The Peru Gazette

A Statement from Superintendent of Schools Patrick Brimstein  Like many school districts across New York State and the nation, Peru Central School District has experienced considerable changes to how our schools are expected to operate, challenges to how they are funded, and other regulatory stresses.  After much reflection and discussion, the Board of Education and […]

New York State Bar Association President David M. Schraver of Rochester (Nixon Peabody) wrote to Governor Andrew Cuomo on January 22, 2014 about the critical need to enhance civics education in New York’s schools. Text of the letter is below. A pdf is available at www.nysba.org/civicseducationletter. Dear Governor Cuomo: Recently, many members of the Legislature wrote […]

How the North Country fares in the NYS budget « The In Box.

Chazy, NY; Canton, NY – The impact of climate change on Northern New York agriculture is on the agenda of the 2014 North Country Crop Congresses: Tuesday, February 18 at W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY, and Wednesday, February 19, 9am-3pm, at the Best Western University Inn in Canton, NY. Dr. Allison Chatrchyan, the […]

Breaking down Cuomo’s budget plan – Times Union.

DiNapoli: 87 School Districts in Fiscal Stress Central New York, North Country and Western New York Have Highest Percentage of Stressed School Districts  Eighty-seven school districts, 13 percent of school districts statewide, have been designated as fiscally stressed under State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. DiNapoli’s office evaluated 674 school districts with […]

Watertown Daily Times | Indian River teacher stops possible tragedy at school.

Strong positions aired on Plan B proposal » Local News » Press-Republican.

Capitol Confidential » Late work will be accepted: Cuomo’s Ed Reform panel releases final report.

BCSD considers changing retiree health insurance » Local News » Press-Republican.

Exclusive: NYSUT Will Seek No Confidence Vote On King.

Cuomo wants to pay best teachers more | New York Post.

A Cuomo plan to fund pre-K, preempt mayor | Capital New York.

ALBANY, NY The New York State Bar Association today released its state and federal public policy priorities for 2014. State priorities include ensuring adequate funding for the courts, creating more Family Court judgeships, expanding the number of veterans treatment courts, reducing wrongful convictions, restricting the use of solitary confinement and providing more civics education for […]

TROY, NY (01/03/2014)(readMedia)– Kyle Kemp of Peru, NY was named to the Deans’ List at Hudson Valley Community College for the Fall 2013 academic term. Each fall and spring term, the college’s Deans’ List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.0 and 3.5. Kemp is in the Business – Accounting […]

TROY, NY (01/03/2014)(readMedia)– Several local students were recently named to the President’s List at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY for the Fall 2013 academic term. Each fall and spring term, the college’s President’s List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0. Local students include: Geoffrey Halevan […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Council held the 2014 town tax levy increase to 1.5%; however, tax rates will rise by 8.8%. Why? Primarily because the town’s total assessed value has declined by $2.3 million over the past two years. The Peru Gazette sat down with Town of Peru Assessor Timothy Surpitski to […]

Common Core and doing better – Times Union.

The Peru Central School District Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for potential candidates.  The District Hall of Fame is designed to recognize individuals who have made a significant impact on our school or achieved an outstanding contribution(s) to society as a graduate of Peru CSD. The candidate must have attended, been employed, served or […]

The Peru Central School Board of Education will conduct its regular meeting on Monday, December 10, 2013 at 6 PM in the district community room.  An Executive Session will be held to discuss personnel matters. The public session will reconvene at approximately 7:30 PM. Anticipated topics include: Health and Wellness NYSED Career Credential Building Conditions

Lake George to get 24-hour guard against invasives – Times Union.

PLATTSBURGH, NY (11/24/2013)(readMedia)– Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York & the Alpha lota Chapter of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. will present “The Art of Public Speaking” on Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 1pm-3pm at SUNY Plattsburgh, Sibley Hall 100. The event is FREE and is open to all girls through grade 12 – girls do […]

By Adele Douglas The well-attended November 12, 2013 Board of Education meeting had a full agenda. These are the highlights of the evening. Renaming the reorganized Peru Central School was decided. Grades K to 6 will be called Peru Elementary School and grades 7 to 12 will be called Peru Junior/Senior High School as selected […]

Peru Central renames secondary grades » Local News » Press-Republican.

By John T. Ryan Since 2009, Knights of Columbus Councils in the United States and Canada have distributed more than 115,000 new winter jackets to needy children through the organization’s Coats for Kids Program. On November 6th, St. Augustine’s Council 7273 Grand Knight Anthony Andrews presented twenty-four jackets to Peru Elementary School Guidance Counselor Susan […]