I’ll be the first one to admit - it did not work the way we had hoped. What did work is that buses got out faster than anyone can remember for the first day of school. The student parking lot was also empty at about 3:08. That was very successful; however, we learned the hard way that holding the students and crossing all together after letting the buses out did not work. Lesson learned. Please give some grace to the staff who were out there. They were only doing what they were asked to do. Tomorrow we will revert back to the previous way of managing the student traffic. We’ll cross as many students as we can as they come out, and then when it is time for the buses to go, we’ll stop traffic again to let the buses get out, after which there will be a second time for students to cross, just as it was in prior years. We were only trying to increase student safety. Thank you for your patience, your grace, and your understanding.
Welcome back to the 2025-2026 school year call
Good evening, this is Superintendent Dave Harmon with several important back-to-school messages. As such, this message will be longer than typical. First, we are using a new all-call system. Regardless of the upfront work on our end, we anticipate some minor bumps in the road as we get that all sorted out. Please pay attention to all of our notification processes so nothing is missed during this hopefully quick transition. If you aren’t getting messages, please notify the school so we can make any adjustments as quickly as possible.
With our new all call system, in order to opt in to text messaging, please send “TEC” to 64085 and then “YES” to confirm that you wish to opt in to getting text messages. Text messages from the school will come from 64085. Feel free to save that in your contacts as “Versailles Schools.”
As we always ask at the beginning of the school year, please have your children at the bus stop approximately 10 minutes earlier than normal. As routes settle in, they will quickly adjust to where there will be little additional time. In like sense, at the end of the day, please expect your children home probably 10 or so minutes later than normal for the first several days. That too will settle in as students get the hang of dismissal and boarding the buses quickly and efficiently.
If you use the parent drop-off loop, please stay in the right lane and keep moving forward if you are dropping your child off curbside. Students should exit the car from the passenger’s side only so as not to step into the other lane of traffic. If you are going into the parking lot, you are asked to cue in the left lane all the way up to the building. The left lane only turns left into the parking area.
We had another fantastic year with academic achievement last year, and are sure that this year will bring even more of that as we work to make magical educational experiences for your children. Thank you for trusting us with their care. It’s going to be another amazing year in Versailles.
Go Tigers!
Round 4
Results
8th Grade
Marion Local over Versailles 2-1
7th Grade
New Bremen over Versailles 2-0
Marion Local over Russia 2-0
Round 3
Results
8th Grade
New Bremen over Versailles 2-0
Marion Local over Russia 2-0
7th Grade
New Bremen over Marion Local 2-0
Round 12Results
8th Grade
New Bremen over Russia 2-0
7th Grade
New Bremen over Russia 2-0
Marion Local over Versailles 2-0
Round 1 Results
8th Grade
Versailles over Russia 2-0
New Bremen over Marion Local 2-0
7th Grade
Versailles over Russia 2-0
Interesting in a regular, part time job with the school district?
Become a school van driver!
We anticipate two van routes, one being approximately 3 hours per day, and one being approximately 4 hours per day (total of the AM and the PM trips).
If you have any interest, please contact Transportation Supervisor, Kyle Kunk at kyle.kunk@vtigers.org or (937) 526-4773 EXT 6015. Being a van driver has a MUCH lower training requirement than a bus.
You absolutely can do this!
Feel free to reach out to any Board member. They will be happy to share with you about their experiences in this community leadership role. Their contact information is here: https://www.versailles.k12.oh.us/page/board-of-education
As of Monday afternoon, about 480 student accounts still need all forms completed in Final Forms. A large portion of those are the Transportation forms.
This is a final reminder that the transportation tab will be removed from Final Forms on Friday, 7/18/25.
Please ensure that you have the transportation form updated and submitted before that date. If that doesn't happen, we risk disruptions to transportation services to homes that have not completed the forms.
We need these forms filled out even if you and your family do not take district-provided transportation. This is critically important for us to be able to properly design bus routes to ensure there are seats available where necessary.
Thank you for your help in getting this done. Have a great afternoon.
Go Tigers!
As of Thursday afternoon, there are still about 750 student accounts that do not have all forms completed in Final Forms. A large portion of those are the Transportation forms.
This is a reminder that the transportation tab will be removed from Final Forms on 7/18/25. Please ensure that you have the transportation form updated and submitted before that date. We need these forms filled out even if you and your family do not take district-provided transportation. This is critically important for us to be able to properly design bus routes to ensure there are seats available where necessary.
Thank you for your help in getting this done. We wish you an absolutely wonderful 4th of July!
