Know the drill: Don’t be scared, be prepared

Drills are an important first step in keeping Bethlehem schools, students and staff safe District staff follow strict, detailed safety protocols during emergency drills. With good training and practice, everyone involved will be better able to react appropriately in the event of an actual emergency. Drills allow administrators, staff and students to mitigate, prepare for and …

District mourns IT staff member Justin Brown

The Bethlehem Central School District is mourning a member of its staff. Justin T. Brown, 32, an employee of the district’s Technology Department, passed away suddenly at home over the weekend, according to his family. Brown, who worked for Bethlehem for 10 years, was an IT Manager and Senior Network & Systems Engineer. In addition to …

Make way for the Class of 2023

Here they are: our incoming eighth graders and the BCHS Class of 2023. We expect great things from this group!

Formal budget discussions begin with State of the Schools, preliminary budget overview

Public budget discussions got underway in Bethlehem at the Feb. 8 Board of Education meeting as Superintendent Jody Monroe presented her 2018 State of the Schools address and Chief Business and Financial Officer Judith Kehoe outlined preliminary figures for the 2018-19 school district budget. The presentations mark the formal beginning of public budget deliberations that …

Highlights of Strategic Plan Survey Results

Between December 6, 2017 and January 5, 2018, more than 2,000 stakeholders in the Bethlehem Central School District completed a survey aimed at guiding the work of the district’s Strategic Planning Committee. Highlights of the responses collected can be found below. 226 BCSD staff members completed the survey. 1,401 students in grades 6-12 completed the …

Student Enrollment in the Bethlehem Central School District

Student enrollment in the Bethlehem Central School District is expected to continue to decline over the next five years, according to a recent report from the Capital District Regional Planning Commission (CDRPC). The report’s findings will be formally presented to the Board of Education as part of Superintendent Jody Monroe’s State of the Schools address …