Back to School Time is Just Around the Corner
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Dr. Monica Goldson will provide an update on returning to school at this week’s Prince George's County Board of Education Meeting. It will be held tomorrow, August 12 at 7:00 pm.
Agenda: http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/pgcps/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C5JPCZ603293
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84960582132?pwd=QVNMOVFXaDRFS3Zma2Y4Tlc5Qmc0dz09
Passcode: 545607
School Funding
The American Rescue Plan Act provides funding to help schools return safely to in-person instruction, maximize in-person instructional time, sustain the safe operation of schools, and address the academic, social, emotional, and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, families and staff. Prince George’s County Public Schools is seeking input from students in grades three through twelve, parents and guardians, staff, and community members on the allocation of these funds. Please take a few moments to share your opinion. You can take this short survey at: https://www.pgcps.org/offices/testing-research-and-evaluation/research-and-evaluation/federal-covid-19-funding-survey.The survey will close Thursday, August 12 at 11:59 p.m.
School Boundary Initiative
The Comprehensive School Boundary Initiative is an effort to analyze current school boundaries, feeder patterns and program locations in PGCPS. Three scenarios have been proposed that seek to address the school system’s larger academic and financial objectives, including balancing facility utilization throughout the County and populating new and expanded school facilities. The Boundary Initiative process began in the Fall of 2020 and will conclude by February 2022. Potential boundary changes will be phased in beginning School Year 2022-23.
Please complete the Draft Boundary Scenarios Survey at https://www.pgcps.org/boundary to share your input on the three scenarios developed for new school boundaries in PGCPS. This survey has eight questions that include: your role in the community, how you learned about the scenario report, which schools you’d like to provide feedback on, your overall satisfaction with the Scenarios and any other comments you’d like to on each of the three scenarios. You can also send your comments to our School Board representative Joshua Thomas at BOE.District2@pgcps.org.