Back to School FAQ

To support our back-to-school plans, additional training will be necessary for our staff members, which will delay the first day of school for students. All staff members will report on Monday, Aug. 17 for a week of professional development.

The first day of remote learning for K-12 students will be Monday, Aug. 24. The first day for preschool students will be Wednesday, Aug. 26. You can click here to download the 2020-21 academic calendar.

Centerville Schools will operate in a remote learning environment for at least the first quarter of school (Monday, Aug. 24 through at least Friday, Oct. 16). This decision was based on the latest guidance from Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County, which recommended that Montgomery County schools begin the school year in a remote learning environment, a discussion with the Centerville Board of Education during a special meeting on Aug. 5, and feedback from parents, staff and community members.

We will operate in a remote learning environment through at least the first quarter of the school year.

Guidance and recommendations from public health experts, including the Ohio Public Health Advisory Alert system and virus trends in our community, will help guide our decisions as we look to return to face-to-face instruction. Other factors could include availability of teachers, student illnesses, possible calamity days, etc.

We will give our school community appropriate notice before switching to a different learning environment. Keep in mind that all plans are fluid and could change rapidly based on the spread of virus in our community.

Please visit our New Student Registration page for instructions about how to enroll your children for the 2020-21 school year.

Please view the District Maps for attendance zones at each grade level. For additional information, contact the Transportation Department at (937) 885-7776.

Please see our Contact Us page for phone and fax numbers for each school as well as the Board of Education Office and Transportation Department.

Individual schools and teachers will let families know if specific school supplies are needed. Students should have basic supplies on hand, such as pencils, paper, notebooks, etc.

We will share information about picking up textbooks, other school materials, etc. as those details are finalized.

The Home Access Center (HAC) is an online portal for parents and students to access information that includes demographic data (emergency info and contacts), transportation (bus routes), attendance (absence and tardies), fees (balance and fee history), classes (scheduled courses and teachers), grades and report cards (grades 6-12 only). Parents should use their existing log-in information to view the information.

If you have never accessed HAC, use the Register link to create your account. This link can be found in the Login box. In order for this process to work, you must have a valid email address on record. You also will need to confirm the parent or guardian name and the ZIP code on file. If you have trouble completing the registration process, please send an email to hac@centerville.k12.oh.us.

Yes, the Board of Education Office and individual school offices will remain open during their normal hours. Please see our Contact Us page for phone and fax numbers for each school as well as the Board of Education Office.

Information about homeschooling in Ohio is available on the Ohio Department of Education website. Parents interested in educating their children at home must complete the Home Education Notification Form found on that website and return it to Tom Castleman, Centerville’s enrollment coordinator at tom.castleman@centerville.k12.oh.us. A list of frequently asked questions about homeschooling is also available on the ODE website.

Yes, families could choose to continue remote learning with their teacher and class if the district determines it will return to face-to-face instruction after the first quarter.

Remote learning will be more structured than the emergency learning in the spring, and students at all grade levels will follow a daily schedule. We are providing professional development to staff members prior to the start of school to help improve remote learning instruction. Some examples include the use of Google Classroom and Zoom from the first day of school, streamlined organization for assignments, and communicating expectations for students.

We are working with our Curriculum Directors to outline what remote learning will look like this fall and will get that out as soon as possible.

All K-12 students will use Google Classroom and Zoom. Other online resources will be shared by your student’s teacher.

Daily attendance will be monitored.

All students will be placed in classes with Centerville teachers. We will no longer use the SchoolsPLP curriculum for online learning.

Yes, integrated arts classes will be part of student schedules.

Our Director of Student Services and special education coordinators are meeting regularly to plan how we will meet the needs of all of our students. This team is also working with our intervention specialists and therapists on how they will continue to provide services. Students will receive support for their IEPs from our intervention specialists and/or therapists throughout remote learning.

If your child receives related services (OT, PT, Speech), those services will continue to be provided using tele-therapy or in person therapy. How therapy will be provided for each student will be determined by the individual needs of the students. Our therapists, intervention specialists, and coordinators will be in contact with families to determine how services will be provided.

We will be providing professional development to staff members prior to the start of school. In preparation, our Curriculum Department has been meeting with teacher advisory teams from each level over the summer to discuss a variety of topics, including reflecting on challenges and opportunities following the emergency remote learning that took place in the spring, problem solving different learning scenarios for the upcoming school year, looking at online resources, developing training to prepare for the new school year, and much more.

We have decided to postpone assigning a Chromebook to every student until we return to in-person instruction. However, we will provide a Chromebook to any family that needs additional devices to support each student during remote learning.

With students following a daily schedule during remote learning, it would be helpful for each student to have their own device. If you have a personal Chromebook, computer or other tablet at home, please utilize that device during remote instruction. If your family doesn’t have enough devices to support each student during remote learning, we will provide a Chromebook.

If you would like to request a Chromebook for the start of the 2020-21 school year, please click here to submit the request form.

We have ordered a Chromebook for each student. We are waiting for 1,500 devices that were ordered in June to be released from customs and border control. Our plan right now is to provide a Chromebook to any student that doesn’t have a way to participate in remote instruction and to complete the deployment for every student when we reopen for face-to-face instruction.

Students who have been identified as having a significant disability may require a device other than a Chromebook. We will provide an appropriate device for those students. Please reach out to your child’s intervention specialist.

For those who request Chromebooks, we will align the distribution of those devices with student materials pick-up at your child’s school. Individual schools will send information about their building’s pick-up schedule.

If your family does not have Internet access, you can request a district-owned hotspot for remote instruction. Families must meet basic eligibility this fall. Please request an eligibility form by submitting this form, then return your completed form to your child’s principal. Only one form needs to be submitted per family.

Students must have a signed Student User Agreement on file to maintain an active account. If you and your child have not signed the Student User Agreement for the 2020-21 school year, please visit https://student.centerville.k12.oh.us to sign the electronic version.

A decision about athletics and extracurricular activities has not yet been made.

Childcare (i.e. Voyager AfterSchool Program) will not be available during the first nine weeks of school. If schools reopen later in the year, we anticipate that Voyager will be offered.

We will continue to communicate updates to our families and staff members through our website, The Education Connection phone system and email notifications.

Please see our Contact Us page for phone and fax numbers for each school as well as the Board of Education Office and Transportation Department. You are encouraged to continue contacting staff members through email or by calling the Board of Education office or your child's school office. If you leave a voicemail, it will be forwarded to the secretary’s email account.

Prior to the start of school, you can update your telephone number on the Home Access Center (HAC). Each guardian must log in to update their own contact information. At the beginning of the school year, a Student Information Sheet will be sent home with each child, and you also can update your contact information on that.

Please add the TEC phone number to your contacts: (937) 813-2903.

Please email the Community Relations Specialist and include your name, your email address and which school list(s) you would like to receive announcements from.

We have a translation service available for frequently asked questions and phone calls from the school district. Please complete this form if you need this service. In addition, here is a list of multilingual resources on COVID-19.

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