A message from Monticello Board of Education President, Lori Orestano-James One of the few explicit responsibilities of a school board is the hiring and evaluation of a superintendent. We take that responsibility very seriously. In early fall, the District issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), seeking responses from individuals or firms interested in assisting with …
The building located at 22 St. John Street has served Monticello residents in many capacities throughout the decades. Some residents consider it their alma mater. Others pass by and remember it as the place where their children first learned their abcs and 123s at the Project Excel UPK program. Some see it and remember it …
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Monticello Central School District Board of Education President Lori Orestano-James led a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Friday, Aug. 16 to celebrate the ground breaking of the Classroom 2020 Capital Improvement Project, as construction began on the roofs of the district’s elementary schools. Members of the Board, district leaders and representatives from Clark Patterson Lee Architectural Firm …
Monticello Central School District joins 50 rural schools as a part of the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN), an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, the district will have the opportunity to apply …
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Each month, the district releases a video update on the progress of the Classroom 2020 project. Watch July’s update below, and visit the Classroom 2020 web page for an archive of all of our monthly videos.
A message from the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library: The Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library has an exciting summer reading program planned! Sign-ups for the summer reading program will began June 18th and activities will start Monday, July 1st. There will be a variety of activities for kids, tweens, & teens this summer. The 2019 …
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Monticello Central School District will provide free, nutritious breakfast and lunch meals to children and teens 18 and under at the locations below, Mondays through Fridays. The program is open to all children 18 and under and there is no cost or enrollment to participate. Kenneth L Rutherford School (26 Patricia Pl) July 8 – …
The following is a joint statement from the New York State Department of Health and New York State Education Department: On June 13, 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation removing non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements for children. The United States is currently experiencing the worst outbreak of measles in more than 25 years, …
Students at every school in the Monticello Central School District (MCSD), including Project Excel, will have some new literary choices, thanks to a donation from the Board of Education. At the inaugural Sullivan County Book Festival held in late May, members of the Board of Education secured a variety of books, many signed by the …
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District residents who will be four years old before Dec. 1, 2019 are eligible for the district’s free Universal Pre-Kindergarten program – Project Excel – in September. The program, transportation and meals are free. To register, or for more information, please contact the registrar’s office at 845-794-0128, ext. 78905.
