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The 2025-2026 proposed budget for the Mount Vernon City School District will be presented by Assistant Superintendent for Business Jose Formoso at the Board of Education meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Click here to access Board of Education videos and streams to view the presentation virtually. This will be the first presentation of the proposed budget, and a budget hearing will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6. The budget vote will take place on Tuesday, May 20. 

The upcoming spring break recess allows families to see their primary care providers or visit Federally Qualified Health Centers to obtain immunizations and physical exams. To help protect students and schools, all students need to be up to date with vaccines and physical exams to attend school. If your student hasn’t had a physical exam within the past 12 months and /or needs vaccine(s), please schedule an appointment with your PCP immediately.

Please give the school a copy of the physical exam and vaccine record by April 22, 2025. 

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Acting Superintendent Dr. K. Veronica Smith presented the second State of the District Address to staff at their monthly staff meeting on Wednesday. She provided updates to employees about the developments in the school reconfiguration process and what they can expect in the next few months.

This week, the Mount Vernon City School District celebrates all assistant principals who play a major role in making schools a beacon of learning and safety. From April 7 to 11, schools around the country are showing love and well-deserved praise for National Assistant Principal Week, highlighting the heavy impact these people have on schools.

Students in the Secondary Superintendent’s Advisory Council completed an exciting team-building activity on Wednesday, creating go-carts with everyday supplies and candy. The group who was crowned the winner, naming their cart “Alexzandria,” cheered as their vehicle began rolling past the other groups’.

Kamora Alston is a celebrated Mount Vernon High School senior whose hard work in academics and presence on campus has awarded her praise in her school community.