December 10, 2018
School Closing Text Alerts Coming in January 2019!
Starting January 8, 2019, Rockford Public Schools will offer text message alerts for school closings/delays and safety alerts. To receive alerts, parents and guardians can opt in one of…
November 27, 2018
Board of Education extends Dr. Shibler’s contract
At the November 26, 2018 regular meeting of the Rockford Board of Education, Board Human Resources Committee Chair Lisa Kreager issued the following summary of Superintendent Dr. Shibler’s performance evaluation,…
November 26, 2018
Students practice regular lockdown drills
More than 50 students huddled at one end of the classroom, squatting and packed together on the floor. Moments earlier they had all poured in here, across the hall from…
October 26, 2018
School Resource Officer coming to RPS
As part of the Rockford Public Schools’ ongoing security initiative since 1998, the district will welcome Kent County Sheriff Deputy Eric Brunner as its School Resource Officer effective January 7,…
October 1, 2018
Well Water Quality Update
In follow-up to the joint letter Cannon Township Supervisor Steve Grimm and Dr. Shibler released on September 21, we are sharing a letter from the MDEQ (Michigan Department of Environmental…