IRS takes new steps to ensure people with children receive $500 Economic Impact Payments

The following is from a message from the Internal Revenue Service. The district is sharing this information as a public service. Please contact the IRS directly with any questions.  The IRS will reopen the registration period for federal beneficiaries who didn’t receive $500 per child payments earlier this year. Certain federal benefit recipients should use …

Help us stay eligible for free breakfast/lunch for all students

The Monticello Central School District has been approved to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (formerly the National School Lunch/Breakfast Program).  This means that all  students in all buildings, and those learning remotely,  will receive free breakfast and lunch regardless of income.  The district is excited to …

Stay connected with the SchoolMessenger app

SchoolMessenger is the platform that Monticello Central School District uses to broadcast information to families with students enrolled in the district — including school closures and delays, events, student attendance, and other important updates.  If we do not have your most up-to-date contact information, we can’t reach you with these important messages.  Please take the …

Rotary donates art and school supplies to district students

Our students from all three elementary schools – Kenneth L. Rutherford School, Emma C. Chase School and George L. Cooke School – were treated to arts and school supplies donated by the Rotary Club of Monticello. During these difficult times, many students do not have access to items needed for school and for creative play. …

Superintendent Dr. Matthew Evans thanks community for budget support

A message from Superintendent of Schools, Dr Matthew Evans:  Dear Monticello School Community Member,  Our voters have approved our latest budget proposal for 2020–21.  This approval will allow us to   Continue all programs offered in the previous school year,  Purchase new equipment for driver’s education, technology, student transportation, and plant maintenance, and  Permit community organizations’ usage …

MCSD voters overwhelmingly approve 2020-21 school budget 

On July 28, Monticello Central School District residents overwhelmingly  approved the district’s proposed 2020-21 school budget by a vote of 730 “yes” to 425 “no.”  “Creating a school budget within the framework of New York State law is a complex process under the best of circumstances, let alone in the unprecedented landscape we’re currently in,” Superintendent of …

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 …

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. …

Cornell Cooperative Extension program surveying families about nutrition

A message from Cornell Cooperative Extension’s SNAP-Ed Nutrition Education program:  Please participate in this  2-3 minute survey to help the SNAP- Ed Nutrition Education program find better ways to connect your family with tips and tricks to save time, save money and eat healthy.  Please click this link to be directly connected https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2sZCEsxFFPlHJH