Alternative Education Center

The Special Education Advisory Committee will have an in person meeting on Thursday, September 14, 2023 @ 10am. This meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Education Center at the Wise County School Board Office. All staff and parents of private school students, as well as parents of home-schooled students, are invited to participate. Please Contact Cari Braddock at 276-328-8017 for more information.

Just a reminder that Wise County Schools will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2023. We look forward to seeing our students again on Tuesday, September 5, 2023! We hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend!

We are excited to welcome all our students back to school in the morning! Many upgrades and changes have been made to better serve our students and staff and we look forward to a great school year! Don't forget that we will dismiss at 12:30pm tomorrow!

The ADENOVIRUS can cause illness in people of all ages at any time of the year. This virus typically will cause mild common cold- or flu-like symptoms, but it can also cause other illnesses, including: sore throat, pink eye, inflammation of the stomach or intestines, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. It can also lead to high fever and even pneumonia. Be on the look out for these symptoms in your children, take them to the doctor if they have severe symptoms, and alert the school nurse if your child has the adenovirus. See the attached CDC information sheets for additional information.

This is a reminder that when Wise County Schools is on a two hour delay, as we are on Monday, March 20, teachers will not be present in the building before 10:00 AM and students should not be dropped off at the Alternative Education Center until after 10:20 AM.

The Virginia Department of Health - Lenowisco District will be conducting a vaccine clinic for rising seniors at AEC/RLA, for required vaccinations, on March 31. Please register at https://redcap.link/lenoschoolshots.

Would you like to receive push notifications from Wise County Public Schools for schedule changes and other announcements? If so, be sure to download our app and turn notifications on for the district announcements as well as your child(s) school(s). For more information, please view the video below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZZ_svXldNtHL4bSnencm-Sq-pF33nDOU/view?usp=sharing

Wise County Public Schools will operate on a CODE 3 Schedule tomorrow, Friday, January 13, 2023. Code 3 is a virtual learning day for students. Instruction will begin at 10am following the virtual learning schedule issued by your child(ren)'s school.

In the event that Wise County Public Schools must alter its schedule due to inclement weather during the 2022-2023 school year, the following alternate schedule codes will be utilized.

Attention Parents of High School Students! Wise County Public Schools will be piloting our new parent-teacher chat functionality within our Wise County Public Schools App for our high school parents this semester. While more information will be forthcoming, here is an introductory video about what to expect. If you do not already have our Wise County Public Schools App downloaded, you will need to do that for access to this experience! The WCPS app is available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. https://drive.google.com/file/d/172XdHcFUX-BQl1fPSwZkOTcr6nYm1yQA/view?usp=share_link

This is a reminder that schools are CLOSED on Monday and Tuesday (11.7.2022 and 11.8.2022). We look forward to welcoming our students back on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.

From our Special Education Department:

The VDH has scheduled flu clinics to be held at each of our schools per the schedule below. Pre-registration required at https://redcap.link/lenoflu

P-EBT Phishing Scam Alert There is a phishing scam attempt circulating and P-EBT recipients are being asked to call or text a phony 1-866 number ending in 0486 from "VA EBT".  Do not respond to or engage with any unsolicited phone number asking for your card number or PIN. Please be aware that the DSS Client Customer Service Helpdesk will never call cardholders and ask them to activate their cards. Contact the Virginia EBT Client Customer Service Helpdesk at 1-866-281-2448 to report a stolen or compromised card.

Wise County Public Schools is participating in the Test to Stay program offered by the Virginia Department of Health in partnership with the Virginia Department of Education. Please read the information concerning the program here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/16DsQNz2yXDdmXW2nF0WbKh4etoGV5M7I/view?usp=sharing If you wish to have your child participate in this program, please complete the consent form linked below. https://forms.gle/vWpwjAXVoWyCkkpH8

Wise County Public Schools is participating in the ViSSTA Testing Program offered through the Virginia Department of Health. For your child(ren) to participate in this program, please review the information via the link below and complete the consent form that is linked within and also provided below. ViSSTA Program Information - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xmBM8rsNo1iPlwXyzhMvuAUMLJ1n36Vb/view?usp=sharing Consent Form - https://forms.gle/URVeRguzRrZTN9XN8

Due to the forecasted weather for tomorrow afternoon (1/6/2022) and the potential impact on travel, Wise County Public Schools will be dismissing at 12:30 pm. Again, Wise County Public Schools will be dismissing at 12:30pm on January 6, 2022!

From our Early Childhood Program:

On Wednesday, May 26, the Wise County Health Department will be back at AEC to administer the second dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine to those students who had their first dose in April. Also, any student ages 12-15 is now able to receive the Pfizer vaccine. For those parents who would like for their child (age 12 or older) to receive the first dose of the COVID vaccine on May 26, please complete the vaccine registration at the following link: Wise Co Alternative Ed: https://vaccineappointments.virginia.gov/appointment/en/reg/5941660512

Wise County Public Schools will operate on a CODE-1 today, Monday, March 1, 2021. All schools are closed and students will receive their instruction online.