Quarterly Update Cazenovia CSD

Students who participate in All-County spend countless hours practicing and preparing for the event.

• For High School Band: Macie Decker, Angela Moskvich, Mesi Stevens & Aidan Prial.
• For Jr High Band: Nolan Campagna.
• For 7-9 Orchestra: Rachel Schierer, Ben Etringer, Nora Berg, Evan Malloy, Quinn Holdren, Nathaniel Chapman, Eleanore Mangeau & Maddie Caraher.
• For 6th Grade Chorus: Adelaide Ayres, Abigail Brooks, Edward Hollman, Maya Jenkins, Teagan Kelly, Sophia Maggio, Zoe Patane, Ruby Patterson, Maggie Putman, Alyssa Scott, Tenley Sherman, Adelynn Skeele & Oliver Synborski.

*Some students pictured above

The school district is hearing from a record number of families that putting food on the table is becoming increasingly harder. Please consider completing an application for the Federal Government's Free and Reduced Lunch Program. You can find out more by clicking this link.

This program is entirely confidential. If you need help completing the forms, don't hesitate to contact Donna Meyers, a confidential employee in our Business Office. You can do this by reaching out to dmeyers@caz.cnyric.org or calling our offices at 315-655-5307.

Tickets will be sold online this year, and you can buy them here.

Families, the district's number one priority is our students. We try our very best to stay open, but sometimes the roads are not safe for our buses. We work closely with our local highway departments, county emergency services, and our team here to make a determination on closing or delaying school.

If there is a delay or closure, the school will post the information on the school's website, social media, Channels 3, 5, 9, and 10; Radio Stations 96.1, 98.7, 104, and WIBX 950, as well as Syracuse.com. Additionally, all parents will receive a call, text, and email based on the contact information families have provided to the school district.

For those who do not wish to receive robocalls on snow days, you can always opt out of those calls. To make this easier for you, you can click here to do so.

The Cazenovia HS PTSA is having a spring Spirit Wear sale. The online store is accepting orders at https://scholasticsportssales.chipply.com/cazenoviaptsa23/ until February 15th. The sale includes a large variety of apparel and accessories with both screen-printed and embroidered logos, including youth sizes. You can also choose among different logos.

Orders are expected to be delivered in March. Orders will be shipped to the PTSA, and a pickup time will be communicated OR you can have the items shipped to you directly for an additional fee.

The PTSA is thrilled to bring you this sale and thanks you for your support.

Any questions or concerns can be directed to cazenovialakersPTSA@gmail.com .

Cazenovia High School PTSA

We updated you on our action teams and their work during our last newsletter.

Since our last newsletter, the CORE Committee (previously developed) five areas of focus (Mental Health, Special Education, Culture, Vertical Alignment, and Student Opportunities) through a review of survey and interview data gathered through an independent process (through OCM BOCES). We are currently in the action team phase of the Strategic Planning process. Action Teams were created to create recommendations for 2-3 Priority Areas and the action steps to achieve success in those areas. Our action team facilitators will report back to the CORE Committee, where they currently are in the process, and continue working towards a report to the CORE Committee and the Board of Education regarding a Strategic Plan which will guide our push for continual improvement beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, and running through the 2025-2026 school year.

Please check your email or email Kevin Linck at klinck@caz.cnyric.org for more information.

The State Education Department officially approved the Phase 2 Capital Project to improve Buckley-Volo Stadium and our Upper Field at Emory Avenue. The estimated timeline for construction is to begin this Spring and end in the Fall of 2024. Much of this is subject to the weather cooperating.

At our board meetings, we have been discussing the need to upgrade our infrastructure to meet the need requirements for electric buses. Even before the new law requiring schools to move to all-electric by 2035 (with purchases beginning in 2027), the district has been exploring the need for a new bus garage since 2015.

As a reminder, all Board of Education committee meetings are open to the public, and we want you there. We have gotten excellent input when the public has attended committee meetings. Please continue to monitor our website for meeting dates and times.

March 27th from 6-7 pm we will host our next Community Cafe. This will take place at Burton Street Elementary School before the PTA meeting. This is an opportunity for stakeholder groups of parents, community members, our Board of Education, administration, and teacher representatives to discuss topics of their choice and provide the district with feedback. This is part of the district's effort to continually grow, improve, and listen to varying perspectives.

Our Board of Education also aims to expand upon listening sessions, so keep an eye out for future opportunities and our next Community Cafe.

You can see the Board of Education's full goals here.

We have made a concerted effort to increase our communication with families this year. We would like to thank all of our families and stakeholders that helped serve on our reopening communications committee prior to the beginning of the school year.

Email: cdifulvio@caz.cnyric.org
Website: https://cazenoviacsd.com/
Location: 31 Emory Avenue, Cazenovia, NY, USA
Phone: 315-655-1317
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CazenoviaCSD/
Twitter: @cazenoviacsd

Feel free to email me to set up a time for a face-to-face conversation or phone call. cdifulvio@caz.cnyric.org.