Transylvania County Schools

Friday, November 20, we are distributing a special bundle with seven days of meal. We have no drive-through service on November 27, because of the Thanksgiving holiday. And as we prepare for being out of school from Wednesday through Friday, November 25, 26, and 27, we are sharing some ideas about safe ways to enjoy Thanksgiving with your loved ones. We hope you find it useful as we all prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families.

Transylvania County Schools is officially launching the “Say Something” Anonymous Reporting System (SS-ARS) for students, which most North Carolina public school districts will be adopting this year to meet the reporting guidelines and standards developed by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the Center for Safer Schools. Say Something is a youth violence prevention program from the national nonprofit organization Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), which has funding to provide the program and training at no cost to the district. The SS-ARS allows youth and adults to securely submit anonymous safety concerns – anytime, from anywhere – to help identify and intervene upon at-risk individuals before they hurt themselves or others. The system enables school administrators and law enforcement to create effective interventions and to help prevent violence, suicide, bullying, self-harm and other forms of threatening behavior.

Congratulations on reaching the end of the first nine weeks! Looking ahead, remember that our elementary schools move to Plan A starting October 21. To help make this transition as smooth as possible, we are sending out the COVID-19 Notification Protocol being used by Transylvania County Schools, our school nurses, and Transylvania Public Health.

At their business meeting on October 5th, the Transylvania County Board of Education voted to return elementary schools to ‘Plan A’ with four days of face-to-face instruction available for students beginning on October 21, the start of the second nine weeks. Under current state guidelines, our middle and high schools will continue to operate under ‘Plan B’ as they have been since August 17. Going forward, we want to remind everyone that Transylvania County Schools will continue to adhere to rules that require temperature checks upon entering our buildings and wearing a mask at all times. For students in middle and high school, the application process for the Online Learning Path is now open from October 12th to October 23rd. Who needs to complete this application? All students except those who are in face-to-face instruction now and who want to remain in face-to-face instruction next semester.