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Applications Being Accepted for the District’s Racial and Social Equity Committee

PARENTS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY, AND STAFF INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY COMMITTEE Applications are being accepted for the District’s Racial and Social Equity Committee until 5 PM on Thursday, June 2, 2022.   This advisory committee was established by the Board of Education with the goal to drive accountability for our schools with …

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Letter to the Community from High School Principals

On January 12, 2022, a student was found in possession of an air-soft gun. The Valley Central High School Administrators were made aware of this incident at approximately 10:00 AM this morning. An immediate investigation followed. Upon initial investigation it was concluded that there was no immediate threat. Witnesses were spoken to with the assistance …

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Test to Stay At Valley Central

NYSDOH supports “Test To Stay” (TTS) as a strategy that allows asymptomatic, unvaccinated, school based close contacts (e.g. students, teachers, school staff) to avoid school exclusion (but not other restrictions of quarantine) by testing negative through serial testing using rapid NAAT or antigen tests during a seven-day period following exposure. The Orange County Department of …

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NYS Digital Equity Survey

NYS Digital Equity Survey To collectively serve students, families, and educators, it is imperative that districts and the New York State Education Department have, and maintain, an updated, accurate, complete picture of the state of digital equity for each individual student.  Therefore, the NYS Education Department is requiring that a short 9-question Digital Equity survey …

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Navigating Your Child’s Social Media

Sourav Sengupta, a University of Buffalo professor and an expert in child and adolescent mental health, says “our children will need to grow up to find a reasonable way to incorporate, tolerate and utilize social technologies in their lives”.   Trusted adults can support young people is by setting age- and developmentally appropriate boundaries. He suggests …

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WES Remembers

It’s been two short years since WES and the VC community felt the loss of longtime community member and employee Annette Bittner. For the staff at Walden, losing their beloved Nettie has left a void in everyone’s hearts. We continue to honor and remember her loving and giving spirit and strive to pay it forward …

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MES 4th Graders Featured in “TIME for Kids” Magazine

Students from Sue Dami’s 4th Grade class read the September 17th (2021) edition of “TIME for Kids” as a class.  In that edition, the magazine posed a question to its readers; “What part of space would you want to explore?”    Mrs. Dami’s students responded and Mrs. Dami submitted the responses to the magazine.  And …

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Arts are Alive at Valley Central

The Art and Music Departments at Valley Central are doing great things throughout the district.  Keep up with everything going on in the departments at those pages.  Visit our Art At Valley Central page at https://www.vcsd.k12.ny.us/academics/art-at-valley-central/ Visit our Music At Valley Central page at  https://www.vcsd.k12.ny.us/academics/music-at-valley-central/

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The Board Of Education Authorize Attorneys to Intervene in Medline’s Court Proceedings

Medline Seeks to Have Assessment Reduced by 81% Which Will Negatively Impact School Taxes As you may recall, many in our school district and community were pleased with Medline’s decision to withdraw as a PILOT and proceed with building a facility in Montgomery.  Regrettably, Medline has recently filed with the Supreme Court asking to have …

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