Hello and Welcome to JBE!
We are thrilled to welcome you to the JBE Family! My name is Brittany Kalivas and I'm the President of JBE One (aka PTO and Endowment combined into ONE awesome group).
What JBE One Does: The goal of JBE One is to raise $200k annually to pay for our Greenhouse teacher, Technology teacher, support Field Trips, our Boat Building Program, extra staff spoiling appreciation and so much more. You can check out our full budget on our jbeone.org website under Parent Info, JBE One, then Financials.
How JBE One does it: We have a rockstar Executive Board made up of 13 parents and they, along with their teams, make all the magic happen - from the Color Run Capital Campaign, Staff Appreciation Week, Back to School Nights, extra teacher support and so on! We're always looking for new faces! There are WIDE varieties of ways to get involved. Learn more on the site under Parent Info, Volunteer and sign up to get on the lists!
Neighborhood “Nests”: At JBE, we have created neighborhood groups that each have a Captain. Their job is to loop you in and make sure you, and all your neighbors, know all about what’s happening at JBE! The majority of information will come out from our Principal and our Newsletters, but your Hood Captain is a WONDERFUL resource! Enclosed is a list of captains - please reach out directly to your Captain to get looped in! Or if you have any issues, please email me directly at president@jbeone.org.
Uniforms: Are sold periodically throughout the year on the jbeone.org site. If you need uniforms and the window is closed, please reach out to us directly and we’ll help! Uniforms@jbeone.org and make sure to get an orange Field Trip shirt if you’re new!
We look forward to meeting you and your kiddos! We are here to help!
With a JBE Smile, Brittany and the whole 2025-2026 Exec Board
- President - Brittany Kalivas
- VP - Melissa Rollins
- Secretary - Rachel Barry
- Treasurers - Miheala Coopersmith and Meredith Flandy
- Communications - Eleanor Leary
- Strategic Initiatives - Sarah Beaver
- Fundraising - Bridget Read
- Faculty Relations- Amelia Smith and Leanna Boatwright
- Community Building - Camille Berge and Sarah Williams
Back to JBE OneBUS DATA
As an update, JBE One has issued a Freedom of Information Act request to the CCSD Transportation Department and will be receiving the bus contract with CCSD Mt. Pleasant school for review. The communications from the Head of CCSD Transportation division told us they are making decisions on bus schedules and routes based on ridership data the bus company and bus drivers provides to them. Are the bus companies dictating bus schedules to CCSD and the parents based on their profitability requirements? We will be digging in to understand the details.
To create change, we importantly need to have our own data from parents about their driving or bus riding. In the next week’s newsletter, we will be sending out a survey to all parents about their bus or car preferences and what changes would YOU make if bus locations or schedules were closer to you, picked up later or if the school started class 30 minutes later, how would this affect you? Armed with this data plus an understanding of the bus contract (and incentives), we will sit down with the head of CCSD Transportation to find solutions that will allow later pick-up times, less drop-off congestion, and better communication when CCSD makes decisions that affect parents and their children.
