The Belton School District is looking forward to welcoming back your Pirates in person for the 2021-2022 school year. Our first day is Monday, August 23rd. As a reminder from previous communications, the deadline to submit an application to have your child go through the virtual learning approval process closed on June 1, 2021. 

Our task force teams have been meeting to review all of the health and safety protocols and will use current CDC, Cass County Health Department, and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, as well as data from the changes made during in-person summer school to guide us in preparing for August.

For quick reference, keep a copy of our 1-page calendar for 2021-2022. For school-specific events, be sure to visit each school's page on our website by hovering over Our Schools and selecting your Pirate's school from the drop down list.

There are 2 errors on the mailed calendar. Please mark these changes so you have the correct information. 

If your child will be a bus rider this year, please know masks are mandatory on public transportation, per federal mandate.

To learn what bus your child will ride, where the bus stop is, and the times it will pick up and drop off, please click the Bus Routes icon on the yellow bar (computer) or click the three bars > Popular Links > Bus Routes on a mobile device. This takes you to the site where you can key in your address to get bus information. 

On the Belton School District app, simply click the Bus Routes icon to get started.

Bus routes are usually ready a few days before school starts. 
Other important bus information can be found on our Transportation page. (Departments > Transportation Services)

We are happy to share the news that the USDA has extended the Seamless Summer Option for all children up to 18 years of age. This means all students in the Belton School District can receive meals at no cost. At this time, the extension goes through June 30, 2022.

We still encourage families to complete the meal benefits form if you have not yet done so. The form, while primarily designed to give families meal support, also provides Belton students with other educational opportunities that might not otherwise be available. If you are unable to fill out this form electronically or need a paper copy of the meal benefits form, please contact your child’s school office to have one sent to you.

Menus can be found by clicking the yellow School Menus tab on the right side of the home page, or by clicking the Menus icon on the Belton School District app.

Belton High School (9-12): 7:39am - 2:45pm

Belton Middle School (7-8): 7:24am - 2:32pm

Scott Educational Center (K-12): 

• BOSCO Program, 7:25am - 1:50pm
• Elementary Transition Classroom, 7:25am - 1:50pm
• 18-21 half-day program, 7:25am - 10:30am
• BHS Alternative Education, 7:39am - 2:45pm

Mill Creek (5-6): 8:40am - 3:41pm

Cambridge, Gladden, & Kentucky Trail (K-4): 8:30am-3:31pm

Hillcrest (K-6): 9:10am - 4:11pm

Grace (Infant - PreK) : 

• CCC 6:50am - 4:30pm
• PAC 6:30am - 6:00 pm
• 1/2 Day PreK 8:20 - 11:20am or 12:20 - 3:20pm
• Full Day PreK 8:30 - 3 pm
• PAT 7:45am - 3:45pm

If you would like to enroll your K-6 child in before/after childcare (SAC), you will need to register them no later than 5 pm on Friday, August 13, 2021. Registration for the first semester will be closed after this date and a waitlist will be created. This allows us to have a consistent number of students and helps us safely social distance the students and staff.

If space is available, parents on the waitlist will be contacted as the openings happen. 

We will open SAC enrollment again in September if there are openings.

Enroll in SAC 

To learn more about school-age childcare, visit this page of our website. 

View the Belton School District dashboard of COVID-19 cases for students and staff, as well as vaccination information from the Cass County Health Department and the State of Missouri. The data is updated weekly, and records cases since the first day of school.

Dashboard & Vaccination Information

The Belton School District plans to be open for in-person instruction for 2021-2022 as it was during the 2020-2021 school year. The District’s elementary and secondary Return to School Task Force teams, made up of staff and parents, met in May to discuss changes for summer school. The teams have started meeting again in July to review the plan from 2020-2021 and the changes made for summer school as they draft the final copy of protocols for 2021-2022.

There are some health and safety protocol changes from the previous year we have shared with families who have children attending summer school. Once a decision is made for 2021-2022, that will be communicated with families.

SUMMER SCHOOL MITIGATION STRATEGIES

• Masks 
  • Mask wearing will be recommended, but not required. Since there is not currently an option for children under the age of 12 to be vaccinated, we want to be sure your children are aware they will be in an environment where some people may be masked and others may not.
  • Update July 2021: Federal mandate requires masks to be worn on public transportation; this includes school buses.

• Social Distancing
  • Where possible, 3-6 feet of distance between students and staff will be maintained. Students will be permitted to work in small groups, but for no more than 15 minutes in a school day. 
  • Classes will rotate days in the cafeteria to maintain social distancing.

• Cleaning & Sanitizing
  • Custodial staff will continue to clean and sanitize the building, and students and staff will also take personal responsibility for cleaning their workspaces.
  • Water fountains will continue to be closed. Students are to bring a water bottle that can be refilled at our water bottle filling stations throughout the school.

• Contact Tracing 
  • This will continue to be conducted on site and with the assistance of the Cass County Health Department. 
  • Guests will be required to sign in and identify the sites they will be visiting. 
  • Should a child be identified as a close contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19, school officials will call parents with this information. Parents will be told of two quarantine options:
  • Return after 10 days without taking a COVID-19 test if the child has no symptoms, or 
  • Return to school after day 7 with a negative test taken after day 5 if the child has no symptoms. Parents will be asked to let the school know which option they will be choosing for their child. A follow up email will be sent that explains the options as well.
  • Complete details can be found on our Health Services page.

• Antigen Testing
• Belton School District students can be tested at a Belton School District site. Parental/Guardian consent is required for student testing and Parent/Guardian must be present when a test is administered. COVID-19 Rapid Antigen testing will be performed by Belton School District RNs and LPNs. Please call 816-489-7000 for available site information, as they change depending on the day testing is needed.

• Vaccinations
  • The District will continue to connect families and staff with vaccination clinic information as it is made available.

• Accommodations
  • The Belton School District shared information about virtual learning for the 2021-2022 school year with families in early May.
  • The deadline to submit an application to have a child go through the virtual learning approval process closed on June 1, 2021. 
  • More details about virtual learning can be found on the School Improvement page of our website.
  • Special education staff will meet with families of children who need additional support and accommodations.

• Continuity of Services
  • Should there be a spike in cases throughout Cass County or in our schools this summer, the protocol changes listed above may revert back to the protocols used for the 2020-2021 school year. Any change will be communicated to parents and students.