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The Penfield Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 4,600 students in portions of the towns of Penfield, Brighton, Perinton and Pittsford in Monroe County, and Macedon and Walworth in Wayne County, with approximately 900 employees and an operating budget of $93.3 million (~ $20,445 per student).

The average class size is 22 for grades K–2, 24 for grades 3–5, and 25 for grades 6–12.

Dr. Thomas Putnam is the Superintendent of Schools.

The District's mission statement is: "In the Penfield Central School District, we are all learners who work collaboratively in an environment of educational excellence, providing experiences that develop the individual and diverse talents and abilities of all our students to prepare them for successful lives as life-long scholars and contributing, responsible citizens."

History
Earliest school build at corner of what is now intersection of Baird and Penfield Roads in 1804. School opposite Liberty Street. Demolished in 1998. District No. 9: Dayton's Corners was built in 1857. It became part of the Webster Central School District in 1948. District No. 11: 1586 Webster-Fairport Road (SE corner) opened for classes in 1849.

Penfield School District No. 1 became Union Free School District No. 1 and seminary was used for union school.

One-room schoolhouse Salt Road. One-room schoolhouse Atlantic and Jackson Roads. District No. 5 school Atlantic Avenue Assembly room in no 5

1969 Penfield Central Teachers Credit Union

Dayton's Corners open until at least 1959 School No. 9 corner Creek Street and Plank Road

Penfield Chiefs since at least 1940s

Corwin Road cape cod owned by Fisher

1947 Penfield beats Webster

One-room schoolhouse 250 and Penfield Center Road

March 1971 blizzard

1985 library move uses school busses

In 1907, the Penfield Union School opened. As implied by the name, the building provided classrooms for grade school students on the first floor and high school students on the second.

Location
The district is bounded on the north by the Webster Central School District, on the east by the Wayne and Gananda Central School Districts, on the south by the Fairport Central, East Rochester Union Free, and Pittsford Central School Districts, and on the west by the Brighton Central and Rochester City School Districts. The district serves only the southern two thirds of the Town of Penfield—the northern third is served by the Webster Central School District. In addition, tiny portions of the southern part of the Town of Penfield are served by the Wayne and Pittsford Central School Districts. The district also serves small portions of the Towns of Brighton, Macedon, Perinton, Pittsford, and Walworth.

Population served
As of 2018, the district does not provide summary economic, educational, or race data for the families of its student population on its website. However as of 2017, for the Town of Penfield itself, the median household income is $76,937 and 5.2% of the town's inhabitants live in poverty compared to $53,568 and 14.9% for Monroe County and $60,741 and 15.5% for New York State. During the 2009-2010 school year, 8% of the district's students qualified for free or reduced price school lunches. 93.9% of the town's inhabitants are high school graduates compared to 90.4% for the county and 85.9% for the state. Also as of 2017, the town has an estimated 36,242 residents of which 93% are white, 3% are Asian, 2% are African-American, and the remainder are of other or of two or more races, compared to 76.5% white, 15.4% African-American, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, and 3.6% Asian for the county and 65.4% white, 18.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% African-American, and 8.3% Asian for the state. Approximately 7.3% of the population was foreign-born, compared to 8.5% for the county and 22.9% for the state.

The district has participated in voluntary desegregation efforts with the City of Rochester through the Urban-Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program since 1966.

Curriculum
The district conducts a 180 day school year per state law with additional days added to the school year to accommodate unplanned school closures, typically for inclement weather.

Per state education department requirements, the district administers English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics assessments each spring to its fourth and eighth grade students.

Common Core State Standards Initiative

Governance
The ultimate authority for the school district rests with a seven-member board of education. Members serve rotating three-year terms and include a president, a vice president, and one student representative. Elections are held each May for board members and to vote on the district budget for the upcoming school year.

