August 13, 2024

Hello, Sweeny families!

Open House is Thursday, August 15th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. This is a come-and-go event where you can do the following:

• Drop off your student's supplies

• Complete your volunteer paperwork (see details below)

• Fill out the free and reduced lunch forms (Our district receives funds based on forms completed)

• Write your student's name on water bottles, jackets, lunch boxes

Open House is an exciting night to welcome back our students and families! The August Back to School Newsletter with additional details can be found HERE.

Mr. Lockmiller
Principal

Ms. Harper
Assistant Principal

First day of school expectations:

• Only incoming Kindergarten students can be walked into Sweeny on the first day of school.

• Kindergarten families wanting to participate should arrive at 8:40 am. Please allow extra time and have your ID as we will check in each parent through our secure Raptor visitor system.

• This will only occur on the first day of school.

Monday-Thursday, the building will be open for students to enter beginning at 8:10 a.m. with the school day officially beginning at 8:30 a.m. Students will be dismissed at 3:40 p.m.

Each Friday is an early release day. Students may still arrive beginning at 8:10 a.m. with the school day officially starting at 8:30 a.m. Dismissal will occur at 2:40 p.m. For more information on weekly Friday early release, please visit our webpage to find answers to frequently asked questions.

If your child will have a change in their daily transportation plan, please contact the Sweeny office at 417-732-3670 by 3:10 p.m. to notify the office of this change. If your child needs to be picked up early, they must be picked up by 3:25 p.m. For Fridays, transportation changes will need to be made by 2:10 p.m. and early pickups will need to be done by 2:25 p.m.

Car Line Traffic Map: Click HERE for the Sweeny car line traffic map. Families for both Sweeny and Lyon will enter the driveway north of Sweeny on North Main Avenue. Sweeny vehicles should stay in the right lane, while Lyon vehicles should stay in the left lane. When picking up, please do not arrive more than 15 minutes prior to dismissal as that creates traffic congestion and safety concerns for our students and staff. Emergency vehicles must be able to access our driveways and parking lots during the entire school day in the event of an emergency.

Visitors are able to complete our onsite background check, Raptor, with a personal ID the day of their visit. 

Volunteers will need to complete the Missouri Family Care Safety Registry (FCSR). It provides a more extensive background check than our Raptor system, which is needed for volunteers who spend more individual time with students than our visitors.

See the graphic below for details about the differences between visitors and volunteers.

Volunteers must go through a two-step process each school year:

1. Register with the FCSR-BSEES - MO.gov for the first time OR Update your current information with the FCSR if you have ever registered in the past.

2. Return the completed FCSR paper form (page 2) to your student's school. This form can be found here.

(NOTE: This registration process CANNOT be completed on a mobile browser/device.)

For extra resources, please check out our FCSR Frequently Asked Questions Page (FAQs). 

Take note, the wait time for the FCSR information to be processed at the state level and for the district to be notified can possibly take up to 30 days. We recommend completing this process as early as possible each school year. An email or letter from the FCSR will not be accepted as a cleared status. Republic School District will request a cleared status from MO-DHSS.

Check out the dates listed in the graphic below for important reminders and Back to School events!