Welcome to New Rochelle Public Schools

To find the latest on how the City School District of New Rochelle is handling the COVID-19 situation, visit our COVID Resource Center.

** NEWLY ADDED: Check the status of your school on the COVID Resource Center page. **

The schools are phasing back to a hybrid model. The District had shifted temporarily to all-distance learning after New York State designated much of the District as a yellow zone, indicating a concerning increase in COVID-19 cases.

On December 10, 2020: Pre-K through grade 3 returned to hybrid and learning hubs resumed at all sites.

On January 4, 2021: Grades 4 through 8 returned to hybrid.

Alternative Campus High School will return to hybrid January 11, 2021.

New Rochelle High School will return to hybrid January 19, 2021. 

Special education students receiving in-person education will continue to do so.

The coronavirus pandemic has radically changed all that we do, but it has not altered our core mission to provide a nurturing, high-quality to every child in a safe environment.

Since COVID-19 arrived in New Rochelle, District administrators, educators and staff have devoted themselves wholly to facing the challenges brought by the virus in the service of our more than 10,000 students. This year, now that the transition to a hybrid model has been completed, we will provide students as much in-person education as can be done safely and responsibly, while remaining prepared to shift to an all-remote model when the situation calls for it.  On our COVID Resource Center page, you will find our plan, guidance on how to stay safe, the precautions we take, the rationale that drives our decisions, and more.

We know that this unfamiliar situation has sparked passionate opinions about how best to serve the children. At times, this has resulted in groups people seeking opposite solutions, each side feeling as passionate as the other. We ask that you remember that this impacts us all, sometimes in very different was. Further, we ask you to remember that, while we may see things differently, we are one community, that we all have the children’s best interests at heart, and that we will succeed in weathering this situation better if we face it together.

Visit the COVID Resource Center here.

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has developed a Parent Dashboard to increase transparency and make information about school performance and other school-level data easier for parents and the public to access. The Parent Dashboard is part of New York’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, which emphasizes equity in education for all students and expands measures of school accountability and student success.  This new dashboard will provide parents with information about their child’s school. The Parent Dashboard is now available in addition to the New York State School Report Card on NYSED’s public data site. The Parent Dashboard offers information on all public schools including charter schools.

In 2019, NYSED gathered feedback from parents and stakeholders to guide the work of developing the Parent Dashboard. The data elements that parents ranked highest on the survey are available on the Parent Dashboard.

NYSED is now gathering additional feedback from parents and stakeholders to guide further enhancements to the Parent Dashboard. We invite parents and other stakeholders to explore the Parent Dashboard and then provide feedback via an online feedback survey available in 17 languages. NYSED will use this feedback to identify the data that is most useful to parents and the public and to make improvements to the website.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please visit the Parent Dashboard, which includes frequently asked questions and contact information.

Thank you for your feedback and for your continued commitment to your child’s education

UPDATED: Community meetings added for January 27 and 28.

The New Rochelle Board of Education is seeking a new permanent Superintendent of Schools. Take a survey and learn about the search and how you can get involved, visit the Superintendent Search Page here.

The City School District of New Rochelle has been chosen for an annual New York State Department of Health survey of students' body mass indexes (BMI). Please read this important note:

"As part of a required school health examination, a student is weighed, and his/her height is measured. These numbers are used to figure out the student’s body mass index or ‘BMI’.  The BMI helps the doctor or nurse know if the student’s weight is in a healthy range or is too high or too low.  Recent changes to the New York State Education Law require that BMI and weight status group be included as part of the student’s school health examination.  A sample of school districts will be selected to take part in a survey by the New York State Department of Health.  If our school is selected to be part of the survey, we will be reporting to New York State Department of Health information about our students’ weight status groups.  Only summary information is sent.  No names and no information about individual students are sent.  However, you may choose to have your child’s information excluded from this survey report.

The information sent to the New York State Department of Health will help health officials develop programs that make it easier for children to be healthier.

If you do not wish to have your child’s weight status group information included as part of the Health Department’s survey this year, please call the health services department,  914-576-4264 or jgreene@nredlearn.org." 

The Board of Education meets tonight, Tuesday, January 26, at 6 p.m. The public portion begins at 7 p.m. Watch the meeting via Zoom at this link. You can also listen in by phone at (646) 518-9805  or (646) 558-8656, meeting ID: 932 1230 2742#. Meetings are being held via Zoom during the COVID-19 crisis, per executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo.