Following the finalist interviews this morning and/or the “Meet and Greet” event this evening, the public is invited to provide feedback on each of the four finalists by completing an online survey. This survey closed on Monday, May 19, at noon.
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The St. Johns County School District announces the schedule of 2025 graduation ceremonies for St. Johns County high schools and First Coast Technical College.
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Still haven’t found that missing library book? Keep looking!
If you’re not able to find it before the end of the school year, families can pay for lost and damaged library materials using SchoolPay.
Each school’s link to pay for lost and damaged library materials is now consolidated in one place for easy access.
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St. Johns County School District is excited to introduce BusPlanner, a new online transportation portal designed to give parents easy access to their students’ bus information. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, all student pick-up and drop-off times and locations will be provided exclusively through BusPlanner and will no longer be available on Home Access Center (HAC). Parents can access BusPlanner through its web portal at https://sjcsd.mybusplanner.com or by downloading the companion mobile app, Chipmunk, available for Android and Apple devices.
BusPlanner will also enhance communication by providing timely updates about bus delays and other important transportation-related notifications. In addition, parents can use the system to send messages directly to the SJCSD Transportation Department.
To get started, families should create an account on the BusPlanner website or on the Chipmunk app using the same email address associated with their Home Access Center (HAC) account. SJCSD encourages all families with bus riders to register early and stay informed ahead of the upcoming school year.
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St. Johns County School District’s Controlled Open Enrollment third application window will open on April 18, 2025 and will run through May 15, 2025. Learn more…
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A District Media Advisory Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 3PM.
The meeting will be broadcast live and will be available afterward on the SJCSD Media Services YouTube channel.
District Media Advisory Committee Meeting on April 17 Read More »
On Wednesday, April 2, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm, St. Johns Technical High School invites you to experience the “Taste of the Tech” where high school culinary students will be paired with professional local chefs to create tasty treats. Prepare your taste buds for a delectable adventure as we showcase the talent of our young culinarians! The event will take place in the Culinary Classroom of St. Johns Technical High School’s Building H located at 2970 Collins Ave., in St. Augustine, FL.
Tickets are $32.50 per person and are available online. Get your tickets today!
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Superintendent Tim Forson announced his retirement during a School Board Workshop on November 7, 2024. The workshop was held to begin the process of succession planning. Mr. Forson’s last day as superintendent will be June 30, 2025.
Succession planning was also discussed by the School Board during workshops on December 12, 2024 and January 13, 2025.
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Florida Prepaid Is Open for Enrollment with Plan Prices Starting at Just $29/Month
Focused on encouraging families to save as early and affordably as possible, our partner Florida Prepaid College Savings Plans has reduced Prepaid Plan monthly prices for newborns and infants to the lowest in more than a decade.
Prepaid Plans allow families to lock in the cost of college with fixed monthly payments. A risk-free 1-year University Plan now starts at just $29/month for the Prepaid Plan Open Enrollment period from February 1 – April 30, 2025. The reduced prices result in savings of up to $850 per plan for a 1-Year University Plan – up to $3,400 in savings for four years.
Prepaid Plans are made to fit growing families:
Every child deserves higher education. Florida Prepaid’s goal is to make it possible for every Florida family to save simply and affordably.
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This morning (February 25) began the second day of hoax calls/swatting incidents within St. Johns County Schools. Pacetti Bay Middle School received a call from an unknown male subject this morning advising he was at a residence near the school, had firearms and explosives, had committed a homicide, and made threats against the school. The assigned youth resource deputy was onsite and took over communications on the phone with the subject. The school was placed on lock down briefly while SJSO resources flooded the area and investigated the allegations. Investigation revealed there is no credible threat, and the circumstances are similar in nature to the hoax incident at Landrum Middle School yesterday.
Both circumstances are consistent with a “swatting call” which involves a hoax emergency call to generate a large law enforcement response. Regardless of the circumstances, SJSO and the St. Johns County School District will always respond to threats with as many resources as possible until we are confident students and staff are safe.
“Over the past two days, a few St. Johns County schools have received threatening phone calls from an unknown source,” said Superintendent Tim Forson. “We work collaboratively with the St. Johns Sheriff’s Office to ensure our schools, students and staff are safe and all such threats are fully investigated. If appropriate, schools will be placed on lockdown until the campus is inspected and cleared.”
“We are working with our federal and state law enforcement partners to determine the origin of the call and hopefully identify the individual(s) responsible,” said Sheriff Rob Hardwick. “We understand the emotional impact these cowards who hide behind keyboards have had on parents, staff and students and we will continue to work with the St. Johns County School District to keep our schools safe.”
Please see the situational awareness brief from SJSO and educational materials on hoax calls and swatting.
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A District Media Advisory Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, March 3, 2025 at 3PM.
The meeting will be broadcast live and will be available afterward on the SJCSD Media Services YouTube channel.
District Media Advisory Committee Meeting on March 3 Read More »
Each year, the Florida Department of Education conducts a survey to determine how well Florida’s schools are partnering with parents and promoting parent involvement in their child’s education. The survey is open to all parents of children with an IEP receiving ESE services from preschool age through grade 12. This year’s ESE Parent Survey is open beginning February 1, 2025 and will close on June 30, 2025.
PowerSchool Incident background:
As you may be aware, PowerSchool – a cloud-based software vendor used by St. Johns County School District and over 50 million students globally– recently experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain customer information in the PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS). St. Johns does use PowerSchool SIS products, and we were testing the Student Information Systems product at the time of the incident.
Please understand that this incident did not occur at St. Johns County School District; the unauthorized access occurred on PowerSchool’s computer systems and impacted many schools and districts in the US and abroad.
We take this incident very seriously and protecting personal information is one of our top priorities. As we learn more about how this incident at PowerSchool occurred, we will be reviewing our relationship with them. If that relationship is to continue, we will be seeking assurances that they have taken steps to reduce the risk of something like this happening again.
The District began notifying impacted staff and parents/guardians of students on February 4, 2025.
Upcoming Actions by PowerSchool:
PowerSchool has advised that it will be providing:
What can you do to protect your identity?
We encourage you to sign up for complimentary credit and identity monitoring once you receive your email from PowerSchool/Experian.
Because the incident occurred at PowerSchool and the remediation services are being offered by PowerSchool/Experian, St. Johns County School District will be directing individuals to call PowerSchool or Experian for more information.
In the meantime, you may consider the following best practices to help protect your information:
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