Category: Montgomery News

A Letter from Superintendent John Xanthis to the Valley Central Community:  May 25, 2022 Dear Valley Central Community, It is with deep sadness that I write to you today regarding the tragic incident that occurred yesterday in a Texas elementary school. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have been irreparably …

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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 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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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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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/

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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Philip Rodriguez, Secondary School Asst. Principal, HS Allison Simoskevich, Secondary School Asst. Principal, HS Sarah Rosenwasser, Social Studies, HS Amanda Gliedman, Science, HS Alisa Podgorskaya, School Psychologist, HS Denyse LaVallie, Business, HS Daniel Walker, Music, HS Brittany Bilodeau, Art, HS Kaitlyn Bruna, Social Studies, HS Thomas Stoddard, Phys. Ed., MS Joanna Sandve, English, MS Kathryn …

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