The Peru Gazette

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports (Note “Fact Box” to the right)

LoHud.com reports

Peru Central School News Release: Peru Central School District and Peru Central’s budget advisory committee is hosting a public forum at 6 PM this coming Monday, February 14th at 6 PM in the community room, adjacent to the main entrance of Peru High School. Monday’s 6 PM public forum will actively engage district residents by [...]

The Post Standard reports

Peru Central’s Board of Education launches its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 8th at 6 PM at the school district’s community room, adjacent to the main entrance of Peru High School. An executive session associated with particular matters leading to employment, collective negotiations, and advice of counsel from the school attorney, will take place [...]

Peru Central School District and Peru Central’s budget advisory committee will host a public forum at 6 PM on Monday, February 14th at 6 PM in the community room, adjacent to the main entrance of Peru High School. Monday’s 6 PM public forum will actively engage district residents by soliciting ideas and perceptions regarding school finances, cost reductions, [...]

Peru Central School District and Peru Central’s budget advisory committee is hosting a public forum at 6 PM this coming Monday, January 24th at 6 PM in the community room, adjacent to the main entrance of Peru High School. Monday’s 6 PM public forum will actively engage district residents by soliciting ideas and perceptions regarding [...]

The North Countryman reports Click here for a link to the second issue of The Pride.

How do the Clinton County’s largest school districts rank by student population as of October 2010? Peru Central School 2,079 Beekmantown Central School 1,930 Plattsburgh City Schools 1,824 Saranac Central School 1,567 Northeastern Clinton Central 1,383

By John T. Ryan A few days ago A. Paul Scott announced that he will retire as Peru Central School Superintendent in June. Peru School Board President Roderick Driscoll spoke about Scott in a Press Republican interview saying, “He’s done a fantastic job…Some superintendents are all vision, and some are all details, and he has both…He [...]

The Press Republican reports

The Press Republican reports

The Press Republican reports Sports Editor Bob Goetz honors Mau Lou with beautiful words at the end of his column.

Peru Intermediate School teachers and staff followed what has become an annual tradition today when they distributed a tray of cookies and other edible delights to the bus drivers.  It’s a small way to show appreciation to vital members of the Peru Central education team. (Click here for more photos)

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The Watertown Daily Times reports

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The Press Republican reports

The Peru High School held its Homecoming Weekend Parade this afternoon.  The skies cleared and the steady rain stopped just as the parade began. Hopefully the improving weather was a good omen for the Indians’ football game with PHS today. Click here for parade photos

By John T. Ryan If you know any of the people in the accompanying photos (Click here) (photos are largest in Slideshow format) you’ll find it hard to believe that they graduated from Peru High School fifty years ago. The Class of 1960 held its 50th Reunion this past weekend. They gathered at the North [...]

Peru Central School School Board Agenda for July 13, 2010 meeting

The Press Republican reports

The North Countryman reports Berry is a retired Peru Central administrator

By John T. Ryan Peru voters approved the 2010-11 fiscal year Peru Central School budget today by a vote of 617 to 481. Proposition #2 to authorize purchase of three new school buses was also approved by a vote of 547 to 535. The incumbent candidates for school board ran unopposed. Jon Ruff garnered 825 [...]

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The Press Republican reports

The Press Republican reports

Click here for the March 13th report

The Press Republican reports

The Free Trader reports

Superintendent’s Cross Campus Update

 Click here for agenda of School Board’s January 12, 2010 meeting

The Peru Music Booster Club will be hosting a Holiday Gift Wrapping Event on Thursday, December 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. 

Click here for the Peru Central Media Release (Corrected 8:50 a.m. 11/20/09)

The Peru Music Boosters is a not-for-profit organization, which is comprised of student, parents, and teachers from primary through high school. Founded in 2003 the purposes of the PMB is to stimulate, sustain, and encourage students’ love and appreciation for music in the various levels of music education in the Peru Central School District (PCS). [...]

By John T. Ryan  Updated 3:45 p.m. with meeting agenda Click here for agenda Peru Central School Superintendent A. Paul Scott will be discussing the implications of Governor Paterson’s proposed budget cuts at next Tuesday’s school board meeting. Writing to staff in a October 20th memo Scott said Paterson’s proposed 4.2% state aid cut would [...]

Here is the Superintendent’s statement

Here is Superintendent A. Paul Scott’s news release

The Press Republican reports See the Peru Central School website for more information

The Peru Association of Teachers, the Peru High School Key Club and Peru High School Honor Society members are sponsoring a community coat drive. Donation of coats can be dropped off at any of the three Peru Central School District school buildings during the dates of November 4-18. Distribution of the coats will be during [...]

School Board Agenda for October 13, 2009

With many families in the region being mindful about money matters, Peru Central School District’s Superintendent of Schools A. Paul Scott recently sent a note to faculty advisors and officers of student clubs at Peru Central.  

September 8, 2009 Peru School Board Agenda

August 11th School Board Meeting Item J Highlights

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Mary Lou Zaferakis will be inducted as the 18th member of the Peru Central School District Hall of Fame on Thursday evening, June 11th. Mary Lou Zaferakis  was employed by the Peru Central School District from 1968-1999.  She began career in education as an 8th grade math and computer literacy/programming teacher and later became Principal [...]

By John T. Ryan – Posted 9:37 p.m.  The Peru Central School’s 2009-2010 budget was approved by school district voters by a vote of 479 to 356 in May 19, 2009 balloting. The proposal to purchase new school buses was approved 485 to 342. Donna LaRocque was reelected to a five-year term on the Board [...]

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Peru Central School District remains open, despite the confirmation of swine flu cases in a private school in Queens, New York City.   Parents are asked, however, to prepare for possible closures if the new virus continues to spread. Like other school districts, Peru Central and local health officials are working together to monitor the situation. Parents will be [...]