Madison Local School District

Please visit this link for information regarding Madison's annual College Credit Plus Information Night: https://5il.co/2zl3w

Here is the recording of last night's board meeting: https://youtu.be/i7H3KfgF5jM

Madison School Community, This morning Madison Comprehensive High School administration became aware of a social media post, regarding a potential threat at a past Madison extracurricular event. This post was immediately investigated by the school administration with the support of the Richland County Sheriff’s Office. The administration quickly identified the students involved with the post. Through the investigation, it was determined that there was no credible threat to our students, the staff, or the community. Appropriate consequences have been assigned to the students involved. Please know that the safety of our students, staff, and our community is our highest priority. Thank you for your understanding in this matter. Sincerely, Rob Peterson, Superintendent

Check out this video celebrating 100 years of Madison Local Schools! https://youtu.be/UGV8674l2zQ

Here is the video of last night's regular board meeting. https://youtu.be/B9UN3m0JGrY

Madison Community, Earlier this evening a social media post with a threat to “Madison” began circulating. The district immediately contacted the Richland County Sheriff’s Office. The RCSO has investigated the post and tracked it to Madison County, where the threat was determined to be not credible. As a result, Madison Schools will be open and operating tomorrow as normal. Thank you to those of you who reported the post and thank you all for your understanding in this matter. The safety of our students and staff continues to be our top priority. Sincerely, Rob Peterson Superintendent

Here is the video for last night's regular board meeting. https://youtu.be/865HlgeWdlU

End of summer senior citizen luncheon! See the infographic for more information.

Tickets for the 100-year football game on Aug 30th will go on sale Friday, Aug 2nd. We will sell tickets from 8:30 am until 11:00 am and from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm in the Athletic Director's office at the high school. Monday through Friday until August 16th or they are sold out. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. If you purchased an alumni t-shirt you do not need a ticket, but you must wear the T-shirt to the game to get in. Please arrive early the night of the game to get a seat. Gates will open at 5:30 pm. The game will start at 7:00 pm

For those who pre-ordered 100 years of Madison T-shirts, the T-shirts are ready for pick up at the high school cashier's office during regular school office hours.

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Job Posting: Kindergarten Teacher - Mifflin Elementary Click the link for more information: https://5il.co/2r6f6

Click the link to see the July Board meeting Agenda. https://5il.co/2r4ww

Job Posting: Full-time Custodian - 2nd shift - Middle School Click the link for more information: https://5il.co/2r1o2

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Sign ups are now open for the Football Alumni Night. See below for more information and the link to register now. https://sites.google.com/view/madison-100/home

Click the link to watch last night's board meeting: https://youtu.be/dVEokTh5rfo

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Madison Community, I would like to take a moment to share with you a couple of district procedures that were recently updated in the district’s board policy and administrative guidelines. The intent of sharing them now is so that you are able to make any necessary arrangements as you prepare for the 2024-25 school year. The first change is a result of a significant increase in negative student meal account balances in recent years. Currently, due to the charging of student meals, the negative balance owed to the district food service department totals $59,000. Accordingly, the district is now authorized to turn over parents/guardians with negative balances of $50 or more to a collection agency, which could negatively impact the parent/guardian’s credit score. Please know that it is not the desire of the district to do so, however with the significant increase in funds owed to the food service department, the district finds itself in a position where we must act accordingly. If one or more of your children has a negative meal balance, I encourage you to develop a plan with the food service department to eliminate your negative balance as quickly as possible. Additionally, the district is now authorized to turn over parents/guardians with other negative fee balances to a collection agency as well. If one or more of your children has a negative fee balance, I encourage you to develop a plan with the building your child is in to eliminate your negative fee balance as well. The next change is a new policy with respect to positive lunch account balances for students who either graduate or withdraw from the district. The new policy calls for the district food service department to move the positive account balance to a sibling of the parent/guardian’s choice. If there is no sibling, the district food service department will return balances of more than $25 to the parent/guardian. Additionally, if there is no sibling, the district food service department will absorb balances of $25 or less. The final change is in regards to the transportation of students, specifically in regards to each student’s pick-up and drop off locations (bus stops). The change was made to reduce the potential for and risk of dropping off a student at the wrong location on a particular day of the week or not picking up a student at a designated location on a particular day of the week. Each student will be picked up at one designated, consistent location and will be dropped off at one designated, consistent location. The pickup location can be different from the drop off location, however the pickup location must remain consistent, and the drop off location must remain consistent. Thank you for your understanding in these matters, and have a great summer! Sincerely, Rob Peterson Superintendent Madison Local Schools

REMINDER: Madison South Elementary School ONLY will be closed today, Thursday, April 11th, 2024 due to a gas leak. All other Madison Schools will be in session as normal.