Marion County Public Schools have hired over 480 new teachers for tens of thousands of students that will attend the first day of the school year on Monday.
According to a press release issued by the district, approximately 46,195 students are expected to attend the first day of classes on Monday, August 11.
MCPS reports that elementary schools will have a “stagger start,” which means that one-third of students will report on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. By Thursday, August 14, all kindergarten students are expected to report by class…