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Message from Superintendent Grego
Thank you for your support and patience as we worked diligently to develop a ReOpening Plan that keeps the health and wellbeing of students and staff at the forefront, while also creating a nurturing and productive learning environment. We have worked closely with our local medical advisory group, used the latest health information, guidance from the CDC, and your feedback, to provide three learning options for Fall 2020. This website provides the details of those options so you can make an informed decision about your student’s education.
Our plan is based on four guiding principles: 1) Ensure the safety and wellness of students and employees; 2) Reopen Pinellas County Schools for students; 3) Provide parents flexibility and choice through instructional learning options; 4) Deliver high-quality instruction to students.
This plan denotes what the district will submit for approval to the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) to ensure that we are given the flexibility to offer, and be funded for, the MyPCS Online learning option developed to support our students. The ReOpening Plan for Pinellas County Schools is separate from any decision about the start date for the 2020-21 school year. As outlined by the FDOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-06, issued on July 6 regarding Florida’s Optional Innovative Reopening Plan, the expectation for reopening in August with all brick and mortar schools open at least five days per week for all students is subject to advice and orders of the Florida Department of Health, local departments of health, Executive Order 20-149, and subsequent executive orders. Please know that the district continues to work with the Pinellas Department of Health on a daily basis. As school opening is less than a month away, should advisement from the Department of Health result in any change to the date or methods of instruction used for the start of school, that information will be communicated immediately.
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2021 Summer Driver Education registration starts online in February
Jan. 25, 2021–District offers Driver Education this summer to public and private school students.
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PCS to open new program for students with reading difficulties
Jan. 25, 2021 – The Center for Literacy Innovation at Midtown Academy will serve students in grades 1-5 who have dyslexia and/or a specific pattern of reading difficulties.
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Let us know what you think by taking the Title I Parent Survey
Jan. 22, 2021 - The Title I Parent Survey is open through Feb. 11.
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Eisenhower Elementary School teacher named Pinellas County Schools’ Teacher of the Year
Jan. 21, 2021- Sarah Painter, a fifth-grade teacher at Eisenhower Elementary, was named Pinellas County Schools' 2020-21 Teacher of the Year.
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Seventy student artworks selected for display at the Dunedin Fine Art Center
Jan. 19, 2021 - Students in the Creative Start exhibit attend elementary schools that begin with the letters N-W.
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Independent committee reviews Referendum spending
Jan. 14, 2021 – The Independent Citizens Referendum Oversight Committee meets four times a year to ensure that money collected through the Referendum is spent as voters intended.
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Schools across the district and country are honoring mentors
Jan. 14, 2021 – Mentors help guide positive choices, develop critical thinkers, support academic achievement and enhance social emotional well-being.
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St. Petersburg High student wins essay contest
Jan. 12, 2021 - Han Nguyen, a St. Petersburg High student, won first place in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida’s 2020 high school essay contest.
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