Todd County School District

Update: Due to recent snowfall amounts, the first day back with TCSD students will be Friday, January 6th. Instructional staff will report for in-service on Thursday, Jan. 5th. All 12 month staff report on Wednesday, Jan. 4th.

Due to the upcoming winter weather. The first day back with students will be Thursday, January 5th. Instructional staff will report for in-service on Wednesday, January 4th instead of the 3rd. 12-month staff report to work on the 3rd.

Upcoming Basketball Schedule TC vs CEB basketball Friday, December 30, 2022 1:00: C Boys 2:15: JV Girls 3:30: JV Boys 5:00: Varsity Girls 6:30: Varsity Boys TC vs Red Cloud (rescheduled from December 28th) Saturday, December 31, 2022 2:00: Varsity girls 3:30: Varsity boys

ICP/ EPP UPDATE Rosebud Sioux Tribe State of Emergency Declaration Hello, I hope this update finds you well – With the -50 wind chill temperatures EPP has pulled crews responsible for clearing the roadways, off the road and they are currently only responding to absolute emergencies. It is very dangerous to have our crews out plowing roads open. Roads are blowing shut as soon as they are getting them open. A “NO TRAVEL” advisory is in effect. EPP has been in contact with services and those responsible for the 511# to post and advise that all roads leading into Rosebud Reservation are closed. ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRANDED IN THEIR VEHICLES WILL BE TAKEN HOME OR TO THE NEAREST SHELTER AND BE CITED A $500 FINE. We will not be pulling any vehicles out at this time. The negative wind chill is causing our heavy machines to breakdown, causing hydraulic hoses to break, tire issues, steering issues, etc. We are doing our best to keep everyone warm and safe in their own homes. If, for any reason, your place of shelter is not equipped to stay in during these frigid temperatures there are places to go for shelter: St Francis Community Building Antelope Community Building. Sinte Gleska University Multipurpose building was being utilized for a shelter but heating issues caused those to be evacuated to Antelope Community building. Currently stopped, only responding to absolute emergencies - We have our team of volunteers delivering wood, food boxes and other emergent needs to people’s residences. Please keep in mind the Oyates emergent needs will be met as resources become available. At this time, we are sending the propane list daily to Sicangu Propane. December 18, 2022 EPP began coordinating efforts with Sicangu Propane to prioritize delivery for those at 0% and working from there. Tuesday, December 20, 2022, we teamed back hoes and plow trucks up with Sicangu Propane trucks (2) so they could get access to propane tanks. LIHEAP has been tasked with contacting outside propane companies (Thedford, Reese, CHS, Kadoka, Murdo, etc.) to bring in additional propane so we can reach more homes. Once we can confirm companies we may task each company with a certain area of the reservation. With the participation from local businesses and numerous tribal programs we were able to obtain resources that are needed in our tribe’s state of emergency. Though these resources are very much appreciated it is not nearly enough to respond to each request across the reservation. EPP is evolving every day and adjustments are being made to respond for effectively and efficiently to calls that are coming into the incident command post. Please understand that we would utilize those heavy machine operators who volunteered but the reality is there is not enough machines to put them in. We have had an estimated 20 people in heavy equipment, an estimated 10 people in pickup trucks with snow plows attached and driving portable diesel tanks to heavy machines who need fuel, another estimated 10 people delivering food boxes and wood. With these estimations, please take into consideration how difficult it has been to open up roads and driveways across the reservation and getting supplies to families. As of December 22th the Incident Command Post has taken close to 300 requests per day, since opening the phone lines on December 16, 2022. These daily emergency requests from the Oyate range from: 1. Snow removal 2. Food 3. Heat (i.e. wood, propane or plug in heaters) 4. Other (water, pampers, formula, toilet paper, blankets, frozen pipes, furnace breakdowns, water leaks, wood stove pipes, etc.) 5. Medical (emergent calls to get to the emergency room, Davita dialysis emergencies/appointments, prescription meds delivered) 6. Evacuations 7. Search and Rescue Amongst all requests we have teams who are working diligently around the clock to make sure all emergent requests are met. These teams consist of the following Tribal and Local Departments Snow removal, search/rescue, evacuations: 1. Road Department 2. Motor Fuel & Tax 3. ARPA Security Guards 4. Water & Sewer 5. Individuals with own machines to remove snow 6. Saint Francis Mission 7. Saint Francis Indian School 8. HeadStart 9. Game Fish & Parks 10. Rosebud Ambulance Service 11. Rosebud Law Enforcement 12. Mission Volunteer Fire Department 13. Bureau of Indian Affairs – Rosebud Headquarters 14. SWA 15. Local ranchers 16. Some State Department of Transportation 17. Local Towing Companies 18. Incident Command Center phone operators & volunteers coordinating within the ICP (ARPA Security staff, ARPA staff, RST Secretary, LE staff, RST Council representatives, and local volunteers) Food preparation/delivery: 1. Rosebud Social Services (community services) 2. Buches 3. Allstop 4. Community Chairpersons Association 5. RST Council Representatives 6. Feeding America 7. ARPA Security 8. Tribal Historic Preservation Office 9. Mission Volunteer Fire Department 10. Bureau of Indian Affairs – Rosebud Headquarters 11. Individual volunteers Heat (propane, wood, plug-in heaters) delivery 1. Sicangu Propane 2. CHS 3. Local wood vendors 4. Donations of wood from individuals outside of our area 5. ACE hardware 6. Rosebud Building Products 7. ARPA Security Guards 8. Tribal Historic Preservation Office 9. Mission Volunteer Fire Department 10. Bureau of Indian Affairs – Rosebud Headquarters 11. Game Fish & Parks 12. Individual volunteers Medical (dialysis, med prescriptions) 1. ARPA Security Guards 2. CHR 3. Davita staff 4. Rosebud Ambulance Service We truly appreciate everyone who has been kind to every volunteer at the Incident Command Post. If you have not yet received help and are in need of emergent help please do not hesitate to call one of the following ICP phone numbers: 605.747.2444 605.747.2140 605.747.2559

