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Monroe Messages

A Newsletter of Monroe County Schools

It was a great time at Convocation!

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Skip the line at Open House! Use E-link to look up your child's bus route information by visiting https://versatransweb04.tylertech.com/monroe/elinkrp/login.aspx and following the instructions below.

MONROE BOE SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON BUDGET

At its July 20, 2021 meeting, the Monroe County Board of Education approved a preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The Board also set two opportunities for the public to offer input on the budget process -- one at a called meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 5:30 p.m., and the second at the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 5:30 p.m.

The school system’s fiscal year began on July 1, 2021. With budget preparations still in process, the Board adopted Spending Resolutions providing for continued operations through August 31, 2021. The final budget approval should be considered by the board at the Aug. 10 regular meeting.

The attached notice presents the following School System budgets for FY 2022: General Fund, State PreK, Federal Funds, Capital Projects, and Debt Service.

For more information on the budget or the budget process, contact the business department of the Board of Education Central Office at 478-994-2031.

GADOE POSTS MATHEMATICS STANDARDS FOR 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

The Georgia Department of Education has posted new K-12 Mathematics Standards for a 30-day public comment period. If approved, the standards will be implemented in the 2022-23 school year, following a year of teacher training. Read more.

Scoliosis Screening

A scoliosis screening is required for all students in the 6th and 8th

grades who attend public school in Georgia.

Please click for Parent Letter and Parent Form to complete this process.

Monroe County Schools, through federal CARES Act funds, will provide FREE school supplies to all students in grades PK-12 for the 2021-2022 school year. Through a cooperative effort with Wal-Mart, each student’s supply list will be fulfilled. Parents and students will receive these supplies at open house or at a designated schedule pick up time at Mary Persons High School or Monroe County Achievement Center. Approximately $180,000 of federal CARES Act funds have been designated for this project.

Superintendent Dr. Mike Hickman stated that this effort will be a financial relief to many families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. “This is just one way that we can use CARES Act funds effectively to help families have what their students need for school in the 2021-2022 school year.”

Each level’s school supply list will be distributed and available through the Monroe County Schools system and school websites; however, each supply list is clearly marked that the parent/guardian can see that these are not required to be purchased.

Hubbard Elementary, K. B. Sutton Elementary, T. G. Scott Elementary Supply List

Monroe County Middle School Supply List

Mary Persons High School and Monroe County Achievement Center Supply List

Wishlist items such as hand sanitizer, tissues, and wipes will be solicited through partnerships and other entities which can provide these through donations.

Parents and guardians are welcome to contact their student’s school for more clarification. For more information on Monroe County Schools, see http://www.monroe.k12.ga.us.

Updated 2021 - 2022 School Year Calendar

For more information on the program and to see if you qualify, click here.

Public Notice: Destruction of Old Special Education Records

Monroe County Schools will be destroying old Special Education records in August of 2021. The records scheduled to be destroyed are for persons served in special education and born in 1999. If you desire to have your records, please contact the Department of Instructional Student Support 478-994-2031 x 1604. Records not picked up by August 2, 2021 will be destroyed.