At Monticello Central School District, we are committed to providing and connecting our families with the resources that they need to thrive, particularly during these extraordinary times.
Please continue to check page on this page, as it is frequently updated.
For information regarding individual class assignments or information, please contact your/your child’s teacher.
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New York State recently launched a “Find Services” app. On this app, you can answer a series of questions about your needs, and you will be matched with local services that may be able to help.
Table of Contents
- Central Office/Business Offices
- Childcare
- Counselors
- Educational/Enrichment resources
- Elementary students
- Family Support Line
- Food Pantries and the Pandemic-EBT program
- Internet Access
- Local resources
- Meals
- Mental health resources
- Registration
- Technology
Central Office/Business Offices
In order to limit the spread of COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) and to comply with public health guidelines to maintain social distancing, Monticello Central School District’s Central Administration and Business Offices will be scheduling appointments in order to limit visitors. Please call 845-794-7700 to schedule an appointment if you should need our services.
Childcare
Financial support/tuition scholarship for childcare is available
If you need assistance finding childcare, the Sullivan County Child Care Council may be able to help.
Phone: (845) 292-7166
SCCCC website
Counselor’s Corner
The Monticello Central School District recognizes that these are very trying times for our students and their families. Please feel free to reach out to one of the following members of the support staff should you need assistance:
KLR support staff
Harriett Dever hdever@k12mcsd.net
Kenneth Montemurro kmontemurro@k12mcsd.net
Jamie Gaebel Bury jgaebelbury@k12mcsd.net
Barbara Shaw-Zirt BShaw-Zirt@k12mcsd.net
Cooke support staff
Mackenzie Biro mbiro@k12mcsd.net
Regine Fontaine rfontaine@k12mcsd.net
Linda Wertheim lwertheim@k12mcsd.net
Chase support staff
Kaitlen Rubin KRubin@k12mcsd.net
Elementary school counselor
Molly Messina mmessina@k12mcsd.net
MCSD School Counselor, Molly Messina, has put together a guide for parents of elementary-aged children highlighting how to help younger children cope through the COVID-19 closure.
Click here to watch in English
para una traducción en español haga clic aquí
RJK support staff
Catching Up with the Counselors video series
Harrison Larkin HLarkin@k12mcsd.net
Jennifer Ducey jducey@k12mcsd.net
Brittany Zaccaria bharden@k12mcsd.net
Shannon Follansbee sfollansbee@k12mcsd.net
Laurie Oshinsky loshinsky@k12mcsd.net
MHS support staff
Daniel Jankowski DJankowski@k12mcsd.net MHS
Annette Rasmussen arasmussen@k12mcsd.net MHS
Angela Padhiar APadhiar@k12mcsd.net MHS
Brianna Lagarde blagarde@k12mcsd.net MHS
Katherine Truesdell ktruesdell@k12mcsd.net MHS
Allyson Steinberg astenberg@k12mcsd.net MHS
Josef Seidl jseidl@k12mcsd.net MHS
Jeff Mannino jmannino@k12mcsd.net MHS
Sheryl Manz smanz@k12mcsd.net MHS
Virtual Calming Corner
Virtual Calming Corner (Please note that you must be logged in to your Monticello email student or staff email account in order to access this website.)
Educational/Enrichment
Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
Handwashing: A Family Activity
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) and Children
FOR KIDS: Brainpop: Coronavirus
FOR KIDS: Mystery Science: How do germs get into our bodies?
FOR KIDS: Scholastic: No more germs
FOR KIDS: Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
FOR KIDS: Germ Smart Kids: How to wash your hands
Family Support Line
MCSD families can call the EPIC family support line from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for assistance with issues such as stress management, home routines, positive discipline strategies and any other issues that arise during time home with children. The Family Support Line number is 716-332-4111
Food Pantries (Please call to inquire about pick-up details):
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. In schools where all students receive free meals, such as Monticello, all enrolled students will receive this benefit, regardless of income or immigration status. Read more
Monticello
Free farm stand and mass food distribution
309 East Broadway
Dates vary; read more
Federation for the Homeless
(Please Register) 1-2 Times a Month Plus Emergency Food
9 Monticello Street
Walk-In with I.D.
Breakfast Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m..-.9:30 a.m.
Lunch Mon-Fri – 11:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Food Pantry – Every other Friday (Call for Dates)
V.A. Pantry
Every other Friday 1:15pm (Call for Dates)
1st & 3rd Friday – Food for Veterans – After 1:00pm
(845) 794-2604
St. John’s Episcopal Church
15 St. John Street
Open on the 1st,2nd,3rd & 4th Tuesday Each Month 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
(Closed on the 5th Tuesday)
845-794-8111
Hudson Valley Community Services
20 Crystal Street (HVCS) Food Pantry for clients
845-791-8871
United Way of Sullivan County Emergency Food
33 Lakewood Avenue
845-794-1771
Rock Hill
Church of Nazarene
210 Katrina Falls Road
Anytime by appointment: 845-796-3729
United Methodist Church
410 Rock Hill Drive
845-796-3833
White Lake
Faith Ministries of White Lake Reformed Presbyterian Church
Blessing Shephard’s Pantry
2nd Thursday of the month 10:00am-12:00pm
4th Thursday of the month 5:00pm-6:00pm
Coralie Bloom 845-583-5885 or 845-707-2333
Liberty
Soul Food Café @ United Methodist Church
170 N. Main Street
Food Prayer Fellowship
Monday Night Dinners 5 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
845-292-6243
St. Peter’s RC Church
262 N Main Street
Wednesday & Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
845-747-4073
Lighthouse Ministries
5 Triangle Road (Next To Computer Doctors)
3rd Thursday 11 a.m. -2 p.m.
