Amherst County Public Schools

A Special School Board Organizational Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 6, 2017

Submitted by ACPS on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 14:21

A Special School Board Organizational Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 6:00 PM in the board room of the School Administration Office.

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Summer Meals

Submitted by ACPS on Thu, 06/08/2017 - 11:00

Free Breakfast and/or Lunch will be provided to all students who are participating in summer programs at ACHS, MMS, and AMS. Those students eligible for meals include students enrolled in Summer School, YMCA programs, Day Treatment programs and Athletic programs.

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2016-2017 Parent Survey for Parents of Students with Special Needs

Submitted by ACPS on Mon, 05/01/2017 - 13:39

Parents, your opinion counts! The online survey is now open and is available for completion in:

English https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VDOE2017English

and

Spanish https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VDOE2017Espanol

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Pleasant View Out of Zone Applications

Submitted by ACPS on Wed, 04/26/2017 - 09:24

PVES Out of Zone Applications Now Accepted

Parents whose children are assigned to the PVES attendance zone (the school they would normally attend) may now submit the required Out of Zone Application to the school they wish the children to attend for the next school year. Action on these PVES applications will begin shortly.

Other Out of Zone applications may be submitted beginning May 1st, but action on these will not be taken until later in the summer to insure an accurate assessment of enrollment.

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Summer School Information 2017

Submitted by ACPS on Fri, 04/21/2017 - 10:44

Summer School Information 2017

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Radon Phase 1 Retests Completed

Submitted by ACPS on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 11:47

The Amherst County Public Schools have completed Phase 1 of the radon testing outlined in the public information sheet released earlier in March 2017 (posted earlier on the ACPS homepage). Phase 1 is the retesting of classrooms and spaces within various schools where the school division does not have full documentation, or there were slightly elevated levels of radon detected earlier. Those retests have been completed following established protocols set in state and federal guidelines. Phase 2 will involve the testing of all other rooms and spaces as the new HVAC equipment comes on line.

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Smart Start Preschool Program Information

Submitted by ACPS on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 13:09

Free, full day Pre-School for your 4 year old (must be 4 by Sept. 30, 2017)

3 Locations:

Madison Heights Elementary
Central Elementary
Amelon Elementary

Program Enrollment limited to: 90 Students, 18 in each class.

No Cost Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack. All school supplies provided. School Bus Transportation included on a limited basis.

Program meets all Virginia State Standards for Pre-School education.

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Important Information About Your Drinking Water In the Town of Amherst

Submitted by ACPS on Fri, 03/03/2017 - 14:11

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

The Town of Amherst Has Levels of Disinfection Byproducts

Above Drinking Water Standards

Our water system recently exceeded a drinking water standard. Although this situation is not an emergency, you, as our customers, have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct this situation.