No work for all TCSD employees Dec. 22nd. Stay safe and warm.

Thank you to all who have helped clean out the entrances to our schools! Pictured here is the crew that took on the middle school’s entrances! We appreciate everything you do!

Checkout, The My Life is Worth Living free animated series a companion to Parent Guidance funded by the Cook Center for Human Connection. https://mylifeisworthliving.org/

The board of education work session for December 19 at noon has been canceled.

There will be no work for all staff on December 19 and 20. Please stay safe.

No in-service tomorrow, December 16 and no work for all staff.

There will be no school for students and no work for ALL staff on Thursday, December 15th. Classes resume for students on Jan. 4th.

No school or work for all staff Wednesday, December 14.

tcsd: December 13 - no school and no work for all staff due to expected blizzard conditions.

The Todd County board of education will hold an emergency meeting December 12 at 2:30 in Mission SD for official business due to pending weather concerns. There will be no presentations or reports. The meeting in HeDog will be rescheduled for a later date.

There will be no school for Todd County Schools today, Friday, December 9.

There will be a 10:00 late start tomorrow, December 9, for Todd County Schools.. Instructional staff report by 9:30

TCHS Winter Concert and Art Show will be start tonight WedDec. 7th, 2022 @ 7:00 pm live stream on tcsd youtube channel. Direct link here. https://youtu.be/yBODLHIP-kA

Bus Route information for Monday, Dec. 5th - Two Strike and Saint Francis students ride bus B34 to Rosebud Elementary and then transfer to B56 to mission.

Rosebud Elementary would like to invite you to enjoy some cocoa and cookies while viewing the beautiful trees! Santa will also be dropping by! When: Wednesday, December 7th Christmas Concert @ 2:00 Showing of the Trees @ 4:00-6:00

TCSD would like to invite you to our next installment of the Oyate Woksape (People's Wisdom) Lecture Series, "Language Through Music" with Pat Bad Hand Sr. Friday, Dec. 9th at 6PM in the TCMS Library.