The Peru Gazette

Weather Permitting Every Friday a table with boxes of free books will be placed in front of the Peru Free Library.  Each box will be sealed and labeled as to its contents.  We ask that you do not open the boxes. Just grab and go! Please pick up boxes one person at a time, while […]

Source: NY schools must learn from pandemic, but classrooms can’t be replaced, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Source: Most CNY school districts, others across state ending year early to avoid paying teachers extra – syracuse.com

In the following Podcast Peru School Superintendent Dr. Thomas Palmer and Business Administrator Randy Sapp discuss the 2020-21 school budget-making process and the challenges presented by state-aid cuts. This year state aid comprised about 52% of the school’s budget. The property tax is the other major revenue source.   Dr. Palmer mentioned the financial scenarios […]

The Dalton Rashad Criss Memorial Scholarship nearly has the funds needed to become endowed and perpetual. The son of Peru residents Dexter and Barbara Criss, Dalton, 18, passed away Aug. 20, 2019, following an automobile accident. Dalton’s influence on the North Country left a memorable legacy this scholarship will continue. Source: Reflecting Dalton: Scholarship to […]

Source: UVM faculty, students hold car protest to push back on cuts – VTDigger

This flyer cited NYS Election Law 5-106 as one of the reasons to be disqualified from voting.   It reads: Qualifications of voters; reasons for exclusion   1. No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid […]

By John T. Ryan April 14 – The Peru School Board is conducting 2020-21 budget meetings this week. It is a very difficult budget year with many unknowns. State aid and the amount the Governor will cut are the greatest concerns.  No decisions have been made. The Board is looking at potential cost savings. District Superintendent […]

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Source: Gauging the psychological impacts of COVID-19 – – The Adirondack Almanack

Congratulations to Peru High School athletes and scholars Erin Lawliss and Kyle Whitney! Source: 2019-20 CVAC Winter All-Academic Team | Sports | pressrepublican.com

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL MEETING of the inhabitants of the Peru Central School District, Peru, New York, will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, and will be held remotely; there will be no physical polling sites.  Voting on said annual budget vote and school board election will take place entirely by […]

Source: Local schools plan to stay under tax cap | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Below you will find the candidates for the two open positions on the Peru School District Board of Education. The Peru Gazette will be sending a questionnaire to each candidate seeking information on such matters as background, reason for wanting to serve and vision for the school. The candidates are Kelley Beauharnois, Daniel Cayea, James […]

Source: How North Country schools are making the tricky transition to remote learning | NCPR News

Source: Adirondack Experience goes digital for season | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Smitties graduate over Zoom | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Moms adjust to homeschooling during COVID-19 outbreak | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

Source: Lake Placid student making lots of masks | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

Source: With poor internet at home, some educators teach from their cars – VTDigger

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The Peru Central School District is seeking candidates to fill two (2) vacant, at-large seats on the Board of Education, due to the expiration of the terms of Ms. Cynthia Mills and Mr. Steven Peters.   Both seats are for full five-year terms from July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2025.   A school board […]

Source: Student sues Syracuse University, seeks partial refund due to cancellation of in-person classes – syracuse.com

Source: North Country representatives keep pushing for broadband | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: CCC weighs COVID-19’s impacts on upcoming budget, fall enrollment | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com