Hello Pine Bush families and staff, I have spent most of today working with the administrative leaders throughout the district to discuss our short-term and long-term potential solutions to the bus situation announced to us late yesterday by our bus company, Birnie Bus.  They just provided me with a list of uncovered runs for tomorrow, …

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Hello Pine Bush families, I apologize for this late notice, but I was just notified by officials at Birnie Bus Company that there will be a number of bus runs with no drivers for tomorrow. If your child is assigned to one of these routes, and you are able to arrange transportation to and from …

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Congratulations go out to our Pine Bush staff members who are celebrating milestones anniversaries this year – 20, 25, 30 and 35 years with the district. Superintendent Tim Mains recognized each of these individuals at the opening convocation on Monday, Aug. 30. Since the convocation was mostly virtual, the honorees received their commemorative pins in …

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Pine Bush welcomed 50 brand new teachers and counselors to the district to begin the 2021-2022 school year! New staff orientation took place on Wednesday, Aug. 25, with a welcome breakfast and introduction of the administrators and board of education members by Superintendent Tim Mains. They heard from various departments in the district – Pine …

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Emily  Sessano of the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region stopped by the Pine Bush district office Wednesday to drop off supplies for children in the district. Among the donations were back-to-school necessities such as backpacks, notebooks, pens and pencils, scissors, markers, glue, crayons and even t-shirts and sneakers! “On behalf of our students, our …

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Pine Bush is a Champion of Change! The New York State School Boards Association presented the Pine Bush Central School District with a banner for its No Place for Hate program. The district has been active with the Anti-Defamation League’s anti-hate program for several years. Each of Pine Bush’s seven schools participate in activities that …

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Student bus information has been sent this week to each student’s Pine Bush email account. Parents and guardians of secondary school students may also access the information through your SchoolTool account. If you have any issues accessing the information, please contact your school building’s main office. To access your student’s Pine Bush email account: Use …

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Hello Pine Bush families and staff, I know that everyone is anxious to see the protocols that we will have in place for our return to school this year. We are still consulting with the Orange County Health Department and our own medical director on the final details, that we hope to have up on …

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Health exams All students entering Pine Bush schools for the first time, as well as those entering pre-K, kindergarten and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 must have a health examination performed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner entering those school years listed. For more information about the health examination requirement …

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