with either a half day or a full day.  For students on a half day placement, they must be transported back to JSA by parents or carer for the remainder of the school day. 
• To ensure the best educational and/or social outcomes, the JSA student will commence with a transition plan that consists of 4 x 2-hour visits, supported by a JSA staff member. When these visits are completed, an initial time fraction for a dual enrolment will be established.  From this point forward, both schools will communicate directly to provide ongoing professional advice, support and resources as needed to assist in a successful placement for the student.  Additional support to the mainstream school can be provided on an ‘as needs’ basis and the JSA teacher can visit the mainstream if needed to provide this support. 
• Integration programs may or may not lead to full time transition to mainstream school, however there will be a maximum time split of 3 days at mainstream.  Students will advance directly to a full-time place at mainstream should they wish to increase from 3 days. 
• Students must attend JSA a minimum of 3 days per week to access the school bus.  If the bus entitlement is lost due to time fractions at the mainstream school, parents must transport their child to and from school. 
• If a student transitions to mainstream full time, they will relinquish their place at JSA.  Due to enrolments being at capacity and an extensive prospective student list in place, it is likely that they will not be able to return to JSA should the need arise in the future. 
• If the mainstream school does not run classes on a designated integration day (i.e. runs a non-attendance day), then the JSA student will not be able to, as a replacement, attend JSA for that day or part thereof without prior arrangement with a member of the Principal Class team. 

Medical Action Plans & Administration of Medication Consent Forms

On the 14th of March, all staff will be involved in various OH&S compliance courses. They will be briefed on Anaphylaxis & Epilepsy management and how to meet their duty of care to students at risk. For selected staff who work directly with a student with Epilepsy, extra training will be provided on how to administer emergency Midazolam specific to the students’ medical profile (dose of medication, route of administration and/or seizure type and description). We ask the cooperation of families to complete and return all signed medical action plans (e.g. Asthma, Epilepsy, Allergy, Anaphylaxis) and medication authority forms to the office as soon as possible.