Columbus, GA- Recognizing the importance of in-person learning, the Department of Public Health issued an Administrative Order allowing school districts to update their Covid-19 quarantined guidelines. In monitoring recent local health conditions and collaborating with the medical professionals of the Muscogee County School District (MCSD) Medical Panel, there is unanimous agreement for the District to utilize the flexibility authorized by the guidance.

Effective October 27, 2021, students within close contact to someone who tests positive for COVID-19 in school are no longer required to be…

Columbus, GA- According to a recent release from the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), the Muscogee County School District (MCSD) has surpassed the state graduation rate for the ninth consecutive year. The District graduation rate has increased to 91.2 percent, an increase of 1.8 percentage points, year-over-year, from 89.4 percent in 2020. This marks the highest graduation rate for the District since the four-year cohort rate has been calculated.

“Despite the many challenges associated with this last year, we congratulate our school communities, graduates, District support teams and…

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September 29, 2021 – The Georgia Department of Education has developed an ESSER funding dashboard that will provide a simple, transparent way for the public to see Georgia school districts’ use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.

The dashboard is available on GaDOE’s COVID-19 resource siteand allows the public to see the amount of ESSER funds a school district has received, the amount of submitted budgets approved, and time remaining in the grant…