Ocracoke School

The Hyde County Public School System currently has very preliminary unofficial drafts for the Ocracoke Campus Reconstruction Planning. We are requesting input from parents, staff, and community members through a survey and also a face to face meeting opportunity this coming week. Please click on the link for all details on the face to face meetings, access to the drafts and to also provide your input on the survey. Thank you. https://forms.gle/hmS7QrupaRUPrjKT9 El Sistema Escolar Publico del Condado de Hyde actualmente tiene bosquejos muy preliminares y no oficiales de los Planes de Reconstrucción del Campo Escolar Ocracoke. Estamos pidiendo la opinión y sugerencias de padres, personal y miembros de la comunidad a través de una encuesta y una oportunidad de reunión presencial esta semana. Por favor dele clic al vínculo para recibir todos los detalles de este oportunidad de reunirse en persona, acceso a los bosquejos preliminares y también para que tome la encuesta. Gracias. https://forms.gle/hmS7QrupaRUPrjKT9

Please provide input for the school calendar proposals Poll will be active through Wednesday, May 27th at 11:59 pm. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejU-gdBZC5PCHtEzfgPpuMGs0oEZ2xH7JHEl7FAR-Rn2gs7A/viewform

Please check the following link to review the May 15th posting about your eligibility for P-EBT benefits: https://www.hyde.k12.nc.us/article/208705?org=hyde

Reminder and Update in Formatting for the next regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting

Please review the latest update on Hyde County Schools and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Update for Parents on COVID -19

We appreciate and thank EdNC for the coverage! Check out this article on the progress of our Schools without Walls in our school system. https://www.ednc.org/from-dorian-to-covid-19-hyde-county-schools-meets-disruption-with-resilience/

ATTENTION: In adherence to the current COVID-19 recommendations, the April Regular Meeting of the Hyde County Board of Education on April 7 at 5:00 pm, will be held virtually. If anyone would like to participate in the Public Comment segment, they are welcome to submit their questions to Superintendent Basnight at sbasnight@hyde.k12.nc.us to be read aloud to the Board members in the virtual meeting room.

For your information, up to the end of March, this is the data for our meals program: Total meals served on Mainland 9,830 Total meals served on Ocracoke 766 For a total count of 10,596 Daily average meals delivered: 963 Meal counts have exceed 1000/day since 3/26 This is outstanding! Please take a moment to thank the nutrition staff, bus drivers, Teacher Assistants , Transportation Director Tammy Sadler, Volunteers, when you see them. Doing what's best for students!

Parents and students, it has come to our attention that there are postings in social media falsely claiming our NC Governor has made a statement that all students in our K-12 Public Schools will repeat the current grade for next school year. This is false information, so please disregard. Thank you.

Take a read on this article published by the Coastland Times on the progress of our Schools without Walls: https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2020/03/30/from-in-class-to-online-area-schools-transition-to-new-way-of-learning/?fbclid=IwAR3jGAdXcPTBe3sn4Btibx6pXD7zTazv0lPEKFCWX9WWv2TeEZEkosQ8uKE

Schools without Walls in Hyde County Schools while NC Schools remain closed over COVD-19 https://www.facebook.com/HydeCountySchools/posts/1114076425717066

Video from Superintendent of Schools (Meal Program) https://www.facebook.com/HydeCountySchools/posts/1113251725799536

Hello Hyde County School’s students, staff, and parents. I am so excited to tell everyone about our Breakfast and Lunch meal program in all Hyde County Schools. Governor Roy Cooper has charged school districts with feeding children between the ages of 0-18 years old while schools are closed. As some of you may know, we have students in Hyde County who attend schools other than Hyde County Public Schools. Hyde County Schools is committed to feeding all children, regardless of whether they attend a Hyde County School facility. Each day on the Mattamuskeet side, between 10:30 am and 1:00 pm, our Yellow School Buses will be delivering lunch for that day and breakfast for the following morning to all students on the mainland. On Ocracoke, lunches for today and breakfast for the following morning will be provided each day to be picked up in the NCCAT Dining Room based on the schedule established by Principal Leslie Cole. Last Tuesday, Mattamuskeet served 369 meals. This was an incredible accomplishment considering the entire Mattamuskeet Campus has a population of 397 students. Last Wednesday, Mattamuskeet delivered 380 meals with Ocracoke started their program serving an additional 37 meals. I just wanted to thank all of our staff, including Transportation Director Mrs. Tammy Sadler, for working so hard to make this program such an incredible success. Thank you to everyone for continuing to do what is best for students! Stephen Basnight

Check out a video explaining the new Hyde County Schools Phone App! https://www.facebook.com/HydeCountySchools/videos/253114835705542/

Prepare for college night!! All info will be shared in English and Spanish. A group from Chapel Hill is leading this info session. Tuesday March 10 NCCAT 6pm.

Mr Basnight will be hosting a Parent/ Community Information Night regarding the most recent information on Ocracoke School and funding. Please come to either meeting at the NCCAT seminar room Thursday, March 5 -the first will be at 5pm and the other will be at 6:30. Same information will be shared at both meetings. We want to be sure everyone has an opportunity to come! Thank you!

Our School System is committed to providing resources to all students and families to ensure emotional well-being, healthy living, and wellness in all aspects of one’s life. Thus, Hyde County Schools is pleased to inform our community of a partnership with Integrated Family Services that provides a Crisis CHAT line that is available for all staff, students, parents, family, and friends that will offer online emotional support 24 hours a day. Trained chat specialists are available to assist individuals who are depressed, going through a hard time, dealing with a crisis, need to talk, or having thoughts of hurting themselves. Any life issues may be discussed utilizing the Crisis CHAT line. The goal of Integrated Family Services’ Crisis CHAT line is to help you and others reduce stress and feel empowered to make healthy decisions. To utilize this free service, simply go to www.integratedfamilyservices.net and click the “chat with us” icon at the top of the page.