Greetings, Martin County School District Families -

Thank you for partnering with us to ensure a positive start to the 2021-2022 school year! As we begin the second full week of school, here are a few important updates and reminders to keep handy:
Bookmark our symptom screening tools (English and Español). Monitoring your child's health daily is key to preventing the spread of illness. To help protect their health and the health of those around them, keep your child home from school when they are ill.


Our screening tools will help you quickly assess your child for a wide variety of symptoms, advising what action is recommended and providing listings for local healthcare providers. If your child or a family member in your home is awaiting a COVID-19 test result, the Florida Department of Health in Martin County (DOH Martin) requires all unvaccinated students in the household to remain home.


While COVID-19 vaccinations are voluntary, many local physicians and pharmacies are offering the immunization to interested individuals aged 12 and up. Please click here to locate a provider near you. The CDC and DOH Martin advise that the COVID-19 vaccine is the best, long-term way to fight the virus.
Bookmark our COVID-19 dashboard to stay informed about school-related positive cases and quarantines. The dashboard is updated twice daily.

Please use the "Year" tab to filter data by current school year (2021-2022), Summer 2021 or last school year (2020-2021).

If you do not see case/quarantine information displayed for a particular school or department, this means the school or department has not experienced a positive case or quarantine in the 2021-2022 school year. Data for charter and private schools will not be reflected on the dashboard, as these schools are not operated by the Martin County School District. Have questions about how to navigate the dashboard? Please click here.

The decision tree included here will be used by DOH Martin when determining the quarantine status of students.

According to the protocols established by the FDOH, fully vaccinated, asymptomatic students are not required to quarantine following contact with a positive case. Asymptomatic students who have been infected with COVID-19 within the previous 90 days are not required to quarantine following contact with a positive case.

The FDOH's protocols state that unvaccinated, asymptomatic students who have been exposed to a positive case may return to school after they receive a negative test result at least four (4) days after the date of exposure, or without a test result if at least seven (7) days have passed since the date of exposure to the positive individual. Students who are either positive or symptomatic, regardless of vaccination status, are required to follow the steps outlined in section 2.
Review the instructions for accessing assignments and curriculum while under quarantine.

While the expiration of FLDOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-07 precludes Florida school districts from offering remote learning as an instructional option this school year, FLDOE Rule 6AER21-01 ensures that students who have been directed to quarantine by the Florida Department of Health will not have this held against them from an attendance perspective as long as they continue accessing their course materials from one of the digital learning platforms the District has in place. This rule also guarantees that students will have access to instructors to assist them with their coursework. Families of students who have been directed to quarantine by the Florida Department of Health may email their child's teacher(s) or SchoolSupport@martinschools.org to request assistance.

If your child has been directed to quarantine by the Florida Department of Health, please click here to learn how to view their quarantine start and end dates in the FOCUS Parent Portal.

If your child needs assistance with navigating the Schoology learning management portal, please click here.
 
Make sure your child brings their student ID badge with them to school each day. Student ID badges are an important component of our safety plan. ID badges are also used to confirm school bus ridership and allow students to purchase a la carte items in our cafeterias.

If your child has not received their school-issued ID badge for this school year, please have them bring their ID badge from last school year. Students who are new to the Martin County School District this school year, as well as students who have misplaced their badges from last school year, will receive their 2021-2022 ID badges in the coming weeks.
Each student was provided with a printed copy of their final 2020-2021 report card to bring home with them last week.

Along with their report card, your child was also given a copy of instructions for creating a FOCUS Parent Portal account. By following these instructions and claiming your FOCUS Parent Portal account, you will be able to easily keep track of your child's grades, attendance and statewide assessment results.

If you need assistance with claiming your FOCUS Parent Portal account, please call (772) 219-1200 ext. 30610 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. today and tomorrow, August 23 and 24. Please click here to view a short video message from Superintendent John D. Millay.
Bookmark our Back to School webpage to access the latest news and information. From academic information to health protocols and everything in between, our Back to School webpage is your family's one-stop-shop for important District-related content. If you have a question that has not been addressed on our webpage, please email MCSDReopening@martinschools.org for assistance.
We are #ALLINMartin👊 and looking forward to helping ALL students achieve their #MCSDPotential🌟 in the 2021-2022 school year!