Mapes said district officials will keep a close watch on positivity rates in classrooms and school buildings and are prepared to make a change if necessary. “I think they're just as eager to get back to some state of normalcy,” Ashcraft said, “to be able to go through the passing periods and not feel like they can't say hi to a friend or that they can't stop and fill their water bottle.”ĭespite recommendations from the Marion County Public Health Department that unvaccinated individuals, including children too young to receive the vaccine, continue to wear marks, Perry Township is mask optional this year. The entire campus houses about 1,800 students. The middle school shares a building with the Southport Sixth Grade Academy. “We thought it'd be really fun to roll the red carpet out for our students.” “One of our assistant principals has a connection with Sophia's Bridal and Tux, which happens to be in Southport, and so they donated these wonderful tuxes for us and the red carpet,” Ashcraft said. View Gallery: Southport Middle School students return to in-person learning Wearing his tux, which he promised would stay on all day long, Southport Middle School Principal Andy Ashcraft said the administration was looking for ways to celebrate students’ return. Out front, car riders were greeted by a tuxedo-clad administrator. Bus riders literally walked a red carpet into the school building Monday, even if it was overwhelmed by the throng of students trying to stand out - in neon sneakers or patterned tights - or blend into the uniformed crowd streaming off their buses.
“That's going to really be the springboard for us to have a positive school year.”Īt Southport Middle School, they’re taking that message to heart and rolling out the red carpet to welcome students back.
“We think everybody's ready, and we think everybody's got kind of a renewed opinion about how valuable school is,” said Perry Township Superintendent Pat Mapes. Other districts in and around Marion County will start throughout this week and next with everyone back in their buildings, even while the threat of an uptick in new COVID-19 cases lingers and vaccination efforts stall. On Monday, nearly 17,000 students returned to Perry Township classrooms - some for the first time since the pandemic shut down Indiana’s schools in March 2020 - kicking off the return to school for central Indiana students.
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