Online Registration NOW - August 10

• Online back to school registration for students is now open and will close August 10! CLICK HERE TO BEGIN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
• In addition, we hope this back to school graphic is helpful in marking your calendars for some upcoming dates next month. Visit https://www.republicschools.org/backtoschool for more!

Financial Incentive Information

The Board of Education is offering a one-time financial incentive is to provide a token of “thanks” to our teammates for the way you serve our students and each other, and to help employees in a small way combat increasing everyday costs. THANK YOU to the Board of Education for this boost as we look to start another successful school year! 

The Board of Education would like to offer a financial incentive to all employees who:

• Are employed by the district on Sep 6, 2022
• Watch and sign the completion form for a short video Dr. Pearce will be sending in early August. Employees will have several weeks to complete this requirement.

Full time employees who complete these items will receive a one time payment of $750 to be included in their September paycheck. Part time employees will receive $375 in their September paycheck. 

Watch your emails for more details in the coming weeks.

Open Positions

We're on the lookout for quality individuals who enjoy working with students and making a difference to join our team!

These openings are all critical roles in helping us provide a wonderful school experience for our students. A few of these positions include:

**BUS DRIVERS

**CUSTODIANS

**PARAS & AIDES

A full list of openings with application details can be found HERE.

PLEASE SHARE this information to help us recruit employees!

Early Childhood Center Grand Opening Events

THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY, we are ready to open the brand new Republic Early Childhood Center! The following events have been planned to help celebrate:

August 18: EC Family Open House and Ribbon Cutting

The Open House for EC families is come and go, 5:30-7:00 with the ribbon cutting ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m.

August 30: Community Open House

All community members are invited to attend this come and go event between 5:00-6:30 p.m. for self-guided tours and activities. 

Important Information About Out of State,

For-Profit Virtual Learning Providers

Conducting school during a pandemic taught us many things and one of those is the importance of students being inside our classrooms, face to face with their teachers and peers. Quite simply, we have seen that the large majority of students thrive best academically, socially and emotionally in the seated learning environment. Virtual learning can be a strong learning tool, but it is not a good fit for all students.

Below is information we wanted to share ahead of the implementation of new legislation that allows out-of-state for-profit virtual learning providers the opportunity to market their services to your family. These for-profit providers:

• Do not provide the same support that students get while attending in-person school in Republic. We fear struggling students (academically, socially and emotionally) will not get their needs met.
• Employ teachers who do not spend their dollars in our local community.
• Will not have a curriculum built by local educators which match our values and standards.
• Funnel local tax dollars to large out-of-state for profit companies.

As our mission indicates, our priority is to prepare our students to be successful in their future. We do not believe these for-profit virtual providers share the same mission. Republic School District continues to be a top performing district in the state implementing best practices in our classrooms, helping students grow academically and investing in the social and emotional needs of our students and employees. We are #RepMOProud of the educational experience we provide!

The goal in sharing this information is to make sure you have the facts about these for-profit virtual providers prior to receiving any marketing materials about their programming.

New Start & Dismissal time for Lyon & Sweeny

To assist with the traffic flow issues at Highway 174 and Main, Lyon and Sweeny elementaries will have new start and dismissal times for the 2022-23 school year. This is a short-term solution until a more permanent, long-term solution can be implemented to physically adjust these car lines (which continues to be a discussion with the City and local landowners). Please follow the link to read an email that was sent to Lyon and Sweeny families, which includes all of the details: https://conta.cc/3wLLAZP. 

Employee Children Enrollment

Employees who...

reside outside of the Republic School District (non-resident) boundary that would like to enroll their student(s) in our district. A new form needs to be submitted every school year.

OR

live within the Republic School District boundary, but desire their student(s) to attend an elementary site other than the building boundary in which you live. A new form needs to be submitted every school year.

If either of these situations applies to your family, please complete an Employee Student Enrollment Request Form found HERE. 

Send the request form to the Department of Federal Programs and Student Support Services who will then notify you once your request is processed. Please note the review process could take up to a week.