If your child receives free or reduced-price school meals, you will receive $420 in food benefits from the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program. P-EBT is a new program to help fill the school meals gap for children who lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to COVID-19 school closures. This includes all …

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Hi there, First, if you haven’t yet completed our staff or parent re-opening survey, please be sure to do so by this Tuesday at 4 p.m. Tell your kids to do theirs as well. The links are below. If you have already completed yours, then THANKS! Second, and more importantly, I wanted to share a …

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Good Evening, I know that many of you are anxious to know just exactly how our students will Return to Learn next fall, and we’ve already begun preparing for that by consuming a number of reports that have been issued by other states, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and most recently, the American Academy …

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In more ordinary times, the Pine Bush Central School District would honor its retiring employees with a gathering. Since that is not the case for 2020, colleagues put together a tribute to those who are retiring from our district.  Join us in wishing our retirees all the best in their next chapter!

The Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education has unanimously approved a new contract for Tim O. Mains, the district’s superintendent, extending his service through June 30, 2024. The terms of the new contract largely follow the terms of his current contract, but for a longer term. Mains came to the district just over …

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The Pine Bush Central School District has received a $20,000 grant for its free children’s summer meal program from Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign. This grant is to support the district’s critical work and continued efforts to bring nutritious meals to children in response to the coronavirus pandemic. There were numerous applicants and, …

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Pine Bush Central School District voters approved the $121,587,157 budget, with 62.5 percent of voters supporting the spending plan. Incumbents Cara Robertson and Kristi Kheiralla will retain their seats on the board. They were challenged by Tasha Butler. This budget increases spending by 2.37 percent and increases the tax levy by 2.58 percent, a full …

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Good evening I wanted to share some great news for all Pine Bush families about our free meals for kids program, which started when we closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. #1  The Pine Bush Central School District will continue to provide breakfast and lunch meals at no cost for all area children age 18 …

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