Qualified residents of the Brighton Central School District will vote on the next year’s school budget along with other items on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Central Administration Building, Gymnasium, Door 4, 2035 Monroe Ave. This is a new location for 2021.
Voters will elect two members to the Board of Education. There are five candidates and their names will appear on the ballot in the following order: Robert Bonfiglio, Christopher Ross, Christina Lee, Esther Winter, and Avram Berman. Click here to learn more about the candidates.
Requests for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk on or before May 11, 2021 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on or before May 17, 2021 if the ballot is to be picked up by the voter.
We are expecting that at some point soon, there will be a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. This is a situation that has garnered national attention and will likely impact children and families in a number of ways. I am simply writing to you in advance of the decision to provide updated links to resources that you might find helpful if you choose to discuss this situation at home and to let you know what our approach at school will be regarding this issue.
In order to plan for the 2021-22 school year, we’re asking the parents of students in Grades K-8 to notify the Transportation Department of day care plans or if your child will not require transportation as soon as possible.
We are excited to introduce our official new mascot logos for the Brighton Bruins! We wanted to thank the community for their help in selecting the mascot name and logo.
Author Lev Grossman talked with Mrs. Ackerman's second-grade class after they read "The Silver Arrow." The students provided ideas for Grossman's next story.
Last school year, the Brighton Believes Council selected 22 nominees to receive a Brighton Believers Award at its meeting in February. However, the awards were not able to be presented due to the COVID pandemic shutting schools down in March. We didn’t forget about these members of our school community and wanted to make sure they were recognized for demonstrating the Brighton Believes character traits.
Mrs. Beato's first graders wrote stories on how to put a monster to bed. RIT students then turned their stories into animations. This animation is by Allison Kunz.
Adele Linton and Cathy Bambury's second grade classes read the books "All Are Welcome Here" and "The Color of Us." After reading, every child traced their hand and made a cardboard "high-five" hand.
Niche.com once again ranked Brighton Central School District as the No. 1 District in both the Rochester area and Upstate New York in its 2021 Best Schools Rankings.
