Summer School May 31-June 23

SUMMER SCHOOL STARTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 31! We are so excited for a great summer of learning! Republic School District offers summer school for elementary, middle school and high school students.

Below are a few reminders. More details can be found at https://www.republicschools.org/summerschool.

MAY 26:

• Elementary Summer SLAM Class Lists Posted on Sweeny & Schofield Front Doors
• Elementary Summer SLAM Teacher Assignments Available in the Parent Portal
• RMS & RHS Student Schedules Available in the Parent Portal

MAY 30:

• SLAM Open House, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (This will be a come-and-go event.)

May 31:

• First day of summer school classes!

New Central Office Opens for Operation

Republic School District has opened its new Central Office. Previously on the back of Price Elementary, Central Office is now located at the newly renovated, former Early Childhood building at the corner of Main Street and Hwy 174. Human Resources, Federal Programs, Food Service and other district leadership are now all located within the new building at 636 N. Main St. A new space for Board of Education meetings is being built at that location as well. 

The district's phone number will remain the same at 417-732-3605.

The office area at Price Elementary will be remodeled into classrooms to create more space for students. During construction on the former and new Board of Education meeting rooms, Board of Education meetings will be held at Sweeny Elementary (720 N. Main St.). 

New Start & Dismissal Times for Lyon & Sweeny

To assist with the traffic flow issues at Highway 174 and Main, Lyon and Sweeny elementaries will have new start and dismissal times for the 2022-23 school year. This is a short-term solution until a more permanent, long-term solution can be implemented to physically adjust these car lines (which continues to be a discussion with the City and local landowners). Please follow the link to read an email that was sent to Lyon and Sweeny families, which includes all of the details: https://conta.cc/3wLLAZP. 

District CSIP Approved

Throughout the last year district teammates and community volunteers devoted over 1200 hours to develop our newly approved district CSIP–Comprehensive School Improvement Plan! This “strategic plan” has been designed to serve as our “road map” for the next 4-6 years in meeting the needs of our students and employees. In addition, updated district mission and vision statements were created.

As a reminder, this process is community driven! There were over 550 responses to surveys seeking feedback about the development of our mission, vision and the community priorities included within the CSIP. Over 100 representatives (including parents, community members, school board members, employees and students) were involved in the committees, or “goal teams,” who brought this work to life. THANK YOU to those who were involved! 

There are three goal areas that will drive our work through the CSIP:

• Academic success
• Culture
• Leadership

For each of these three goals, performance objectives, strategies and measures have been developed that include ways to support and grow STUDENTS and EMPLOYEES! 

Visit https://sites.google.com/republicschools.org/csip/home to dive into our new CSIP! This webpage has been designed to provide you with an overall snapshot of this work as it progresses, but also an opportunity to dive as deep into it as you’d like to learn more! We can’t wait to share more with you about our CSIP journey as the new school year begins in August!