Student Intent Form Update

The WCSD would like to thank all parents who completed the Student Intent Form which was provided as an online survey during the month of July.  We appreciate your declaration of your child’s educational intent for the fall semester.  This notification enables us to better prepare to welcome your child on Monday, August 17^th. 

For parents who did not complete a Student Intent Form, the WCSD will prepare and firmly assume your child will attend a brick and mortar classroom.  As a district, we have received 9,000 Student Intent Forms; however, we are still lacking approximately 1,700 forms.  These intent forms also allow the district to create bus routes that will place 48 students or less on a bus, so to date, the district has only planned routes for those parents who have requested their child be a bus rider via our intent forms. 

For parents who have completed forms, approximately 900 parents have indicated that their child will attend Walton Virtual School (WVS); however, only 250 of those 900 families have followed up with WVS.  To attend WVS, families must withdraw from their current school and enroll in WVS.  If parents have not enrolled in WVS by Wednesday, August 12^th, WCSD will also prepare and firmly assume those children will attend the district’s other distance learning option, the Innovative Learning Digital Academy (ILDA).  The benefits of ILDA is that students can remain enrolled in their current school.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us.  Questions can be text to our district at any time at 850.204.9667.  To follow up with WVS, please email [email protected], and/or any school can be reached by calling 850.892.1100.  Thank you for supporting us as we prepare to welcome all students back on Monday, August 17^th.  

To the parents of the Walton County School District:

As August begins and teachers are welcomed back on Monday, I would like to provide several updates regarding the re-opening of schools.

Click the link below to view the updates.

Superintendent A. Russell Hughes has announced that the Walton County School District (WCSD) start date for students will change to Monday, August 17^th, which represents a one-week change.  All WCSD employees will still report as scheduled. 

The change in start date has been made for three reasons.  First, by bringing faculty and staff back as planned, the WCSD will be able to provide additional training days for employees on topics such as health, safety, and the WCSD’s new Innovative Learning Digital Academy (ILDA).  Second, schools will have time to create and train with innovative strategies, such as modified block scheduling, which can help decrease traffic and exposure in schools.  Finally, the WCSD has ordered additional computers, which includes a one-to-one initiative for all middle school students, and the week will allow for computer preparations, imaging, and etc.

As always, the number one priority of the WCSD is safety, and this adjustment will ensure the health, safety, and efficiency of our district and for your students.  Thank you for your understanding and support.