On Monday, the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) Board of Education voted to approve a new budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 in the amount of $163,012,098, a 2.79% increase over the current year (below the state tax cap of 2.9%). This is $5.9 million reduction to the budget proposed on May 21.
Please join us this Friday, June 7, at the Enfield Community Center at 4:30 p.m. for a community conversation about the new proposed budget.
The ICSD will hold the budget re-vote on Tuesday, June 18. Polls will be open from 12-9 p.m. For more information, including district polling locations and absentee and early mail ballot applications, visit ithacacityschools.org/vote.
This year's Budget Vote and School Board Election will be held on Tuesday, May 21. Polls will be open from 12 noon until 9 p.m.
To check your polling location and learn more about early mail and absentee ballots, visit ithacacityschools.org/vote!
Last week, students at LACS and DeWitt Middle School shared part of their day with Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, and Melinda Person, President of New York State United Teachers.
The day fostered collaboration and celebration of the shared commitment to educational excellence and served to highlight the way our educators incorporate hands-on, real-life skills like cooking, interpersonal relationship-building, and student self-care into the curriculum.
Read more about it here: https://www.ithacacityschools.org/article/1501987
Enfield Elementary students recently completed a challenge to fill their community jar with pompoms, which earned them a roller skating party! 🛼🛼
Students were awarded a pompom when they demonstrated that they were taking care of themselves, taking care of each other, or taking care of the Enfield community as a whole 💙
Don’t forget! Winter Recess begins tomorrow, December 22, and lasts through January 2. Wishing our ICSD community a safe and enjoyable break! ❄️
Reminder: Starting TOMORROW, December 1, all ICSD students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the remainder of the school year!
Learn more here: https://www.ithacacityschools.org/article/1337258
Did you check out our November e-Insider? Find the link here!
https://mailchi.mp/icsd/icsd-e-insider-november-2023-2
Reminder: No school November 22-24 for Thanksgiving Recess. School will resume on Monday, November 27. We hope you have a safe and restful break!
Great news! Beginning on December 1, all students in the ICSD will be eligible to receive a free healthy breakfast and lunch at school.
This will continue throughout the remainder of the 2023-2024 school year. Read more here: https://www.ithacacityschools.org/article/1337258
In observance of Veterans Day, the ICSD will be closed on Friday, November 10.
A community message from the ICSD Board of Education and Superintendent is available now: https://www.ithacacityschools.org/article/1318822
What a fun week across the ICSD! South Hill Elementary held its Fall Fest and Enfield Elementary marched in a festive parade 🎃🍁
ICSD Transportation is revamping its safety training with hands-on workstations that include pre-trip inspections, wheelchair training including loading and unloading, tail swing, and mirror adjustments. We strive for the absolute safety of our students and staff and plan to keep working to make our training the best around!
National School Bus Safety Week is here! 🚌 🚌
Safety is a team effort! Students, families, staff, and other drivers all play an important role in keeping safe around school buses.
Here are some important safety tips:
➡️ Arrive at your stop at least five minutes early and stand on the sidewalk/ at least six feet from the road.
➡️ Board the bus one at a time, hold the handrail, and take a seat!
➡️ Stay seated at all times, and keep the aisle clear.
➡️ Listen to the bus driver/bus aide at all times.
➡️ When exiting the bus, use the handrails, and wait for the driver’s signal before crossing the road.
#SchoolBusSafetyWeek
This week is National School Lunch Week! 🥗🌭
School cafeterias, food preparation staff, and the entire Child Nutrition department all play a critical role in providing students with healthy meals every day.
This year, our partnership with the Park Foundation and Chef Ann Foundation helps us to invest in our local community to feed our children with fresh, sustainable, healthy food.
Welcome back, ICSD! Here's to a brand new year of beginnings, friendships, learning, and growing. Let's make this year the best one yet!
#teamicsd #icsdproud #backtoschool
Join us this Monday, August 28, for our final Summer Playground Night! We will meet at Enfield Community Center again due to the construction at the school.
5-6 p.m: Principal Keith Harrington and staff will be introducing themselves and speaking about the school, new programs, and expectations for this coming year. They will be available to you for any questions you may have ahead of the start of school.
6-7 p.m.: PTA will host an ice cream social - pizza, juice boxes, ice cream sundaes, lawn games, and playground fun provided. ECC's community library will also be open from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Enfield Playground Nights are hosted by Enfield Elementary PTA in collaboration with Enfield Community Council and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
We can't wait to welcome students back in September! Here's a throwback to a Friday Celebration in June at Enfield Elementary where K-3 students performed songs they learned in music class!
#teamicsd #icsdproud
Our new website goes live tomorrow! You can access the website using the same URL (ithacacityschools.org) or download the ICSD app today. The app is free in the App Store or Google Play Store and can be found by searching Ithaca City School District NY.
On June 20, Enfield Elementary fifth graders joyfully 'moved up' in front of an audience of teachers, friends, and family. Congratulations! ❤️
