Stafford Schools has made a minor shift to the start time for elementary and middle school students beginning at the start of the 2023-2024 school year. There is no change to the high school schedule. 

2023-2024 Schedule

• High School & Rockhill Elementary: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Elementary School: 8:25 a.m. - 2:55 p.m.
• Middle School: 9:20 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
• North Star Early Childhood Center
  • Morning: 7:37 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  • Afternoon: 11 a.m. - 2:07 p.m.
  • Full Day: 7:37 a.m. - 2:07 p.m. 
• Rising Star Early Childhood Center
  • Morning: 9:23 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Afternoon: 12:45 p.m. - 3:52 p.m.
  • Full Day: 9:23 a.m. - 3:52 p.m. 

This adjustment allows for increased transportation efficiency, support of middle school extracurricular activities, and assists with teacher recruitment and retention. The change to K-12 start times comes after a School Board-directed year-long study of school bus route efficiency.

Back-to-School Open Houses will be held at the beginning of August, with each school principal providing specific details to their families in July. Families are encouraged to participate and meet with their child’s inspiring teachers, administrators, and staff. The start of the school year is also an important time to learn about expectations, conduct, and the resources available.

Back-to-School Open Houses

• High School - Tuesday, August 1
• Middle School - Wednesday, August 2
• Elementary School - Thursday, August 3

We will again hold a Transition Day as the first day of school for kindergarten, 6th grade, and 9th grade students on Tuesday, August 8. Transition Day allows students additional time to be introduced to their new school environments with their grade-level peers during a non-instructional day. All other students will return for their First Day of School on Wednesday, August 9.

The VDOE is families of a child with a disability who is provided special education services through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) to complete the Indicator 8 Parent Survey. Families who have more than one child receiving special education services should complete a survey for each of their children. Parents should complete the survey by December 15, 2023.

English Version of the 2022-23 Indicator 8 Parent Survey

Spanish Version of the 2022-23 Indicator 8 Parent Survey

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to ensuring that we involve all parents in their child’s special education program. If you have questions or need assistance concerning this survey process, please contact Chiquita Seaborne, via telephone, at (804) 225-3898 or via email, at Chiquita.Seaborne@doe.virginia.gov.

General

At Stafford County Public Schools (Stafford Schools), we strive to ensure our services are accessible to all people. In order to achieve this, we have invested important resources into our site so that it is available to people with disabilities. We believe that website accessibility efforts are vital in ensuring that all users have the right to independence, equality, and ease of use.

Accessibility on www.staffordschools.net

Using the audit tool available at https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/, www.staffordschools.net, our website has been scanned for compliance according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1). Since performing the audit, Stafford Schools continues to raise its accessibility standards and now uses a web accessibility widget, Reachdeck, to allow users with disabilities equal access to  www.stafford schools.net’s website.

Disclaimer

At Stafford Schools, we are dedicated to continually updating and improving the accessibility of the website and services. We believe that it is our responsibility and mutual moral obligation to provide access to all users. 

As we seek to continually adjust and improve accessibility issues on this site, we also commit to regularly scanning www.staffordschools.net with an accessibility checker scanner.

Our goal is to identify and rectify accessibility barriers on our site. Although we strive to ensure all pages and content on www.staffordschools.net are fully accessible, it is possible that some content has not yet been fully adjusted to adhere to the most strict accessibility standards. For this reason we are here to help.

Stafford Schools has multiple options for those with vision and hearing deficits. Stafford Schools utilizes the universal icon for internet accessibility, a circle with a person inside with outstretched arms. This symbol, which activates the accessibility option, is on the bottom right of the screen on the website. 

The following actions (among others) are available using the Reachdeck accessibility tool:

• Text - Users may change the appearance and size of fonts to improve legibility and readability.

• Text Spacing – White space between blocks of text can help people with cognitive disabilities comprehend sections of a page and call out boxes.

• Cursor Size – Changing the size of the cursor allows people to locate the cursor more easily.

• Contrast – Color contrast refers to the difference in light between the foreground (text) and background. Website users who have low vision, low contrast vision, or color vision deficiencies require the ability to change the contrast. Our website allows users to adjust colors or view in black and white.

• Focus – There are options to assist users with improving focus through a screen mask option.

In addition, Stafford Schools also uses scanning software available on its web hosting platform to notify the webmaster of potential accessibility issues.

If you have any issues with accessing content or using www.staffordschools.net, or should you need assistance with any part of the website, please don't hesitate to let us know. You are welcome to contact us at webmaster@staffordschools.net, and we will be more than happy to help. 

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540-658-6000

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