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PREPARING FOR LAUNCH OF OUR 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
Peru CSD administrators, operations
supervisors, support staff teams and various faculty
teams are preparing for September’s launch of our
2010-2011 academic year. Available is a PDF preview of
the district profile,
offering a snapshot summary of Peru CSD programs and
services for the children of our school community. Also
available is a PDF copy of the
2010-2011 district
goals booklet.
NOTE:
Freshman Orientation is postponed until after the
start of classes. Details will be provided to 9th
grade students and their parents from the high school
office.
EXCEL CAPITAL PROJECT
Pictured is the
high school cafeteria as of August 20, 2010. That cafeteria is among
the various middle and high school program spaces being renovated &
modernized summer 2010, associated with the voter-approved EXCEL
capital project. EXCEL stands for Expanding Children’s Education &
Learning aid. Areas of focus this summer include the auditorium,
high school gymnasium, high school cafeteria, various classrooms in
grades 7-12, high school guidance office, the business office and
district office. This capital project work will assist with energy
efficiency, security & fire alarm systems, hardware and door
replacements, interior signage and information technology
modernization. It’s likely a community open house will be scheduled
for November 2010, providing district residents with a special
evening to visit and tour the renovated middle & high school program
spaces. Similar work for the elementary grades program spaces is
slated for summer 2011.
CAFETERIA MEAL PRICES
Breakfast prices for the 2010-2011 school year are as follows: $1.10
for grades K-5, $1.35 for grades 6-12. Lunch prices for 2010-2011
are $1.95 for grades K-5, $2.10 for grades 612. Milk price is 55
cents.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
The next regular monthly School Board meeting is scheduled for
September 14, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Click here for highlights
from the August 10, 2010 School Board meeting.
SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZING TOP TEN
PERCENT FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Peru High School
seniors among
the ‘top ten
percent’ of
their graduating
class, as
measured by
academic
achievement,
gathered
recently for a
photo
opportunity
associated with
the May 6, 2010
annual academic
awards banquet
co-hosted by
Peru Central’s
Board of
Education and
Clinton County’s
other public
school district
Boards of
Education.
Although the
focus at the May
6th
banquet is
academic
achievement,
many of Peru
Central’s ‘top
ten percent’ are
actively engaged
and successful
in artistic and
athletic
pursuits, as
well. This
year’s entire
graduating class
is, overall, a
diligent and
solid group of
young men &
women. They are
progressing in
steady fashion
toward
completing their
requirements for
a June 2010
diploma and
graduation.
PERU HOSTS ADMINISTRATORS FROM
MOLDOVA
Various administrators and
faculty members greeted and
met briefly May 4th
with a group of nine school
administrators from the
Republic of Moldova, who are
visiting various public
schools in America, with
some of their visits to
schools across the Champlain
Valley. The Republic of
Moldova is in the central
part of Europe in the
Northeastern Balkans.
Northeast and South Moldova
is surrounded by Ukraine,
and on the West, Moldova is
separated from Romania by
the Prut River. Pictured are
the visiting administrators,
with Superintendent of
Schools A. Paul Scott.
Provided
here is a link to the
March 2010 Fox News 44
Feature Story on School
Budgeting that featured
some great classroom images
at Peru Primary School
and Peru Middle School,
along with a segment on
Albany’s budget delays - and
the consequences of reduced
funding without reductions
in ‘red tape’ associated
with state mandates.
Clicking the blue ‘budget’
icon will bring you to the
2010-2011 Peru CSD budget page,
offering perspectives &
reports associated with
winter and spring
2010
budget development.
Peru Central’s Board
of Education set a proposed $42.35M
budget plan for voter consideration
on May 18, 2010 at the annual vote
and election. The proposed budget
plan, established at the school
board’s April 6, 2010 budget
workshop, carries a spending
increase of under ½ of one percent.
The school board’s budget plan
responds to a $1.97M cut in state
aid, as of July 1st. It’s
widely forecasted that school
districts across New York State will
face state aid revenue shortages the
next several years.
The school board’s
budget plan calls for a $1.94M scope
of reductions across nearly every
program and support operation across
campus. The school board ‘tuned’ a
preliminary draft set of budget
reductions, thereby improving the
balance, from area to area. All core
programs are sustained - and trimmed
- in the proposed $42.35M spending
plan. Class sizes will be somewhat
larger in elementary and secondary
grades. Extra-curricular activities,
including athletics, are trimmed, as
part of budget reductions.
Reductions in
district employment for 2010-2011
include: One administrative position
reduced from full-time to half-time,
one central office position, one
operations supervisor position,
three teaching assistants, five K-6
common branch teacher assignments,
seven fewer full-time faculty
positions [counselor, English,
mathematics, music, reading,
science, social studies], four
teacher positions reduced from
full-time to part-time [art,
business, French, health], two
clerical positions, one buildings &
grounds position and two part-time
school monitors.
State of the District &
Progress Toward District
Goals
The January 2010 fourth
annual ‘State
of the District’ report to
the Board of Education
outlines priorities ahead
for Peru CSD this year and
next year. The report also
outlines ‘return on
investment’ associated with
student achievement,
professional practice,
instructional programs and
support services. Peru CSD
students, faculty, support
staff, volunteers,
administrators and
operations supervisors have
been productively engaged
this school year, as
evidenced by the ninth
annual
report on early progress
toward district goals,
examined December 8th
by the Board of Education.
This report highlights
advancement toward 2009-2010
school year district goals.
Comptroller’s Recommendations
Reflect Peru CSD Priorities
The various ‘next steps’ recommended
in the Comptroller’s audit report on
Peru Central are in line with Peru
Central’s current priorities for
further updating of policies and
practices. A November 6, 2008 media
release is available by
clicking here. A summary report
on the upcoming Comptroller’s audit
will be mailed to residents of Peru
Central within the next week or so,
as part of the customary fall
newsletter, according to
Superintendent Scott.
PUBLIC RADIO INTERVIEWS
PERU CENTRAL
The Office of the State Comptroller strives to help local
governments and school districts identify particular aspects
of operations warranting attention to meet guidelines and
mandates, reduce costs, increase revenues, improve delivery
of services and advance fiscal accountability. A recent
Comptroller’s Report on Medicaid Reimbursement provides four
recommendations to strengthen Medicaid Reimbursement. Those
recommendations complement Peru CSD initiatives this past
school year. North Country Public Radio interviewed
Superintendent of Schools A. Paul Scott September 30th
on this matter.
Click here
to listen to that radio interview. The Comptroller’s
Regional Report on Medicaid Reimbursement is
available along with the Comptroller’s
detail report regarding Peru CSD Medicaid
Reimbursement. That detail report includes a Peru CSD
briefing on 2007-2008 Board of Education, administration and
staff initiatives to strengthen Medicaid Reimbursement at
Peru CSD.