French Run Back-to-School FAQ

As the calendar heads towards the month of August, we know many families begin to look for important back-to-school information. From frequently asked questions such as "When is open house" and "When will I be informed about my bus route" to numerous annual reminders, we have you covered here in our 2024 - 2025 Back-to-School FAQ sheet!

The first day of school is Wednesday August 21, 2024. Students at French Run Elementary follow the staggered start schedule:

• August 21 - Students with last names that beginning A - K (L - Z students will not attend).
• August 22 - Students with last names that beginning L - Z (A - K students will not attend).
• August 23 - All students attend.

We highly encourage families to visit French Run for Open House. This is a great opportunity to meet your teacher and put a name to the face. This is a chance to personally meet and get to know your teacher for the upcoming school year. Our open house is from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.

Don't forget to stop by and meet your new administrative team as well. Mr. Fetty and Mr. Klein are looking forward to meeting and speaking with everybody.

8:30 am - Arrival/Drop Off begins.

8:35 am - Doors open for students to enter the building.

8:45 am - School Day begins.

2:55 pm to 3:15 pm - Dismissal

3:30 pm - End of Day

The Reynoldsburg City School District Welcome Center is located at 1555 Graham Road. It is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. You may contact the Welcome Center at 614-501-1033. All enrollment information may be found on the District Website below.

Welcome Center: Enrollment

Title I provides all children “significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.”

• Funded by the federal government

• Administered and monitored by the state of Ohio

• Reynoldsburg must use their Title I funds to improve student outcomes through increasing achievement and family engagement; and providing professional development for staff

You have the right to know about the teaching qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher in a school receiving Title I funds. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires that any school district receiving Title I funds must notify parents of each student attending any school receiving Title I funds that they may request, and the district will provide the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding the professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers, including at a minimum, the following:

1. Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction;

2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived; and

3. Whether the teacher is teaching in the field of discipline of the certification of the teacher;

4. Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

In addition, parents of participating children will be provided:

1. Information on the level of achievement of their child(ren) on the required State academic assessments; and

2. Timely notice that the parent's child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who does not meet applicable State certification or licensure requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher has been assigned.

Currently all elementary schools in Reynoldsburg City Schools have schoolwide Title I programs.

You may ask for this information by emailing the Reynoldsburg City Schools Director of Compliance at brittany.griffin@reyn.org.

Reynoldsburg City School District receives Title I-Part A funds and is required to notify the parents of each student attending Title I-Part A school that the parents may request, and the district will provide to the parents on request (and in a timely manner), information regarding any state or district policy regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by section 1111(b)(2) and by the state or district, including a policy, procedure, or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable.

Students are subject to the administration of district and state assessments. These tests will provide the student, parents, teachers, district, and state with important information on the student’s academic progress according to state standards. Upon request, the school will promptly provide the district’s testing policy and state information mandated by section 1111(b)(2). When the results of state-mandated assessments are sent to the district, those reports will be forwarded to the parents. District assessment results will be sent home with the student, mailed to the house, or distributed during parent-teacher conferences. Please contact your building principal if you have any questions about district or state tests.

The District’s most recent State Report Card can be found at:

Ohio School Report Cards

Information for Students and Families about Ohio’s State Tests:

Testing Information

Testing Dates:

Test Dates

Class lists will be finalized the first week of August. Parents will be notified by August 16 of their students class placement.

Yes!! The YMCA will be back at French Run for the 2024 - 2025 school year. The YMCA offers before and after school care for French Run Families. More information can be found at the link below.

YMCA and Reynoldsburg City Schools Before and After Care Information

Ohio sets aside at least three days each year (to include the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in August) for consumers to buy certain items without sales tax. This sales tax holiday helps families buy clothing, supplies, and more items their children may need to be successful in the coming school year.

The 2024 sales tax holiday will take place from 12 a.m. Tuesday, July 30, until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. Also, more purchases are eligible. Visit the Ohio Department of Taxation web page for more details.

Apply Online for Meal Benefits

It is important for families to apply for meal assistance. This is what helps determine how much funding the school district gets for programs that help children, families, teachers and administrators.

Three Reasons To Apply For Free & Reduced School Meals

You can now apply on-line for your children to receive free and reduced price school meals. Your application will be sent from a secure website directly to Reynoldsburg City Schools. Your personal information remains confidential and secure. Once your application has been received, your eligibility will instantly be determined.

The online application has been designed to make it easy for you to know exactly what information you will need to guide you through the process.

TO APPLY:

Simply go to www.PayschoolsCentral.com

You will have to click the Register link.

Once your account is set up, you will need to know the six digit Student ID number for each child on the application. This ID number is found in Power School under your parent portal log-in. Additionally, many of the students know their ID number and may be able to provide that to you. If you are unable to locate this ID number through one of the methods listed, please feel free to call your child’s school or the Food Service office at 614-501-1030.

The online application may be completed on a laptop, desktop computer or mobile device.

Eligibility for Free Meals: Please remember that all children in households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Ohio Works First (OWF); foster children that are under the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court; children participating in their school’s Head Start program; and children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway, or migrant are eligible for free meals.

Do you need help with your application?

If you have any questions about creating an account or need help with processing your online application, we're here for you! Please call Jennifer Drake at 614-501-1030 or email jennifer.drake@reyn.org.

