Rochester Community School Corporation
On behalf of the Rochester Community School System, I would like to thank each of you for your support
during a very difficult time for our district, community and nation as a whole. Covid has brought challenges for
each of us and that holds true for our district as well. I am thankful for our faculty and staff and their hard work to
continue to support students at every level.
As we enter a new year, my gratitude goes much deeper than what our faculty and staff are doing to provide
for not only the best education for our students but their safety as well. I am thankful for the support of our parents
and their willingness to follow safety protocols. For those parents/guardians who have had to attend a ‘zoom’
conference with teachers and administrators, thank you for supporting your child’s education. To the parents of our
fine arts students, thank you for following guidelines when concerts are in person; and, when we couldn’t safely
have you in the district, thank you for supporting our virtual concerts. Parents of student athletes, thank you for
wearing your masks and socially distancing both at home and away venues. Each and every one of you continues to
lead by example. Thank you!
A special thank you to Rochester Telephone Company for helping to live stream all events so parents and
family members are able to watch their student participate in the various activities throughout our district. WROI
has been a tremendous media resource in helping us relay information, thank you. And to our friends at the
Rochester Sentinel and Shopping Guide News, thank you for continuing to support Rochester Community Schools.
To our local health department, your help with contact tracing, answering our questions at nearly every
hour of the day and evaluation of our re-entry plans continues to help us safe guard all who are in the district. Thank
you!
We speak often in our district about it “taking a village to raise a child”; now more than ever we realize
how true that is. Thank you!
My desire, as I am sure it is yours as well, is to return to as normal an environment as possible. But until
then, your support and efforts do not go unnoticed!
Respectfully,
Jana K. Vance, Ed.S
Superintendent
Rochester Community School Corporation
Food will be delivered on bus routes to students in the country starting tomorrow. Also meals can be picked up at the High School at Zebby Door from 11:30 -2:00 for students only. This will be run just like we did in November buses will stop at the offices of Arbor Woods, Country Meadows-11:00-11:30 and Four Seasons-11:45-12:15.
December 3, 2020
As of 12/3/20, the Fulton County Health Department has approved the new CDC recommendations for quarantine as they pertain to close contact to an individual who is positive for Covid.
If a student or staff member of Rochester Schools is identified as a close contact to a positive person, they have 2 options for quarantine time:
- They may quarantine for 10 days from their exposure date to a positive person and come back to school/work without being tested.
OR
- They may quarantine for 7 days from their exposure date to a positive person and come back to school with a negative test result. The test cannot be taken before day 5 of quarantine and the individual must remain in quarantine through the 7 days.
Please note that the school does have to have verification of a negative test for the student or staff to return to school.
Per the Fulton County Health Department, members living in the same household as a person positive for COVID-19 cannot properly isolate. Therefore, students or staff in the same household as a person positive for COVID-19 OR a person quarantining with symptoms but not tested will need to quarantine at home for 20 days.
Jana K. Vance, Ed.S
Superintendent
Rochester Community School Corporation
Approved 2021-2022 RCSC School Calendar
Please note the difference to Spring Break from what was on the proposed version.
November 13th, 2020
We know that Covid puts extra stressors on all and we are all feeling the exhaustion of the pandemic. Please continue to work to safeguard your student and family as well as our district and community by:
--Do not send your student to school if they are feeling ill or have a fever
--Follow safety protocols by social distancing and wearing masks
--Wash hands often
--Adhere to basic personal hygiene
If we can assist you or your family, please be sure to reach out to your building principal or school nurse.
Thank you in advance for your patience and support.
Jana K. Vance, Ed.S
Superintendent
Rochester Community School Corporation
November 6th, 2020
Collective Bargaining Agreement
The 2020-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement was approved during the Special Board Meeting on November 5th, 2020. Please click on the link above to view the signed and approved Agreement.
November 3, 2020
Rochester Community Schools will continue to provide food routes and meal pick-ups for our families. The meal packages will be available daily, Monday thru Friday. Cafeteria staff will develop meals for all students. If you would like this free service please contact Mrs. Wilkinson (information below) to get your family included. This FREE FOR ALL service will last until RCSC is back in session.
- FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN TOWN
- Pick up meals daily at the Zebby doors at RHS from 11:30 am -2:00 pm.
- FAMILIES OF STUDENTS IN THE COUNTRY
- Routes will run as normal to deliver food
- If you live in the country, but do not ride a bus and would like to receive the meals, please contact Kathy Wilkinson.
- ARBOR WOODS, COUNTRY MEADOWS, FOUR SEASONS
- A bus will stop at the office of your neighborhood and meals can be picked up from the bus at the following times.
- Arbor Woods: 11:00 a.m.
- Country Meadows:11:00 a.m.
- Four Seasons:11:45 a.m.
Please contact us if you have any questions or need additional information or help.
Kathy Wilkinson
Director of Food Services
Rochester Community Schools
574-223-2159 ext. 5004
October 19, 2020
Free Breakfast and Lunch Extended
Free Breakfast and Lunch will be provided until June 30, 2021
Parents should continue to fill out the application for Free/Reduced assistance if needed, as this process applies for book rental fees, and it will be applicable for meals when this waiver from the USDA expires.
September 14th, 2020
Free Breakfast and Lunch
Beginning Monday, September 14th, RCSC will begin providing FREE breakfast and lunch each day for ALL students throughout the district. This is offered and made possible through a waiver from the USDA and is available until December 31st 2020 or until the federal funds are depleted.
Parents should continue to fill out the application for Free/Reduced assistance if needed, as this process applies for book rental fees, and it will be applicable for meals when this waiver from the USDA expires.
Virtual students will still be receiving their meals through deliveries.
July 21st, 2020
The RCSC School Board approved the updates to the Re-Entry Plan on July 20th, 2020. The changes to the plan can be found in yellow:
RCSC_Reopening_Policy_and.7-20-20_copy.pdf
Smart Start is from Noon to 2:30pm
Little Zebras is from 8:30am to 2:15pm
Columbia Elementary
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - doors open at 7:45am; school will begin at 8:15am.
Wednesday - doors open at 8:15am; school will begin at 8:45am.
Car dismissal will be the same every day of the week and will begin at 2:45pm. Students who ride the bus will be dismissed when the busses arrive at 3pm.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - doors open at 7:45am; school will begin at 8:15am.
Wednesday - doors open at 8:15am; school will begin at 8:45am.
Dismissal will begin at 3pm.
Rochester Middle School
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - doors open at 7:30am; school will begin at 8:00am.
Wednesday - doors open at 7:30am; school will begin at 8:30am.
Dismisal will begin at 2:45pm.
Rochester High School
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - doors open at 7:30am; school will begin at 8:15am.
Wednesday - doors open at 8:00am; school will begin at 8:45am.
Dismisal will begin at 2:42pm.
Rochester Community School's ReEntry Parent Survey Results
June 22nd, 2020
All of the following were approved at Monday, June 22nd, 2020 Board Meeting:
Rochester Community School's Reopening Policy 2020-2021
Rochester Community School Athletic's Re-Entry Policy
RCSC Physical Waiver Form (Athletics)
RCSC COVID Self Screening Form
RCSC COVID Training Form
Steps to prevent illness:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/about/prevention.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoro
navirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fabout%2Fprevention-treatment.html
CDC Main Website
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
Rochester Community School's Continuous Learning Program
Please register at: https://rochester-in.finalforms.com/ -- now and electronically complete ALL forms!
Thank you in advance!
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