Safety reminders for in-person students:

• Wear face masks or coverings at all District sites.
• Consider participating in the student daily health assessment HERE.
• Stay home if you/your student(s) are displaying any signs or symptoms of illness.
• If your student tests positive for COVID-19, do not send him/her to school until the following criteria is met: 
  • At least 10 days have passed since the student first displayed symptoms AND
  • The student has had no fever without fever reducing medicines (e.g. Tylenol, Advil, etc.) for 48 hours AND
  • The student is no longer displaying symptoms
• If someone in your…

Columbus, GA- In an effort to further increase transparency and provide clarity to its public stakeholders, the Muscogee County School District has updated its data points related to active COVID-19 cases to reflect school-based sites only. The data reflects information made available to the District from individual sources. Information is updated each Friday and accessible on the District’s COVID-19 website.

1. The application process

• Window: February 17-March 22, 2021; 5:00 p.m.
• Application link: HERE
• Selection:
  
  • Each parent and/or student will receive an email regarding his or her application status on April 16, 2021.
  • The District will email a status of acceptance, wait-list, or denial.

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2. Magnet school program information

• Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, schools will not conduct in-person open house events.
• Parents can view snapshots of each school’s program information within the application HERE.
• Each program will provide parents/students opportunities to participate in informational sessions…

The District’s pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) program provides children, who are four years of age, with social emotional development, reading/writing, mathematics, science, social studies, art, music, and physical development to prepare for kindergarten. Seats are limited and awarded based upon a lottery application system with random selection.

1. Eligibility: Any child, who is a resident of Muscogee County, and four years of on or before September 1, 2021 is considered eligible.
2. Application window:
3. Application…

Early release schedule

We will release all students 2.5 hours ahead of their regular schedule Wednesday, February 3, 2021.

Dismissal times:

• Elementary: 12:00 noon
• High: 12:55 p.m.
• Middle: 1:20 p.m.

See the remaining schedule and details:

School Year 2020-2021 Calendar Revised
Early Release Presentation

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Meal service plans

All student meals are free through June 30, 2021. School Nutrition will be provide meals for in-person and virtual students.

• In-person students: meals provided at assigned school site
• Virtual students: curbside pickup daily at any school site, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

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Safety reminders for in-…