Marion County Public Schools

Tomorrow is High Attendance Day in Kentucky and we’re counting on you to make sure your child is marked present! Research shows that regular attendance has profound positive effects including increased reading proficiency, general academic performance, and staying on track to graduate from high school. The annual High Attendance Day is intended to highlight the importance of strong attendance and encourage families to make school attendance a priority not just tomorrow, but every day.

REMINDER: There will be no school Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. You can find the entire school calendar here: https://aptg.co/x2bT1F

As most community members know, MCPS is in the early stages of building a new Lebanon Elementary School.

The new school will include a mural celebrating the history of LES and former schools in the area similar to the historical mural at Calvary Elementary.

Community members can help with this project by sharing photos from Lebanon Elementary School’s past. If you have photos you’d like to be considered in the LES mural, you can submit them using this form: https://www.marion.kyschools.us/forms/les-mural-contributions

The Marion County Public Schools Board of Education will hold its next regular monthly meeting Thursday, September 10 starting at 5:00 pm at the MCPS Board of Education building.

Prior to the meeting, starting at 4:45, there will be a public hearing to hear public comments regarding the proposed general tax rate of 57.3 cents on real property and 57.3 cents on personal property.

Curious as to what's on the menu? Remember you can find school breakfast and lunch menus along with nutritional information by visiting our district website (www.marion.kyschools.us) or by following the link below:
https://menus.healthepro.com/organizations/1092

Parents of students in grades K-8 are invited to attend a meeting to help review the district’s Parent & Family Engagement Policy as a part of Title I. The meeting will take place Thursday, August 27 starting at 4:00 pm at the Board of Education building.


Title I is a federally funded program designed to ensure children have access to a high quality education and to help close the achievement gap. You can find the Parent & Family Engagement Policy along with more information on Title I here: https://www.marion.kyschools.us/page/title-i


Those who attend the meeting will also have the opportunity to provide feedback on Title IV, which is a federal program aimed at improving students’ academic achievement.

Reminder: Marion County High School will be open today (8-6-26) from 3:00-4:30 for incoming freshmen to tour the building. This is not the high school's Open House, which is scheduled for Aug. 10. Instead, this is an informal opportunity for students to find their classes and familiarize themselves with the high school before the start of school. Also, members of the MCPS Student Ambassadors will be on hand to give tours or answer questions.

Reminder: Our final summer meal distribution is today (8-5-26) from 4:00-6:00 at Glasscock Elementary.

Our final meal distribution for the summer is this Wednesday (8-5-26) from 4:00-6:00 at Glasscock Elementary. Make sure you stop by one final time and thank our school nutrition staff for all their work making our summer meal distribution such a huge success!

If you have a child who will attend an MCPS elementary or middle school for the upcoming year, please take a moment to complete our annual Parent & Family Engagement survey at the following link: https://forms.gle/rJNetRcYVaSVDGQ18

Here's a look at today's menu for our summer meal distribution.

DON'T FORGET: Our School Nutrition department will be distributing free summer meal bundles tomorrow (7-22-26) from 4:00-6:00 at Glasscock Elementary. Please follow the campus map to the distribution site.

DON'T FORGET: Our School Nutrition department will distribute free summer meals for anyone 18 and younger today (7-15-26) from 4:00-6:00 at Glasscock Elementary. Unless the child is present, only a parent/guardian can pick up meals. Please follow our campus map to the distribution site.

So far this summer our School Nutrition department has distributed 123,239 summer meals! Make sure you stop by Glasscock Elementary on Wednesday from 4:00-6:00 for our next meal distribution. Here's a look at this week's menu.

DID YOU KNOW: Because MCPS installed energy-efficient geothermal equipment at the new Calvary Elementary and because the equipment was American-made, the district received a rebate in excess of $1.8 million.

Those funds will now be put to use to help fund new playground equipment at all of the district’s elementary schools including adding a poured-in-place rubber surface, which is safer and more handicap and wheelchair accessible.

At the most recent Board of Education meeting, representatives from CMTA presented the district with a ceremonial check for the rebate.

LES Update: At last night’s Board of Education meeting, the board approved the schematic design for the new Lebanon Elementary School.

While there still may be a few small adjustments, here’s a look at the floor plan and site plan for new LES!

Here's a look at this week's menu for our meal distribution today (7-8-26) from 4:00-6:00 at Glasscock Elementary. Remember to enter campus near Lebanon Middle School.

DON’T FORGET: Summer Meal Distribution returns tomorrow, July 8, from 4:00-6:00 at Glasscock Elementary. Please follow the campus map to the distribution site.

It may be summer, but there's still plenty happening on our main campus! In addition to the ongoing renovation work at our Area Technology Center, we've recently repaved the walking track at Glasscock Elementary, paved and striped the back parking lot at our bus garage, and started work to expand the parking lots at the softball and soccer complexes.

REMINDER: There will be no summer meal distribution this week (June 29 - July 3). The summer feeding program will resume Wednesday, July 8.