Thank you to all who visited with us in June to provide Proof of Residency.  Residency verification was completed for over 2300 students.  The Monroe County Board of Education has revised  the process for presenting Proof of Residency for returning students in the 2014-2015 School Year.  All Monroe County Schools students are required to have current proof of residency documentation on file prior to the first day of school.   

Please keep in mind that your child(ren) will not be provided a schedule until Proof of Residency is accepted and approved.   To see a full list of the documents that we accept, please  click here.  

Monroe County Schools' students performed well in the annual CRCT test given to students at grades three through eight. 

Monroe County Schools' students outperformed students in surrounding counties.  Those systems marked in yellow below are Middle Georgia RESA systems.
Students took the CRCT for the last time this year. Beginning next year, all students in grades 3-8 will take the Georgia Milestones. The new testing system is one consistent program across grades 3-12, rather than a series of  individual tests. It will include open-ended questions to better gauge student content mastery and, with some exceptions for special education students with specific testing accommodations, will be administered entirely online by the fifth year of implementation.

Georgia Milestones will be aligned to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) in English language arts and mathematics and Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) in science and social studies. This testing system will require more from students than the CRCT and EOCT it replaces, in order to better prepare students for college and career and to provide a more realistic picture of academic progress.  These increased expectations for learning may mean initially lower scores than previous years CRCT or EOCT scores, but that is to be expected and should bring Georgia's tests in line with other indicators of how our students are performing.

Georgia's immunization requirements for children attending seventh grade have been revised to align with the current Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

Effective July 1, 2014, all children born on or after January 1, 2002 who are attending seventh grade, and children who are new entrants into a Georgia school in grades eight through twelve, must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine.   Families are encouraged to visit the Monroe County Health Department or your pediatrician to address this before the school year begins. 

A Title I planning meeting will be held Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at the BOE Auditorium at 5:30 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to receive input from parents of Title I students for the district's 2014-2015 Title I Plans and budget. These plans will affect all students in the elementary and middle schools in the Monroe County School System. Your attendance at this meeting is important and will be greatly appreciated. Feel free to contact Sandy Colwell at 478-994-2031 or refer to the school system's website for additional information.