District news
Oct. 22-26 is National School Bus Safety Week!
Oct. 22-26 is National School Bus Safety Week. There are an average of 2,100 daily student riders on our school buses in Arlington and our drivers cover 4,000 miles each day. Thank you to our AMAZING school bus drivers for safely transporting students to and from school each day!
October is Disability History Month!
Throughout the month of October, our schools will be conducting activities that provide instruction, awareness, and understanding of disability history and people with disabilities to increase respect and promote acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities. The purpose is to increase awareness and understanding of the contributions that people with disabilities in our state, nation, and the world have made to our society.
Good attendance will help your child do well in school!
Did you know? Your child can suffer academically if they miss 10 percent of the school year or about 18 days. That can be just one day every two weeks, and that can happen before you know it. Some absences are unavoidable. We understand that children will get sick and need to stay home occasionally. The important thing is to get your child to school as often as possible, on time and to communicate with the school when your child will be absent. Learn more about the importance of attendance here.
Attend a School Safety Forum this fall!
Arlington 
Public Schools is hosting several safety forums in the fall of 2018 to share what our schools and the district are doing to support safety, hear from community members about areas of concern, how we can improve as well as how we can partner together to ensure our schools are safe.
The safety forums are scheduled:
- Thursday, Oct. 11 at Presidents Elementary at 6 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oct. 16 at Arlington High School at 6 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct. 25 at Post Middle School at 6 p.m.