The Patriot Parent Connection
2020-2021 School Year: Volume 20 - Week of January 19
We are definitely seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases at Liberty, which is obviously resulting in a large number of student quarantines. We sympathize with our families with sick children and those struggling with the inconvenience of quarantining. Please read through some of the frequently asked questions we are receiving to better understand the process we must follow, per the Department of Public Health, and please continue to encourage spread-prevention behaviors with your student.
Why am I notified days after my student has been exposed?
The administration begins working on contact-tracing as soon as we are notified of a positive case. Test results often come to families a day or two after the test is administered, and then we have to contact-trace 48 hours back from the on-set of symptoms. This creates several days of delay that we simply have no control over. We work as quickly as we can, but the contact-tracing process is also time-consuming, as we study classroom seating charts, take measurements in classrooms, and work with transportation for bus information.
Is Liberty on the cusp of switching to virtual learning, as some of the high schools have done?
This is dependent on our data and, especially, the ability to staff our classrooms with qualified teachers and substitutes. Interested in subbing? We could definitely use you! Please reach out to the FCS Human Resources Department if you are interested in becoming a certified sub for our district.
If my child has already had Covid-19 but is directly exposed at school, does he/she have to quarantine?
No. If your student has tested positive within the last 90 days and the school has record of that positive test, your student does not have to quarantine.
For Your Calendar
February 10 - West Community Family Night
February 12 - Student/Staff Holiday
February 15 - Presidents' Day (Student/Staff Holiday)
February 18 - Band Pictures
Semester One Report Cards
Athletics
See our Basketball Tournament schedule below. Tickets will need to be purchased on GoFan. Students wishing to stay after school to attend home games must have a pre-purchased ticket from GoFan and a signed permission form.
Masks are now required at all FCS Sporting Events and Activities.
PTSO Corner
Our PTSO goes above and beyond to support our staff, students, and community! Please consider joining, if you have not already.
It's NOT too late to join!! Just go to My Payments Plus!
Attendance
- Attendance will be taken daily as usual.
- If your child is absent, please send in their excuse note or doctor's note within 5 business days.
- Feel free to contact teachers or Danielle Worley (dworley@forsyth.k12.ga.us) to notify them of an absence, especially if you anticipate your child being out more than one day.
Students Attending Forsyth Virtual Academy online
- Attendance will be taken weekly, based on work completion.
- As long as your student is logging into ItsLearning regularly and completing work in a timely manner, they will be marked present.
- If you receive a notification over the weekend that your student has been marked absent for one or more days, it means they did not submit all of the assignments for the week.
- If your student is too ill to log into itsLearning to complete work, please notify their teacher and Danielle Worley (dworley@forsyth.k12.ga.us) to make them aware of the absence.
if your student is absent
General Health Precautions
- Hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the building, but we encourage students to bring their own, as well.
- Our custodians will be sanitizing classrooms every afternoon. If you want to send cleaning wipes with your student to wipe down surfaces before use, please just make sure they are not bleach-based products.
- It is the expectation of staff and students to wear masks, if they are able. We want to be able to maintain face-to-face instruction all year. In order to do so, we MUST work to keep each other safe; mask-wearing is a significant part of this.
Liberty Middle School
Website: https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/libertyms
Location: 7465 Wallace Tatum Road, Cumming, GA 30028, USA
Phone: (770) 781-4889
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibertyMDL
Twitter: @LibertyMDL