{"id":9063,"date":"2021-05-14T16:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/?p=9063"},"modified":"2021-05-17T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:53:16","slug":"weekly-update-5-14-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/district\/superintendent\/weekly-update-5-14-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update &#8211; 5\/14\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Dear Putnam Valley Community:<\/p>\n<p>Here are the weekly updates and important reminders:<\/p>\n<p><strong>School Budget Vote:<\/strong> Please remember to get out and vote on Tuesday, May 18.\u00a0 Voting will take place from 6 am to 9 pm at Putnam Valley Elementary School.\u00a0 Please visit our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvcsd.org\/\">www.pvcsd.org<\/a> for more detailed budget information.\u00a0 Please see some of our budget highlights below:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Proposed budget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Below the allowable tax levy cap (10th consecutive year)<\/li>\n<li>1.9% increase in the tax levy<\/li>\n<li>Tax rate remains lower than it was 8 years ago<\/li>\n<li>Balances educational programs with community economic needs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Board Trustee Election:<\/strong>\u00a0 Two seats are open and two candidates are running.\u00a0 Barbara Parmly (incumbent) and Helen Horvitz will be on the ballot.\u00a0 Guy Cohen is not seeking reelection.\u00a0 I would like to extend my gratitude to Guy Cohen for his 30+ years of voluntary service to the Putnam Valley School District.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Budget Newsletter:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/resources\/BOE\/budget\/pdf\/2021-22\/2021_Spring_Budget_Notice_mailer_Final.pdf\">http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/resources\/BOE\/budget\/pdf\/2021-22\/2021_Spring_Budget_Notice_mailer_Final.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Budget Presentation (May 4):<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1BmDiKav79C620TSgf1Po_eq_T7pf5VP0IECd2x91K3U\/edit?ts=6091d587#slide=id.p1\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1BmDiKav79C620TSgf1Po_eq_T7pf5VP0IECd2x91K3U\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to reach out to Jill Figarella or myself if you have any questions regarding our proposed budget for the 2021-2022 school year.\u00a0 In the event the budget fails to achieve voter approval, the district would be forced to cut an additional $745,018 from the proposed budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Positive Cases:<\/strong> This past week we had one all remote student test positive.\u00a0 The Putnam County 7-day positive rate is currently 1.1%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>School Calendar Change:<\/strong> I anticipate the following changes being made to our end-of-year schedule.<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Thursday, June 24:\u00a0 \u00bd day for ES and MS students, HS students are in their Regents Week &#8211; last day of testing.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, June 25:\u00a0 No school for ES and MS students, Rating Day for the HS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy this beautiful weather and have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jeremy Luft<br \/>\nSuperintendent of Schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Putnam Valley Community: Here are the weekly updates and important reminders: School Budget Vote: Please remember to get out and vote on Tuesday, May 18.\u00a0 Voting will take place from 6 am to 9 pm at Putnam Valley Elementary School.\u00a0 Please visit our website www.pvcsd.org for more detailed budget information.\u00a0 Please see some of&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/district\/superintendent\/weekly-update-5-14-21\/\">Continue Reading<span> Weekly Update &#8211; 5\/14\/21<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-9063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-superintendent","tag-covid19","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9064,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9063\/revisions\/9064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}