Student Flu Shot Clinic

The Republic School District, in cooperation with Jordan Valley Community Health Center, is offering free seasonal flu vaccines to Republic students, as supply allows.

The following conditions would prevent your child from receiving a flu vaccine: allergy to vaccine components and moderate or severe illnesses.

If you are interested in your child receiving the inactivated influenza vaccine (flu shot) at school on the date below, please complete and sign the consent form and return to your school nurse by October 20th.

Elementary/EC students will receive the form at school. RMS & RHS students can pick-up a form at school, as well. However, a copy that can be printed and submitted can be found HERE.

If you have questions please contact your school nurse.

CLINIC DATES:

10/26: RMS, EC, Lyon & Sweeny

10/28: RHS, McCulloch, Price & Schofield

Dire Need for Bus Drivers!

Republic School District proudly offers bus services for ALL students in our district! Providing this service requires a large number of trained drivers, and we need more! To avoid having to extend the length of current bus routes, spending funds on chartering buses (who are also seeing driver shortages) and/or reducing the number of trips and experiences for students outside our campuses...WE NEED MORE BUS DRIVERS!

Please share this opportunity with anyone that is interested in making an impact on students and filling this need! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND TO APPLY!

Fall Break November 1

The district will be closed Monday, November 1 for Fall Break! Families with students in Kindergarten through 8th grade needing childcare can sign up to participate in Cub Care. The deadline to register is October 25 at 4:30 p.m. Visit https://www.republicschools.org/Page/1144 to register.

Jordan Valley School Based Health Clinic Now Open

Republic School District is excited to announce that our school based health clinic partnership with Jordan Valley Health Centers opened October 1!

One Jordan Valley community health worker is available to work with our school nurses to coordinate a virtual visit with a Jordan Valley doctor or nurse practitioner for any student or employee that is sick and needs to be seen by a practitioner for the following illnesses: strep throat, ear infection, sinus infection, rash, pink eye, stomach flu, bug bites, lice and congestion. After being seen by a provider the student/employee will be able to return to class/work OR they will be given a diagnosis and will be ready to go home. If necessary, the practitioner will call in a prescription to the patient's pharmacy for them to pay for and pick-up.

This partnership is made possible primarily by funds provided by Jordan Valley Health Centers. Beyond office space for the onsite community health worker, this program has no other financial obligations for the district. Parents and employees will never receive a bill for care. If the patient has insurance, that insurance will receive the bill. If the patient does not have insurance, Jordan Valley Health Centers covers the cost of the visit and patients only have to pay for prescriptions, when needed.

This service will be optional, but available to all students and employees. Paper registration forms were sent home with students September 13 and will need to be completed and returned to school before they can be seen by the practitioner. You can also print a form and return it to school at www.republicschools.org/Page/4772. We're excited and thankful for this opportunity to partner with Jordan Valley Health Centers!

Socktober!

Student COVID Testing

Quarantine periods can be shortened with a negative COVID19 test. If your child tests negative for COVID19 on a sample collected on days 5, 6 or 7 from the date of exposure, they may return to school without restrictions on day 8 after exposure if negative test results are provided to the nurse. The date in which the student can "test out" of quarantine depends on the type of COVID19 test taken. Also, home tests are not accepted. Questions can be referred to your child's school nurse.

Rapid antigen testing is available through our Health Services Department by appointment for those wanting to "test out" of quarantine and also for those experiencing COVID19 symptoms. This test may only be administered on day 7 of quarantine for "testing out" purposes. Please contact Shawna Walker at 417.732.7289 to schedule this optional testing (no sooner than 24 hours after notification of quarantine for those wanting to "test out").

State Assessment Individual Student Reports

Each spring students across the district participate in state assessments (MAP and EOC). We have been notified by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) that Individual Student Reports (ISR) are available. The schedule for distribution of ISRs for students who participated in state assessments last spring is as follows:

• ISRs for students currently in grades 4 & 5 will be distributed to families during Parent Teacher Conferences the week of October 25 (more information to come).
• ISRs for students currently in grades 6-8 will be distributed to students on September 20 during the last class of the day.
• ISRs for students currently in grades 9-12 will be distributed to students the week of September 27.

Information for how to interpret your child's results will be included with the ISR. If you have any questions or would like to see your child's report prior to the distribution times, please contact your child's school counselor or Dr. Jennifer Renegar, District Test Coordinator at 732-3605, ext 6014 or jennifer.renegar@republicschools.org.

Updated Return to Learn Plan Effective August 31

Republic School District has developed health-related protocols which were created in conjunction with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The protocols are based on best practices from schools and businesses around the globe and recommendations from DESE and health professionals. The updated protocols were implemented August 31. CLICK HERE to review the full Return to Learn handbook that outlines these protocols. Specifically, masking will be recommended, but not required inside our buildings. However, due to a Federal mandate, masks are required on buses. The Return to Learn Handbook also serves as the district's SRCSP plan as required by DESE. 

CLICK HERE to see answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Return to Learn plan.

Visit https://www.republicschools.org/healthupdates for more details and a dashboard which shares the percentage of students and employees quarantined/isolated due to COVID19.

New EC & Schofield Gymnasium Projects

The new Early Childhood Center with high wind shelter along with the gymnasium/high wind shelter construction projects are in the works! Visit https://www.republicschools.org/constructionupdates to follow the progress. The goal is for these projects to be completed by the fall of 2022. 

FREE Meals for ALL STUDENTS Through June 22

EXCITING NEWS! The USDA waiver providing FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO ALL STUDENTS has been extended to June of 2022!!! We are grateful to be able to offer this to our families! #repmoproud

Daily Wellness Check

Each day we are asking families to do a wellness check of all students before they come to school. Employees will be doing this as well. Following these guidelines will help everyone stay healthy!