Due to anticipated excessive heat conditions, all Monticello CSD schools will dismiss three hours early on Monday, June 23. Monticello High School and Robert J. Kaiser Middle School will dismiss at 11:15 a.m. Any students completing Regents or other final exams at Monticello High School will be able to stay and complete their exams. Transportation will be provided for any students staying late to complete these exams.
St. John Street Prekindergarten will dismiss at 12:15 p.m. Chase, Cooke, and Rutherford Elementary Schools will dismiss at 12:40 p.m.
New York State passed a law last year that requires public schools to monitor heat conditions in classrooms and make efforts to cool classrooms once they reach 82°F. Should classrooms or other instructional spaces reach 88°F, public schools are to consider evacuating those spaces and, when practicable, dismiss early. The Board of Education’s recently adopted policy 8113 is fully compliant with this new law and details the steps we take on extreme heat days.