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Frequently Asked Questions

Our teachers return to work on Thursday, August 1st. We anticipate them reaching out to their students by Monday, August 5th. Your student’s teacher may reach out to you via phone, email or Class Dojo. 
 
If you complete your "ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT UPDATE" by the end of July, you will find out your students' teacher prior to Monday, August 5th!!!  
For students who are NEW to Rutherford County Schools, please click on “Parents” and then “Registration.” You will need to complete the NEW STUDENT ONLINE ENROLLMENT. You will be need to have the following items ready to upload: birth certificate, TN immunization form and Proof-of-Residence.    
 
Please email our Attendance Secretary, Tarah Tarin ([email protected]) with the legal name of your student, date of birth, grade level, name of previous school and proof-of-residence in the PLAINVIEW zone. Please follow up the email with a phone call to the office – 615-904-6790 (press “0”). 
This became available on July 8, 2024.  
 
When you open Skyward, you should see an option to begin the ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT UPDATE in the center of the page.  If you have multiple children and you don't see that option, click on one of your students and look again.
 
Registration is happening ONLINE again this year. We are strongly encouraging everyone to complete the “Annual Required Student Update” when logging into the PRIMARY CUSTODIAL PARENT’S Skyward account. Please note, you CANNOT log into your student’s account to complete this step. You will also be asked to submit an updated Proof-of-Residence. This is required of every Rutherford County Schools student, every single year.
 
 
If you registered your student for Kindergarten BEFORE July 8, 2024, YES, you will need to complete the ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT INFORMATION as there are required forms that were not part of your New Student Online Registration.  
 
If you have NOT registered your student for school yet, you should NOT have to also complete this step as the forms that were missing prior to July 8, 2024, are now included.
 
If you have registered for Kindergarten & been accepted and you DO NOT see the option to complete the ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT INFORMATION - Please email ASAP to Tarah Tarin ([email protected]) and Andie Mueller ([email protected]).  We have found that several of our newly enrolled students were not marked active when the county rolled our program over to the new school year.

To find Skyward, please click “Parents” and then “Skyward.”  

Login to your PARENT account to be able to do the yearly registration, now called ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT INFORMATION. This option is available for primary custodial parents only. If you log in and do NOT see the option to do the ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT INFORMATION, please email BOTH of the following email addressed: Tarah Tarin ([email protected]) and Andie Mueller ([email protected]) 

If you do not remember your login, you can click that you forgot your password and it should help you.  

If you still have issues, please contact the school at 615-904-6790, press “0” (The office is not open to take calls until Monday, July 22nd)

 

https://sis-rutherford.tnk12.gov/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsRUTStu/seplog01.w

Proof-of-Residence MUST be in the name of the custodian parent/guardian of the student at the Plainview zoned address.  These items need to be CURRENT (from within June, July or August 2024)

 

We can accept anything that you could use to obtain a TN ID card. Items include a CURRENT copy of the following:  

Utility Bills 

Bank Statements 

Rental/Mortgage Contracts/Deeds 

Paychecks/check stubs 

Insurance policies (auto, life, health) 

Motor Vehicle Registration/title 

Voter registration 

IRS w-2 from most recent year 

Property tax receipts  

ITIN tax number from IRS 

Immigration paperwork  

Employer Authorization Cards 

DHS Benefit Mailing 

Probation paperwork to the address 

Proof/print out that address has been changed with the post office 

PLEASE NOTE: Cell phone bills will NOT be accepted. 

For 1st – 5th graders, the first official day of school is Wednesday, August 7, 2024. This is our registration day, and we will be open between 7:30 am – 9:30 am. We ask that parents come to the school with their students and walk them to their classrooms. We will have people stationed throughout the building to assist you with where to go. Once you complete the paperwork that the teacher has, you are free to leave.  

 

Registration is happening ONLINE again this year. We are strongly encouraging everyone to complete the "ANNUAL REQUIRED STUDENT INFORMATION” when logging into the PRIMARY CUSTODIAL PARENT’S Skyward account. Please note, you CANNOT log into your student’s account to complete this step. You will also be asked to submit an updated Proof-of-Residence. This is required of every Rutherford County Schools student, every single year.  

https://sis-rutherford.tnk12.gov/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsRUTStu/seplog01.w

Kindergarten starts a little differently from the rest of our students. Please refer to the Kindergarten Phase-In Schedule for more information. 
 
To find out what bus your student will be riding, please visit http://edulogsql.rcschools.net/liveweb/webquery/ and enter your address and your student’s grade level. This should show you what bus your student will be riding, the location of the bus stop and the time that the bus will pick up and drop off your student. 

School hours are 7:30 am – 2:30 pm.  

Students are expected to be in their classes, ready to learn at 7:30 am. Because of this, the car rider lines will CLOSE at 7:26 am. If you arrive at the school after the car drop-off lines are closed, please bring your student to the FRONT OFFICE to check in.  

The doors to the school open at 6:45 am at the back drop-off line. The Kindergarten drop-off line, at the front of the school, does not open until 7:15 am.

We will be hosting an Orientation night on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 5:30 - 7 pm.  You will go to your child's classroom(s) and enjoy a short presentation from Mrs. Sturm & Mrs. DeJaynes and then learn about ALL THE THINGS from your student's teacher.  While students are welcome, this is a great time for PARENTS to have time with the teachers.  There will not be activities outside of the meeting with the teachers.
Login to your PARENT skyward account.
 
Click on PORTFOLIO on the left hand side.
 
The TOP option that should show up is "Student Lunch Number/Student State ID (Plainview Elementary)"  
 
Open & run that.
 
You may also ask your students as they have to use this number to login to their computers and many know it.

Pricing 
Breakfast (Student – Served in the CLASSROOM at 7:15 am): $2.00 

Breakfast (Teachers/Staff): $2.50 

Lunch (Student – Served in the CAFETERIA): $3.25 

Lunch (Teachers/Staff/Visitors): $4.75 

Holiday Meals Visitors (ALL AGES): $5.00 

 

We are asking that ALL students complete a Free & Reduced Meal Application this year. Please take a few minutes to complete the form, digitally, at the following link: 

https://frmeals.rcschools.net/ 

 

You can put money on your student’s account once you know their State Student ID. You may ask your student what that number is as they have to use it for many things during the day. If you need help locating it, please call the office at 615-904-6790 (press “0”).  

Please see the following website to access the online meal pay program. This is a great program because you can set it to notify you when your student’s account goes below a certain amount. You can also see what meals your student is buying. 

https://www.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome 

Currently there are TWO after-school childcare options available.  Please note, these are NOT run by Plainview Elementary School.  Please contact these places directly for more information.
 
 
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