The district currently has coaching vacancies for the following sports in the upcoming school year:
> Girls Modified Soccer
> Boys Varsity Basketball
> Girls JV Basketball
> Girls Mod Basketball
> Modified Baseball
> Modified Track
Candidates interested in applying for these positions can contact the district's Athletic Director, Jeff Rutledge via email at ad@bradfordcsd.org
Dear BCS Families,
I hope this communication finds you all doing well and enjoying the summer season. Yesterday the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) released a document pertaining to the reopening of schools. We are expected to receive additional guidance from the NYS Department of Education (NYSED) on Wednesday. Planning for school reopening has already begun, however there are still many details that need to be coordinated and aligned to this recently released guidance.
As a District we will be required to submit a reopening plan to NYSED by July 31st. We have been told plans will be reviewed and approved/denied during the first week of August. As it currently stands, our region will reopen schools in September, provide we are experiencing less than a 5% positive COVID testing/infection rate. Today our region was at approximately a 1% infection rate.
Assuming schools do reopen, we will remain so, as long as the infection rate does not surpass 9%.
Please know when we talk about reopening it may be in the form of all students reporting each day, some students reporting on some days, or all students participating in their schooling remotely. The final reopening model will be determined based on our ability to adhere to guidelines and ultimately with the approval from NYS.
We will be sharing a survey very soon soliciting your input. Thank you for your patience, feedback and support of our District and children. Go Braves!
Yours in education,
John R. Marshall
Superintendent
The 2020 Lamoka Log has arrived! If you have already purchased a yearbook, you can pick yours up in the front office starting tomorrow, July 14. The office is open Mon-Thu, 7:30AM-3:30PM. You can pick up your yearbook anytime within these hours.
If you did not get a chance to purchase a yearbook, there are a limited number of yearbooks still available for sale. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook, please complete this form to be contacted about purchasing one: https://brdfrd.com/3eqgE6j
The recording of last night's Board of Education is now available. It can be accessed at: https://brdfrd.com/38ECZf0. It will also be added to the district website.
Tonight’s Board of Education meeting is going to be recorded and available for viewing tomorrow morning. We believe this method will help to improve the audio for our audience. Thank you.
Wishing all of our students, families, staff and community as a whole a safe and happy 4th of July. Go Braves! Go USA!
Steuben Council on Addictions - What are marijuana concentrates?
The Pro Action Resilient Children and Families Community Program is excited to offer two ZOOM events for families in July!
Flip It: for families who would like new tools for their toolbox to support children’s behavior with 4 easy steps!
Community Cafe Parent Café Series: Building Resilience Through Connection for families to connect and have a conversation about experiences during this time and thoughts on what lies ahead.
Thank you to everyone in the community who came out to support the graduating class of 2020. Your show of support was very touching and greatly appreciated.
Today is graduation day! We're so excited to celebrate the achievements of all of our seniors tonight. Join us live at 6PM on the school Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bradfordcsd
We would like to thank the following sponsors for making the senior chicken BBQ dinner a success. Our sincere appreciation to Champs Catering for donating the BBQ chicken halves. Thank you to Kozy Korner for providing a convenient location for our seniors to pick-up their dinners. Also thank you to the Bradford Scouts Troop 45 for donating the takeout containers and to any teachers and staff that made donations and/or helped serve the dinner. This was a wonderful event that brought our community and school together to celebrate the BCS Class of 2020.
All end-of-year ceremony videos will be posted to the district Facebook page that can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/bradfordcsd. You do not have to have a Facebook account in order to view the videos.
Our senior banners are now hanging in the bus loop area. Congratulations class of 2020!
Please join in congratulating the BCS class of 2020 with a parade on Friday, June 26 at 7:00 pm. The parade will go from the Kozy Korner, through town, turn left at the four corners towards the cemetery and down Rabbit Road.
Bradford CSD Voting Results:
Budget passed 221-137
Bus purchase passed 247-109
Alex Waters was elected to serve a 5-year Board of Education term
Thank you for your continued support of our students and District.
Tonight's Board of Education meeting will begin at 6PM and will be streamed live at https://ideas.gstboces.org/bradford
One of the most deserved and unique graduation ceremonies in the history of BCS is about to occur. Please help us honor and support the Class of 2020.
Monday, June 15 will be our school materials drop off day and summer send off. Students/families can bring their Chromebook and charger, textbooks, library books, calculators, instruments, and hot spots to school. The day is organized into one hour time slots by grade level. This will be drive through style. Staff members will be set-up in the front canopy. Cars will drive through the front circle and drop off their materials. Families with multiple children can come during the time frame that works best for your family.
9:00 - 10:00 - Elementary grades
10:00 - 11:00 - 7th grade
11:00 - 12:00 - 8th grade
12:00 - 1:00 - 9th grade
1:00 - 2:00 - 10th grade
2:00 - 3:00 - 11th grade
3:00 - 4:00 - 12th grade
4:00 - 5:00 - Any grade level student that could not make the earlier time
If this date/time doesn't work for a family, other arrangements can be made by calling the front office.
YEARBOOK UPDATE: Our yearbook company has reached out to notify us that there are delays in the production and shipping of yearbooks nationwide due to COVID-19. Plants responsible for printing the books have been closed or short-staffed during this time. We will provide additional updates as we receive information on the shipment of the yearbook.
Also due to school closures, unfortunately the traditional experience of yearbook signing is not available to our students. In light of this, our yearbook company is offering a digital signing experience for all students who have purchased a yearbook. Students can sign up for this experience and send a unique link to their friends who can digitally sign their yearbook. At the conclusion of the digital signing experience, the district will print the digital pages and send them to students to be included in their yearbook. To sign up for the digital signing experience, please visit https://yearbooksigning.jostens.com to create an account.
Budget Vote Update- Absentee ballots can be dropped off at the school until 5:00 PM on Tuesday, June 9th. Absentee ballots can now be accepted by mail until Tuesday, June 16th. Please note the distinction in dates between a hand delivered ballot and a mailed ballot. This new guidance was ordered by Governor Cuomo this afternoon. No election results will be known until after all mailed ballots are received on June 16th.