Schools
Council Rock Home Access Center Opens Aug. 20
The countdown to the first day of school in Council Rock is on.

The countdown to the first day of school in Council Rock is on. Students in grades K-6 and 7 and 9 start on Tuesday, Sept. 4. All students report Wednesday, Sept. 5.
A few important things to know before the start of school:
- The Home Access Center will be available on August 20. You can log on at that time to see your child's teacher, bus schedule and more.
- Grade level school supply lists have been posted, and can be found on the individual school websites.
- The district is transitioning to a new mass communication platform, Blackboard Communications. The platform will be used for district level and school-based parent robocalls and emails. Click here for more information.
- The Pennsylvania Department of Health had revised the immunization requirements for students effective during the 2017-2018 school-year. Those remain in place for the upcoming 2018-2019 school-year. This revision replaced the eight-month provisional period for immunizations with a new requirement of a five-day provisional period for students who do not have records of immunizations at the start of the required school-year. Click here for more information.
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