Today, Dr. Shumate provided an update on TCSS events and happenings including:

• Weather update (no school yesterday)
• Intent to Return and Virtual Learning
• Covid-19 Updates
• Virtual Learning Accountability
• Two Virtual Learning Days for All Students
• Free Breakfast and Lunch for Youth 18 and Under

Two upcoming Mondays have now been deemed virtual learning days according to a vote last night during the Troup County School System (TCSS) Board of Education September meeting. 

The two days are:

• Monday, September 28, 2020
• Monday, November 2, 2020

Members of the Board voted to approve two virtual days for all students after the recommendation from Dr. Brian Shumate, TCSS Superintendent, came Monday night. He said, “We have heard from educators who simultaneously teach students in-person and virtually. These two days will allow them an opportunity to catch up on student assignments and lesson planning while also learning more about Canvas to better help students and parents.”

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Thanks to an extension from the Seamless Summer Option program, all Troup County youth ages 18 and under can now receive free breakfast and lunch meals. This means that any parent who is currently paying for their child’s lunch can now save those lunch funds or apply them to a household need. The extension started today in Troup County and will continue until December 31, 2020 unless additional funds are made available to extend the program further.

Diane Pain, Director of School Nutrition for Troup County School System (TCSS), said, “Parents will receive five days of breakfast and lunch meals at no cost. Students who go through the lunch line at school will not have to pay because all youth are now covered under this program extension.”

Bus Route Listing

TCSS will provide a weekly dashboard update. This Covid-19 Dashboard update is effective as of Friday, September 18, 2020 @ 9:30 am.



Printable Covid-19 Dashboard

학부모 여러분, 안녕하세요. 이 메세지는 두가지 중요한 정보를 업데이트하기 위한 것입니다. 학교 시스템 관리자들은 대면수업이 학생들에게 가장 좋은 효과가 있는 실행 가능한 선택이라고 믿으며, 온라인수업을 선택한 일부 학생들이 어려움을 겪고 있다고 보고 있습니다. 이제 TCSS는 학생들의 성공에 영향을 미치는 새로운 한도를 적용하고 있습니다.

정보

Hola padres: este mensaje es para actualizarlos con dos piezas de información importante.  Los administradores del sistema escolar creen que la instrucción cara a cara es la opción más viable para que los estudiantes sobresalgan y están viendo que algunos estudiantes que han elegido la instrucción virtual están teniendo dificultades.  Ahora, TCSS está implementando nuevos parámetros para impactar el éxito de los estudiantes.

más información 

Return to School Intent Form is now available

Please click here for more information. 

Click here to access the intent to return to traditional instructions.

To view this document in Spanish, click here. 

To view this document in Korean, click here. 

Remember that the deadline for declaring intent is September 25th. 

Quarantine:

If it is necessary for a student to be placed in quarantine and switch to virtual learning due to COVID-19, parents wishing for their student(s) to receive meals should place a meal order by calling 706-883-1588 no later than 3:00 p.m. for the following day’s meal service.  Meals must be picked up at the student’s school between 9 and 11 a.m. the day after the meal is ordered.  Students electing to receive meals will be given breakfast and lunch for the remaining school days during that week.  Thereafter, in order to continue receiving meals for the following week, parents should place their meal order using PayPAMS, our online ordering website.     

Click here to learn more!

Click Here to download the Virtual Academy Agreement if you wish to have your child continue school virtually. 

Please click the picture to enlarge the 8th Grade Virtual Schedule.

Please click the picture to enlarge the 7th Grade Virtual Schedule.

Please click the picture to enlarge the 6th Grade Virtual Schedule.

Parents: Please click the  link to the Virtual Agreement below if you wish for you child to go virtual. 

Virtual Agreement 

Attention parents and students: we have had lots of questions about how to get to Google Meet for their classes in Canvas, so here is a video tutorial to help!

Tardies: A staff member will scan the kids who are tardy (8:15 or later) to make sure they do not have a temperature of 100.4 or more. Then, students will enter through the glass doors. Students will need to use Checkmate to check-in. Checkmate will print a pass to class.

Check-Out: GNMS will not be allowing visitors to assist in keeping our Mustangs healthy. However, people will need to check-out students. People on the student's pickup list will need to show their photo ID to the receptionist so that she may verify the identity of the person. Checkmate will be used to check the students out. Students will be called to the front and they will exit out of the glass doors. Students may not be checked out after 3:00 due to dismissal safety. If a child needs to be checked out after 3:00, they must be picked up from the car rider line.

Online Registration: For those who need to register tomorrow, you will need to call the front desk (706)883-1535, and tell the receptionist your child's name, grade level, and make and color of your car. A counselor will take a Chromebook to the appropriate car to assist in online registration.

In the event a student has been in direct contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID or tested positive themselves, please notify us (706)883-1535 immediately.

If a student would like a cloth mask, they should let their first period teacher know.

Attention parents/students of 8th grade VIRTUAL learners: Please see schedule regarding virtual times! Students join virtual class each day using a Google Meet invite from teachers in Canvas. Click the picture to enlarge. 

Attention parents/students of 7th grade VIRTUAL learners: Please see schedule regarding virtual times! Students join virtual class each day using a Google Meet invite from teachers in Canvas. Click on the picture to enlarge!

Attention parents/students of 6th grade VIRTUAL learners: Please see schedule regarding virtual times! Students join virtual class each day using a Google Meet invite from teachers in Canvas. Click on the picture to enlarge.