Equity - Nondiscrimination Annual Notice
July 1, 2019 - The Mason City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas of study: Business Education, Health Occupations Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, and Industrial Education.
It is the policy of the Mason City Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices.
There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy, please contact the district's Equity Coordinator:
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Tom Drzycimski |
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Human Resources Director |
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Mason City Community School District |
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1515 S. Pennsylvania Ave. |
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Mason City, IA 50401 |
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Phone: 641-421-4403 |
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Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Equity - Nondiscrimination notices, procedures and forms can be found by clicking on Public Notices in the menu on the left panel of the district's website.
Public Notice - Open Enrollment
Parents/guardians considering the use of the open enrollment option to enroll their children in another public school district in the state of Iowa should be aware of the following dates:
March 1, 2019 – Last date for regular open enrollment requests for the 2019-20 school year.
September 1, 2019 – Last date for open enrollment requests for entering kindergarten students for the 2019-20 school year.
Public Notice - Homeless Education Assistance Act
Preschool-aged and school-aged children have certain rights or protections under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act. Please click on one of the following to find out further information related to these rights and/or protections.
Information for School-Aged Youth
If you need further assistance, call the National Center for Homeless Education at the toll-free HelpLine number: 1-800-308-2145.
Local contact: Jamie Heard, Mason City Community School District - Phone: 641-421-4406 - Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Sandra Johnson, State Coordinator, Department of Education - Phone: 515-281-3965 - Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Program
The Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) program offers free or low-cost health care coverage for children and teens. Dental coverage is included with hawk-i and there is a hawk-i Dental Only plan available to families that may only need dental insurance. Many working families qualify. Information regarding this program can be found at www.hawk-i.org. Fact sheet flyers about both the hawk-i program and the dental only program can be found in the district's virtual backpack.
Early Dismissals / Cancellations / Late Starts
It is that time of the year to start thinking about preparations for possible inclement weather. The Mason City Community School District currently provides an automated notification service. This notification provides families with automated phone calls, emails and text messages for notifications from the school district when school is being cancelled, dismissing early or having a late start. These notifications are sent to the numbers and email addresses parents have provided to the school district through PowerSchool (the student management software). If at any time you would like to update your preferences, parents may do so by logging into PowerSchool.
These notifications are also provided to local radio stations and television stations KIMT, KTTC and KAAL and are typically found on their websites and are broadcast on their stations.
These announcements can also be found on the district's website (www.masoncityschools.org) and social media pages (www.facebook.com/MasonCityCSD/ or Mason City Community School District) (and on Twitter @MasonCityMCSD).
For any additional questions about school cancellations/early dismissals/late starts, contact the Administrative Offices at 641-421-4401.