845-985-7026
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Interfaith Council Liberty
24 Chestnut Street (Next To Post Office)
2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Once A Month Pick-Up
Walk-In no I.D. required
For information call: 845-292-4626
Dinner for those in need every Wednesday 5:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
Vine & Branch
2535 Rt. 52
Call For Pantry Days (3rd Sunday of Every Month 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
Pastor Ed or Bob (845) 292-5227
Health Insurance
Please click here for information from NY State of Health for families who are without, or at risk of losing, health insurance.
Internet Access
The Monticello CSD conducted a Digital Equity Survey in March 2020 to assess students’ and teachers’ level of access to devices and high-speed internet. We found that approximately 103 students and 25 teachers did not have access to a device at their place of residence. In addition, approximately 104 students and 10 teachers did not have, or do not have sufficient, internet access at their place of residence. A cellular audit was also conducted throughout the district. Our findings showed that several areas, particularly in Wurtsboro Hills, Forestburgh, and along the outskirts of Bethel, have “dead zones” and cellular/internet service is not available.
A critical factor of our district reopening plan is to mitigate inequities in technology and internet access. To address the need to provide devices, all students, K – 12, will be issued a personally-assigned device. Our K – 8 students (approximately 1,900) will be issued 1:1 iPads at the beginning of the school year. Our 9 – 12 students (approximately 905) will be issued a personally-assigned laptop by October 5, 2020. We currently have 627 laptops that will be ready to be deployed at the beginning of the school year. Priority will be given to students that will work in a fully remote environment. We have ordered 490 additional laptops, however, with the current demand on manufacturers, we are unable to ensure availability at the beginning of the school year. We have also ordered and additional 250 laptops, with no anticipated delivery date, to begin to replace the aging high school laptops and provide additional devices for teacher use.
In addressing the need to provide internet access:
- Hot spots will be given to families when reliable internet access is not available or if families are unable to afford internet service.
- Monticello CSD will continue to work with internet service providers to expand/keep the free and low-cost home internet service options in our community.
- Through E-rate funding, we will begin to expand our Wi-Fi access signal to the school building parking lots.
- We will continue to notify families of where free public WiFi access is available
- We will make students who do not have internet access a priority for our 4-day, onsite learning model
- In the event that students still do not have reliable internet access, we will look at each case on an individual basis and develop plan to deliver equitable continuity of instruction.
If you do not have internet access at home, you may be eligible for 60 days of free broadband from Charter Communications. Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. To learn more, call 1-844-488-8395. Additionally, we are posting this list of providers who have made similar offers.
Families can visit https://www.everyoneon.org/find-offers and enter their zip code to research low-cost internet options.
Xfinity has also published a map where users can search for free WiFi hotspots by location: https://hotspots.wifi.xfinity.com/.
Please note that the district is not affiliated with, nor endorses any of these offers. We are sharing as a public service. Please contact the providers directly to learn more.
Many cell phone service providers are increasing their data usage at no additional cost to help during this time. Please contact your cell phone provider to see if what, if any, free increases they are offering at this time.
Local Resources
(please reach out to organizations directly to confirm services/times/dates)
Access 24/7 Virtual Mental Health and Substance Use Urgent Care
1-888-750-2266, option 2
Hudson Valley Region 211
You can call 2-1-1 for everything from basic needs like food, clothing and shelter, to legal services, drug treatment, employment support, childcare, physical/mental health resources, elder care, services for persons with disabilities. If you have difficulty accessing 2-1-1 by dialing the three numbers, please call 888-899-1479.
Mobile Mental Health
845 -790-0911
Mental Health Toll Free Hotline
800 -710-7083
Mobile Mental Health:
845-791-7123/1-800-710-7083
Sullivan County Community Services
845-292-8770
Children’s Mobile Crisis Intervention:
845-701-3777
Sullivan County RISE (Rape Intervention Services and Education) 24 hour Crisis Hotline
(845) 791-9595
Safe Passage Domestic Violence
845-292- 5700
Meals on Wheels
845-807-0241
Child Care Council/Child Care/Day Care
845-292-7166
Sullivan County Emergency Community Assistance Center (Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
845-807-0925
Mental Health Resources
National Suicide Hotline:
Teen Line:
1-888-375-8336
Text 273TALK to 839863
Mobile Mental Health:
845-791-7123/1-800-710-7083
Sullivan County Community Services
845-292-8770
Children’s Mobile Crisis Intervention:
845-701-3777
Meals
The district will continue to deliver meals when students are learning remotely.
Please note that New NYSED guidance requires parents to register their children in order to receive delivered meals. Parents were notified via several alerts in the first and second week of their students with the opportunity to register their child for meals. If you registered your child for delivered meals, please review the delivery schedule below.
*Please note that the last day of deliveries in 2020 will be on Tuesday, Dec. 22. Deliveries will resume on Jan. 4, after winter break.
If you have any questions concerning meal delivery, please contact the bus garage at 845-794-8570 or 845-794-2120
Technology
Tech support during the COVID-19 closure