Dear IPS Families,

As we continue working together to support your child’s academic growth in ELA and Math, we want to emphasize the power of collaboration between home and school. If you haven’t yet scheduled a parent-teacher conference, please connect with your child’s teacher as soon as possible. These meetings are a valuable chance to review progress, celebrate achievements, and set meaningful goals for continued success.

At home, we encourage you to carve out regular time for reading and math practice. Daily reading builds fluency, comprehension, and stamina, while consistent practice with basic math facts lays the foundation for solving more complex, multi-step problems.

We’re also thrilled to share our school motto for the year: “Soaring to New Heights!” Our amazing IPS teachers and staff are dedicated to helping every student reach their full potential. We’re confident that, with your support, our students will rise to the challenge and achieve great things this year!

Be sure to mark your calendars for our first Title I Night on November 13, 2025—an exciting evening of learning and community that you won’t want to miss. Stay tuned for more details soon!

Thank you for your continued support and partnership. Here's to a fantastic and productive month at IPS!

Warm regards,

Mrs. Merchant

Principal

We would like to express our gratitude to the following staff members for earning their Literacy Micro-Credential and for their commitment to providing Tier 3 interventions:

 

Stephanie Acosta

Gwenn Bean

Jasmine Bennett

Kim Carroll

Kristin Grundy

Todd Langdon

Missy McCollough

Becky Schaffer

Mary Tyler

As part of our ongoing commitment to student safety, all visitors to IPS are required to have their driver's license scanned through our security system prior to entering the building.

Please note that, due to a recent system reset, all previously scanned licenses have been removed from our records.

As a result, everyone will need to have their license rescanned, even if you completed this process earlier in the school year.

To help avoid delays during upcoming school events—we strongly encourage families to stop by the front office in advance to complete the scanning process.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us provide a safe and welcoming environment for all IPS students, staff, and families.

·Enter from Highland Blvd and form 2 lanes.

·At the parking lot, cars split into 4 lines: Right lane → fills first 2 rows, Left lane → fills other 2 rows across the median

·Fill all 4 lines completely — cars are called evenly from each.

·Display your 2025–2026 car tag on your rearview mirror (pant hanger works great!).

·Keep the tag visible until your child is in the car.

·If you do not have your current car tag, you will be directed to the front office and must show your ID for pick-up.

·Pull to your assigned numbered pole (yellow numbers) — even if your child isn’t there.

·If your child is delayed (restroom, etc.), a staff member will direct you to a parking spot — staff will bring your child to you.

·Remain in your car at all times.

·Need to buckle a child in? Pull into a parking space to assist safely.

·After the last car is called, remaining students go to the front office.

·You must go inside, show ID, and sign them out.

·Names called from the covered walkway.

·Keep car tag visible and watch for new traffic patterns.

·In severe weather/lightning, dismissal will pause until it’s safe.

Research continues to confirm that parents are a vital part of the educational process and of the educational experiences of their children. When school personnel and families work together, relationships are developed that support learning and children are provided an enhanced opportunity for success in school and throughout life. As a parent, you play an important role in your child’s education. We encourage parents to be involved as much as possible. Volunteering, mentoring, and attending parent conferences are all parent involvement activities. Gain information and be part of the decision making process by joining advisory committees at the school and district level.

 

For further information, the Citrus County Schools’ Parent Involvement Plan is available at:

 

 

IPS is proud that all 49 teachers & administrators who work with our students are certified by the State of Florida or other governing board. We appreciate the following teachers who have volunteered to teach a subject outside of their primary certification and are currently taking classes to obtain certification in the area they are teaching out-of-field.

Ms. Tiffany Schekorra - ESE

Mrs. Cheri Shaffer - ESE

Citrus County Schools previously developed an Asbestos Management Program for all facilities. Required re-inspections of the facilities are performed at six-month intervals. Information from these re-inspections, along with that from the original Management Plan, is available for review at each facility.

 

 

District Equity Contact:

Todd Goolsby

Coordinator of District Student Services

2575 S. Panther Pride Drive Lecanto, FL 34461

Email: goolsbyt@citrusschools.org

Telephone: (352) 527-0090

 

District Section 504 Contact:

Jacquelyn Dillersberger

ESE Specialist

1007 W. Main Street

Inverness, FL 34450

Email: dillersbergerj@citrusschools.org

Telephone: (352) 726-1931 Ext. 2304

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires each state and school district to publish report cards that show how the state, districts, and individual schools are performing in terms of student achievement and success.

You can view these reports online by visiting: https://edudata.fldoe.org/