Board members for the 2018-2019 school year are:
 * Catherine Dean, President
 * Mark Elledge, Vice President
 * Barbara Babiarz
 * Lisa Benati-Chidsey
 * Jon Ottney
 * John Piper
 * William Yaeger
 * Levia Zhou, student representative

Budget
The budget process for a given school year begins the autumn of the preceding school year when the superintendent works with the assistant superintendents, various directors, and school principals to estimate expenses for the coming school year taking into account changes in enrollment, changes in regulation, and directives from the board of education. In January, the superintendent begins presenting the various areas of the budget (e.g., liability insurance, salaries for teachers and staff, buildings and grounds) to the board of education during their monthly meetings. In April, the board is expected to approve the budget, modified during the discussions of the preceding three months. The approved budget is then distributed to school district residents via the district's website for review. This is followed by a school board election and budget vote on the third Tuesday in May. Voters generally approve district budgets, but if rejected, the superintendent and board must decide whether to put a modified budget before voters or to adopt an austerity budget. Budgets were rejected in 1967, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1993, and 1994

Administrative offices
When the district first centralized, administrative offices were located in the old Penfield High School building (at 2070 Five Mile Line Road); these moved to the former Penfield School District 5 building on Atlantic Avenue in 1957.

Elementary schools

 * Cobbles Elementary School educates approximately 500 students in grades K-5 and its principal is Stephen J. Kenny. It opened in September 1961 and is named for the former Cobbles Woods which are rounded outcroppings that overlook the former "Penfield Flats" (present-day Panorama Plaza in the floodplain of Irondequoit Creek).
 * Harris Hill Elementary School educates approximately 450 students in grades K-5 and its principal is Marc P. Nelson. It opened in November 1970 as a "school without walls".  It is named for the Harris family who once farmed the land upon which the school stands.   James Harris served as president of the Penfield Seminary  and his father, William Harris, is believed to be the first teacher in the area.
 * Indian Landing Elementary School educates approximately 500 students in grades K-5 and its principal is Marcie Ware. The present day school building opened in 1949 in Brighton School District 7 and was annexed by the Penfield Central School District in 1954 after Brighton High School reached capacity and could no longer guarantee acceptance of Indian Landing's students for high school instruction.  It is named for a former boat landing on Irondequoit Creek used by the Seneca people up to the early years of the 19th century.
 * Scribner Road Elementary School educates approximately 600 students in grades K-5 and its principal is Scott L. Hirschler. The school opened in September 1964.

Middle school

 * Bay Trail Middle School educates approximately 1000 students in grades 6-8 and its principal is Winton R. Buddington. It opened in September 1966.  It is named after the nearby trail leading from Irondequoit Bay to Ganondagan used by the Marquis de Denonville in his 1687 expedition.

High school

 * Penfield Senior High School educates approximately 1500 students in grades 9-12 and its principal is Leslie G. Maloney. The present high school building opened in September 1958.

Former schools

 * Atlantic Road Elementary School opened in February 1956. The district closed the school in 1972 and sold the building in 1981 to Browncroft Community Church.
 * Baird Road Elementary School opened about 1957. The district closed the school in 1976 due to declining enrollment.  The building now houses Penfield Public Library, community center, and town courts.
 * Denonville Junior High School opened in 1907 as Penfield High School, became Penfield Junior High School when the senior high school opened in 1958, became Denonville Junior High School in September 1966, became Denonville Middle School in about 1973 and closed in June 1980. It was named after the Marquis de Denonville.   The district sold the building in about 1992 to the The Charles Finney School.

Transportation
Penfield purchased its first schoolbus in 1947. School buses operate out of a facility across from the old Penfield High School building on Five Mile Line Road. The district buses students in grades K-8 who live at least one half mile from school and students in grades 9-12 who live at least a mile and a half from school as well as district residents who attend private schools within 15 miles of the district. The district equips all school buses with safety belts, though their use is voluntary. In 2003, the district installed video cameras on its buses.