News & Announcements

Rutherford County Schools is currently operating all middle and high schools under Plan B, and students in grades 6-12 may participate in either the Hybrid Learning Program or the full-time Remote Learning Program. On Thursday, March 11, the North Carolina General Assembly and Governor enacted a new state law allowing, but not requiring, local boards of education to transition middle and high schools to Plan A for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. The Rutherford County Board of Education ("Board") will meet soon to review that new legislation and evaluate local middle and high school operations.

In the event that the Board transitions local middle and high schools from Plan B to Plan A, students currently participating in the Hybrid Learning Program will automatically transition to a full-time Face-To-Face Learning Program, and students participating in the full-time Remote Learning Program will remain in the full-time Remote Learning Program. 

However, we recognize that some parents may want to CHANGE their child's learning program if the Board transitions local middle and high schools from Plan B to Plan A in the coming days and weeks. Please use this questionnaire to request such a change to your child's learning program. The deadline for submitting this questionnaire is 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Rutherford County and surrounding areas. A winter storm approaching our area overnight tonight is expected to produce significant ice accumulations on area roadways, trees, and power lines through mid- to late-morning tomorrow. Dangerous travel conditions and downed trees and power lines are likely.
In anticipation of those conditions, Rutherford County Schools will observe a remote learning day for all students at all grade levels, and an Optional Teacher Workday for all school system employees, on Thursday, February 18. Eligible employees who face hazardous travel conditions tomorrow are authorized to telework pursuant to policies 7503 and 7550. Eligible employees who elect to telework tomorrow should promptly communicate with their immediate supervisors regarding those arrangements.

Following the winter storm that affected our region this weekend, our school transportation team has identified isolated patches of black ice on roads within our county, along with some roads where lanes have been narrowed by downed trees. Rutherford County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay today in order to provide school bus and other drivers the benefit of sunlight and improved visibility as they travel along area roadways this morning.

Rutherford County Schools (RCS) is conducting this survey to gather input about the 2021-2022 school calendar. Due to state calendar law changes, the 2021-2022 Balanced Calendar adopted by the Rutherford County Board of Education in March, 2020, must be revised to comply with new calendar requirements. In December, the Board reviewed three calendar models.

The Board values stakeholder feedback. Please provide your feedback by completing this survey by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. The Board will use these survey results, along with other information, to inform calendar development for the upcoming school year.

WHO: Any student who is 14 and a half years old, or very close to that age.

WHERE: RS MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM

WHEN: MAY 18-MAY 27—Must Register by May 15

TIME: 3:30-6:30 WEEKDAYS, 8:00-2:00 on SATURDAY (NO CLASS ON SUNDAY)

HOW DO I REGISTER?:
 Visit this link to register
mtnpro.com/school-classes

NOTE: MUST BRING LAPTOP or IPAD to complete the course.

You will use the registration link to register and pay the fee for the class. Once you pay, you are in the class. If you are on the waiting list for the WRESA online course, do not worry, if you take this one you will be removed from that list.

PARENTS MUST DROP OFF STUDENTS IN BACK AT THE BASEBALL FIELD.

Black ice formed overnight on several roads, bridges, and overpasses across our area, creating hazardous travel conditions that will persist until temperatures rise above freezing after 9:00 AM this morning. Rutherford County Schools will observe a remote learning day for all students at all grade levels today. Today's exams for high school students will be rescheduled, and our high schools will directly communicate specific details about those adjustments to their students and families.

Rutherford County Schools will observe an Optional Teacher Workday for all school system employees today. Eligible employees who face hazardous travel conditions this morning are authorized to telework pursuant to policies 7503 and 7550. Eligible employees who elect to telework today should promptly communicate with their immediate supervisors regarding those arrangements.

A mix of rain and frozen precipitation has developed in several locations within Rutherford County, and the National Weather Service continues to forecast temperatures at or just below freezing over the next several hours. Given the likelihood that black ice could form quickly on some roads, bridges, and overpasses in our area, Rutherford County Schools will observe a remote learning day for all students at all grade levels today. Today's exams for high school students will be rescheduled, and our high schools will directly communicate specific details about those adjustments to their students and families.

Rutherford County Schools will observe an Optional Teacher Workday for all school system employees today. Eligible employees who face hazardous travel conditions this morning are authorized to telework pursuant to policies 7503 and 7550, attached for your convenience below. Eligible employees who elect to telework today should promptly communicate with their immediate supervisors regarding those arrangements.

Se ha desarrollado una mezcla de lluvia y precipitación helada en varios lugares dentro del condado de Rutherford, y el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional continúa pronosticando temperaturas en o justo por debajo de cero durante las próximas horas. Dada la probabilidad de que se forme hielo negro rápidamente en algunas carreteras, puentes y pasos elevados en nuestra área, las escuelas del condado de Rutherford observarán hoy un día de aprendizaje remoto para todos los estudiantes de todos los grados. Los exámenes de hoy para los estudiantes de secundaria se reprogramarán, y nuestras escuelas secundarias comunicarán directamente detalles específicos sobre esos ajustes a sus estudiantes y familias.

Las escuelas del condado de Rutherford observarán hoy un día laboral opcional para maestros para todos los empleados del sistema escolar. Los empleados elegibles que enfrentan condiciones de viaje peligrosas esta mañana están autorizados a trabajar a distancia de conformidad con las políticas 7503 y 7550, adjuntas para su conveniencia a continuación. Los empleados elegibles que elijan trabajar a distancia hoy deben comunicarse de inmediato con sus supervisores inmediatos con respecto a esos arreglos.

Regrettably, we have reached a critical point where school operations are simply no longer sustainable under our current delivery model. During its meeting last night, the Board of Education approved the following plan to modify school operations in response to those conditions:
• Elementary schools will temporarily transition to Plan C for remote learning
only from Monday, December 14, until Tuesday, January 19. Elementary
schools will reopen for hybrid learning under Plan B on Tuesday, January 19.
• Middle and high schools except the Rutherford Opportunity Center will
temporarily transition to Plan C for remote learning only from Wednesday,
January 6, until they reopen for hybrid learning under Plan B on Tuesday,
January 19.

Quite a few schools across Rutherford County remain without electrical power this morning, and some area roads remain hazardous for travel, following yesterday’s passage of Tropical Cyclone Zeta. Given those conditions, Rutherford County Schools will be closed for face-to-face instruction today. We will observe an Optional Teacher Workday for school employees and a remote learning day for all students. School employees who plan to travel to their schools today should exercise caution on area roads and communicate with their immediate supervisors if any adjustments to their reporting times are necessary to ensure their safe travel.