Monroe Messages
A Newsletter of Monroe County Schools
Congratulations to Barry Wilson and Alivia Tatum, our Class of 2026 REACH Scholarship recipients! We are so proud of your hard work and can't wait to see what your future holds. Special thanks to our sponsors, Oglethorpe Power and Georgia Power, for their commitment to these students and their continued support of our district.
It is School Psychologists Week! Heather Peebles Bradley and Pola Morrison serve as the School Psychologists for Monroe County Schools. Thank you so much for your leadership and service!
It would not be School Psychologists Week without mentioning Monroe County Schools' Diagnosticians and future School Psychologists, Sheri Williams and Mary Jo Simmons! Sheri and Mary Jo are currently in school to be school psychologists. Way to go!
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For more information on Monroe County Schools' COVID protocols & resources click here.
 Covid-19 Protocols Revised, Visitors/Volunteers Welcome at Monroe County Schools
 
At its October 19, 2021 meeting, the Monroe County Board of Education voted unanimously to revise the district’s Covid-19 protocols. Superintendent Mike Hickman says, “We have been seeing decreased cases in our county over the past several weeks, which is really good news.” Based on this data, the Board approved the revised protocols below, effective immediately.
  
  • Recommend masking for staff and students in school settings.
  • Recommend that unvaccinated staff and students 12 years and older receive the Covid-19 vaccination. We will work with DPH to set up vaccination schedules for willing staff and students.
  • Contact trace exposures within 6 ft for 15 minutes in the school setting, allowing parents the option to quarantine their child. 
  • Use social distancing as needed to help reduce exposures.
  • Visitors/Volunteers will be allowed back in the school settings. Masking will be recommended for volunteers and visitors.  
 
These protocols will be reviewed again as needed based on the community spread rates in our area.  
Click here to access the updated spreadsheet for COVID numbers. Browse through the tabs at the bottom of the sheet to get to the most recent data.
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