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Building Reconfiguration Message - School meetings and overview of Option 2 (with translations)

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Building Reconfiguration Message - School meetings and overview of Option 2 (with translations)

Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith recently held a Zoom meeting with families from Cecil H. Parker School, Mount Vernon Honor Academy and Mount Vernon Leadership Academy, the three schools with proposals to be closed. The District is proposing these closures due to declining enrollment, costly repairs of its older buildings and costs associated with maintaining the K-8 school model, as well as a NYS designation of significant fiscal stress. A long-term solution is essential, but no decisions have been made yet.

Based on survey data from the Town Hall (held both in-person and on Zoom) on December 6, 2024, Option 2, the modified K-8 model, is preferred by the community (117 votes for Option 2, compared to 98 for Option 3). In this proposed configuration, there would be four K-8 schools. These would be Pennington, Lincoln, Graham and Benjamin Turner. Denzel Washington School of the Arts and Mount Vernon STEAM Academy would become grades 7-12 schools, and Mount Vernon High School would be a 9-12 school with grade 7 and 8 Academic and Career Exploration (ACE) students. The remaining schools would become pre-K to grade 6 or K-6. While a school building configuration has not been decided yet, his model would allow for each student to attend a school in close proximity to their home.

You can view a translatable version of the fact sheet presented at the Town Hall on our website at https://www.mtvernoncsd.org/our-district/building-reorganization-info/town-hall-fact-sheet.

Further updates to these plans will be announced regularly as the District nears a decision via District news at mtvernoncsd.org and the One Mount Vernon Digital Newsletter that is distributed by email each Friday. Click here to sign up for MVCSD notifications. You can also find up-to-date information about building reorganization at https://www.mtvernoncsd.org/our-district/building-reorganization-info. 

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Building Reconfiguration Message - School meetings and overview of Option 2 (with translations)

Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith recently held a Zoom meeting with families from Cecil H. Parker School, Mount Vernon Honor Academy and Mount Vernon Leadership Academy, the three schools with proposals to be closed. The District is proposing these closures due to declining enrollment, costly repairs of its older buildings and costs associated with maintaining the K-8 school model, as well as a NYS designation of significant fiscal stress. A long-term solution is essential, but no decisions have been made yet

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