Detailed Instructions on how to Apply Online for Free and Reduced Meals

Free and Reduced Price School Meals Paper Application

Some children might qualify for free or reduced-price meals through a federal program. Please complete the Free and Reduced Lunch Application (one per family) and return it to your child's school or the Food Service office, 1555 Graham Road, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068.

• 2024-2025 Free and Reduced-Price School Meals (English)

School Menu Pricing

Student Breakfast........$1.50

Student Lunch..............$2.75

Extra Main....................$2.50

Extra Side......................$1.00

Extra Milk......................$.50

You can download the Elementary School Menu here!

You may also find your school's menu online at www.myschoolmenus.com.

Reynoldsburg City Schools provides bus service to students who live approximately one mile from their school. To see if your child qualifies for a ride, please check the Street Guide. If your child qualifies, please use the e-link below to find out your child's bussing information. If you need to request a change in your child's bus stop, please read the rules, and use the appropriate forms below. These changes will take up to 48 hours to go into effect. Also, we are unable to provide transportation to Commercial Daycare Centers.

2023-2024 Street Guide Spreadsheet (revised 4/25/24)

2023-2024 Street Guide PDF (revised 4/25/24)

2023-2024 Street Guide (revised 4/25/24) (.rtf)

Bus Route Information

Please arrive at your bus stop about 15 minutes early. RCSD buses are scheduled tightly, so last minute enrollment and withdrawals might affect routes. Adjustments also are likely in the first weeks of the school year. Also, please remember that face masks are now not required while riding on RCSD buses. However, our drivers will still have face masks available if requested.

Student Bus Information

Student bus information for the current school year. We have reset all user names and passwords for elink. Please follow the directions below to obtain your student's bussing information.

-Student bus information in Nepali

Click on the link elink.reyn.org

Enter your user name (your student ID Number, which is the last 6 digits, i.e. 999111)

Enter Password (Default is Student ID number, which is the last 6 digits, i.e. 999111)

Click students tab at the top left corner of the page

Click view my student from the drop down

Click on student name

Bus information will appear

• If you have more than one student in the district all of your students’ names will appear and you can click on each student to get their bus stop information.

Employment Opportunities

Click here for current openings. Employment opportunities occur frequently throughout the school year. Please select the position that best suits your qualifications and click the corresponding link. You will be taken directly to Applitrack where all Administrative, Certified and Paraprofessional positions are posted.

To be considered for Administrative, Certified and Paraprofessional positions, please upload all required documentation (resume, transcripts, license / certificate). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

All other Classified positions (clerical, drivers, food service, maintenance) will be posted on Indeed.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Once a position has been posted externally, all candidates (both internal and external) will need to apply online through the appropriate website as stated above. RCS does not accept paper applications or paper resumes. Please do not email your resume directly to District staff for consideration.

If selected for an interview, you will be contacted for further information.

RCS is Hiring Bus Drivers!

If you or someone you know is interested in driving a bus for Reynoldsburg City Schools, please call 614-501-1041. We offer great benefits and pay you during your CDL training!

On May 15, 2024, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 250 into law, requiring every school district in Ohio to establish an official policy governing cell phone usage during school hours and aims to minimize student use of cell phones in K-12 schools. As a part of this new law, all public schools in Ohio are expected to adopt revised policies that limit student use of cell phones or personal communication devices (PCD’s). RCS board policy po5136 addresses the use of personal communication devices by students.

The inherent goal with this revised electronic device policy is to increase student attentiveness and time on task in the classroom while also reducing the amount of distractions that inhibit learning. Heading into the 2024-2025 school year, students will be expected to have devices on silent mode and out of sight to keep their attentiveness on learning.

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Supports for Families Resources (Link)

Why does the District need the levy?

Reynoldsburg City Schools has not asked the community for an operating levy since 2010.

Typically, a district goes on the ballot every three or four years. Because we have been fiscally responsible, we have been able to avoid asking for a levy for over 14 years. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, the District began deficit spending, which means we are spending more money than we are bringing in.

Property value increases negatively impacted the State Funding Formula, causing the state to contribute less per student. Inflation has resulted in increased costs to operate- everything from buying milk for school lunches to fueling our buses to ensuring our salaries are competitive. This operating levy would allow us to close the funding gap.

An operating levy IS…

• A way to ensure our hard-working teachers and staff are appropriately compensated in an ever-growing and competitive market
• A way to continue to provide educational materials and curriculum that meets or exceeds our Portrait of a Graduate competencies
• A way to maintain upkeep on our current buildings and ensure safe and conducive learning spaces for ALL of our students

An operating levy IS NOT…

• A way to finance the construction of new buildings or office space
• A way to spend above our current needs
• A way to spend on new projects outside of the current operating budget

Why Now?

In fiscal year 2023 the District entered a period of deficit spending. Essentially, we are depleting our savings to pay for everyday operating costs, like bus fuel, utilities and salaries, such as bus drivers, teachers and paraprofessionals.

If we were to delay the levy, future asks would cost us more as the economic environment continues to change. Following the pandemic, districts received an influx of recovery funding from the federal government. This funding has discontinued.

Since the pandemic, we have noticed a greater need for social, emotional and mental health supports and academic intervention for our students. We have continued to provide these supports despite the loss of recovery funding.

For more information, click on the link below.

2024 Emergency Levy Information

Voter Information

Whether you vote on the levy or not, Reynoldsburg City Schools believes voting leads to stronger communities and local pride. If you are not registered to vote, you can begin the process on Ohio’s election website or vote.gov.