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Monroe Messages

A Newsletter of Monroe County Schools

Welcome Back: Scenes from the First Day at Monroe County Schools!

2021-2022 Varsity Football Schedule

The Mary Persons High School football season is just around the corner. Regular season reserved seats/season tickets for home games will go on sale starting July 22, 2021. There are six regular home games this season and the cost will be $60.00 per ticket. Please see Mrs. Barbara Dennis in the Mary Persons High School front office Monday – Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to purchase your tickets.

The Athletics Department will use the GoFan app for all athletic ticket purchases this year. Please use the link provided to select your tickets. https://gofan.co/search

Online tickets will be available for purchase in the middle of the week for football. All other sports tickets will open up a day before their respective events. Football will allocate face-to-face tickets for our home football games at United Bank and Persons Bank.

NOTE: Tickets should be purchased online BEFORE you arrive to the stadium.

New Mary Persons Athletics Homepage!

Take some time to check out the new Mary Persons Athletics Homepage. This is your one stop shop for MP Athletic schedules, ticket purchases and more! Sign up for alerts here.

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.

Monroe County Fine Arts Center Upcoming Performances:

Click here to buy tickets!

Don’t miss the Monroe County Bicentennial Celebration 200th birthday festival on Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26 around the Forsyth Courthouse square. Live music from the Soul Purpose Band, Shane Bridges and many more. Food vendors, arts and crafts, historic tours, etc. And don’t forget, Tony Orlando will be performing on stage at the Fine Arts Center on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 25. It’s a party that only happens every 50 years, and you wouldn’t want to wait until 2071 to have this kind of fun again. See you on the square!

MP Softball Shirts For Sale

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.

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.