Dear Parents,

Each year the federal government allows us to extend eligibility for 30 operating days to families that receive free or reduced meal benefits.  This year the ending date for extended eligibility is 9/23/19.  On 9/24/19, any student whose family has not completed a new Free and Reduced Meal Application and submitted it for processing will become a Paid student.  The affected students will need to begin paying for breakfast and lunch until such time as a Free and Reduced Meal Application has been submitted, processed, and been approved for a change in eligibility benefits.  If the student has not used his or her meal charges, they may receive up to 5 meal charges for lunch only. Please be aware that meal charges are rolled over from one year to the next; if the parent did not pay for meal charges owed at the end of last year or the beginning of this year during enrollment, the student may not have any available meal charges.
 

Samuel Washington, son of Christy and Joshua Washington, has been selected as a member of State School Superintendent Richard Woods’ 2019-2020 Student Advisory Council. According to the Superintendent’s office, more than 1,000 applications were received, and Samuel was one of 130 middle and high school students selected to serve on the council. 

Student Advisory Council members will meet with Superintendent Woods to discuss the impact of state policies in the classroom, along with other issues related to education, and will serve as the Superintendent’s ambassadors to their respective schools. Members will also engage in community service projects to benefit Georgia students and schools.

Today, TCSS received some good news – the graduation rates were up once again. TCSS posted numbers almost five percentage points higher than the state average. The district’s rate over the past four years has increased 9.6 percentage points from 76.9 percent to 86.6 percent. With a total of 768 graduates, the TCSS 2019 graduation rates are as follows:
 

• Callaway High - 86.7%
• LaGrange High - 86.4%
• Troup High - 87.2%
• TCSS - 86.6%
• State of Georgia - 82%

Read entire story here. 

This morning, students in LaGrange High School's Teaching as a Profession pathway welcomed a familiar face as guest speaker - Dr. Penny Johnson, Asst. Supt. of Curriculum Instruction and Professional Learning for TCSS.

Beginning Monday, September 16, there will be new procedures to enter Callaway Middle School after 8:30 AM.  We appreciate your cooperation in following these new procedures as we work to keep our students and staff safe. 

Click here for more information about entry and check-in procedures. 

For the fifth year in a row, Callaway Middle School is a part of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) initiative. You may hear students talk about it. You may hear staff talk about it. Now, the entire state of Georgia is talking about the PBIS successes that have taken place at CMS! So what exactly is it?