Yes: 1,316

No:  579

 

Board of Education Member Votes

Julie Tresco   1098

Tim Rogers   1100

Max Maurer   746

 

Thank you, New Paltz!

The District will be holding a public hearing for the 2013-2014 Code of Conduct and 2013-2014 Safety Plan on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The public hearings will be on the Board of Education agenda for the meeting that evening. Click here to view the draft 2013-2014 Code of Conduct, and click here to view the draft 2013-2014 Safety Plan.

The Board of Education of the New Paltz Central School District will hold a Special Meeting on May 29, 2013 at 6:00 PM in the District Office Conference Room located at One Henry W. Dubois Drive, New Paltz, New York. Click here for more information.

On Saturday, May 11, 2013, three New Paltz District teachers—Rebecca Burdett, Shawn Doyle and Denise Rega-Sanchez—presented at the Educating English Language Learners in Early Childhood, a groundbreaking conference at Mercy College.  Click here to learn more about it.

The district's administrative offices will be closed to the public on June 6th and 7th. Staff members will be in the process of moving the District Office to the Lenape Elementary School on Eugene Brown Drive. The new offices will be open for business on Monday, June 10th. Click here for more information.

HAC Volunteers Needed

The Health Advisory Committee (HAC) is seeking interested persons to fill vacancies for the 2013-2015 school years. Please click here for detailed information.

The New Paltz Rotary is accepting applications for their annual $3,000 “Doing Good in the World” Scholarships for the 2013-2014 academic year.  Click HERE for more information and HERE for the application (which must be received by May 23rd).

Students Kick-off Read-A-Thon
Students in Lenape and Duzine Elementary Schools are participating in a read-A-Thon to raise money for students in Africa.  They will collect pledges for each book they read.  Both schools are also conducting a book drive where New Paltz residents can donate new and used books that will be sent to Maloto through the Fulbright program.  More info...

Three Elementary Teachers Published
Elementary school teachers Matthew Elkin, Adrienne Houk Maley and Arielle Chiger recently had their work "20 Fun Facts About Beetles, Centipedes, and Praying Mantises" published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. The teachers began working together in 2007 when they collaborated on designing, creating and adapting all types of educational content. (Press Release) 

Rebecca Burdett, a first grade teacher at Duzine Elementary School, was invited by the Hudson Valley Writing Project (HVWP) to travel to Washington, DC in March to join colleagues from around the country at the organization’s Spring Meeting.  See Press Release. 

The Budget Vote/BOE Election will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 between the hours of 12 noon and 9:00 PM. Qualified voters may cast their votes at the polling place located in the large gym of the New Paltz Central High School.

If you are unable to vote in person on May 21st, please click here for an Absentee Ballot Application. Instructions are also included.

Budget Information and Blog   

The public is invited to leave their comments on the 2013-14 proposed budget on the district's budget blog.  Up-to-date budget information is available on the budget page and videos of the meetings are available here.

At the March 15th Board of Education meeting, KG&D Architects made a presentation to the Board of Education updating them on both the potential Safety/Security Project and the Conceptual Design Options.  No Board action was taken.

On February 20, 2013, the NPCSD Board of Education unanimously adopted a Resolution On High Stakes Testing to express their concern about the educational and financial impacts of these tests. Click here to learn more about the resolution and to send an email to our Legislators supporting the resolution.