Update on senior portraits

All senior picture appointments for the July/August session are filled. Lifetouch is not accepting anymore appointments. We will be having additional sessions in the fall. Once dates are determined information will be passed along. 

Golden Tickets still bringing smiles

While students learned from home for the last few months of the 2019-20 school year, Cooke staff continued to hold virtual”Golden Ticket Friday” drawings to reward students who worked extra hard. Here’s one of Cooke’s Golden Ticket winners, Laday Whitley cashing in her Golden Ticket for a strawberry cone from Stewart’s  on a hot summer …

MCSD will release initial plan for 2020-21 school year by July 31

Committees comprised of administrators, teachers, parents, and other staff from all buildings have been meeting to create a plan for the 2020-21 school year, using the guidance set forth by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and taking into consideration feedback collected from parents through the district’s online survey. The Board of …

MCSD reduces an additional $336,975 from budget for a total decrease of $694,048; residents to vote on July 28

On July 8, the Monticello School District Board of Education adopted a proposed 2020-21 budget that is $336,975 less than the budget initially proposed in June and $694,048 less than the 2019-20 adopted budget. Residents will vote on the budget on July 28 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the district’s polling locations (see below).  The proposed …

Summer school will begin on July 8

Credit Recovery 2020 will be offered using a remote learning platform. Summer school runs from July 8 through August 13 Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. There is no class Fridays. Please contact Summer School Principals Robyn Boardman RBoardman@k12mcsd.net or Rachel Blount  RBlount@k12mcsd.net with any questions. 

All Monticello students will receive $420 in food benefits through P-EBT program

Each student enrolled in the Monticello Central School District will receive $420 in food benefits through the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program between June and August. P-EBT is a new program to help fill the school meals gap for children who lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to COVID-19 school closures. …

July 1 – Meet the superintendent

“Superintendent’s Corner” July 1, 2020  Dear Monticello Central School District Community Member,  I hope this finds you and your family well, and enjoying your summer  Under normal circumstances, this would be a simple, “looking forward to meeting you,” letter by an incoming superintendent.  These obviously are not simple times, and while I am eager to serve this community, I also recognize the …

Forestburgh Playhouse’s Costume Designer sews 50 masks for Monticello CSD

Typically, around this time of year, Costume Designer Ashleigh Poteat would be hard at work creating costumes for the Forestburgh Playhouse, as she has for the past 13 years. But 2020 has been no ordinary year. With the Playhouse closed for the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ms. Poteat instead decided to use her …