The Victor Central School District is a
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that serves approximately 4,500 students in the Village of
Victor
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and portions of the towns of
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Victor
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; and portions of the town of
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Wayne County, with an operating budget of approximately $64 million (~$9,884 per student in 2004). The average class size is 24 students (all grades), as of 2006.
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is 14-15:1(elementary), 13-14:1(middle-high school). As of 2018, there are a total of 475 staff members.
Superintendent
Timothy Terranova is the Superintendent
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of Schools, as of February 13, 2020.
Board of education
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(BOE) consists of 7 members who serve rotating 3-year terms. Elections for board members are held each year in May, along with a vote on the budget
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The current board members are:
*Tim DeLucia, President
*Christopher Parks, Vice President
*Lisa Kostecki
*Kristin Elliott
*Debbie Palumbo-Sanders
*Elizabeth Mitchell
*Trisha Turner
Schools
All of the District's schools are located on a campus, which consists of four buildings surrounded by various athletic field
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Although the Junior and Senior High Schools are physically the same building, they are considered separate in most other aspects.
Elementary schools
*Victor Early Childhood School ( K- 1)
:Principal: Robert DeRose
*Victor Primary School ( 2- 3 and K-3 Multiage)
:Principal: Heidi Robb
*Victor Intermediate School ( 4- 6)
:Principal: Ashley Socola
Middle school
*Victor Junior High School ( 7- 8)
:Principal: Brian D. Gee
High school
*Victor Senior High School
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( 9- 12)
:Principal: Brian Siesto
Performance
The District's 86% graduation rate exceeds the State Standard of 55%.
For the past 12 years, the New York State Education Department
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(NYSED) has named the Junior High School a New York State high performing school in addition to a "School to Watch". In 2013, the NYSED named the Junior and Senior High Schools "Reward Schools" in the "High Performance" category. 98% of students from the class of 2018 graduated with a Regents Diploma, while 63% earned the higher Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation. In addition, a total of 99 students were inducted into the National Honor Society
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that same year.
School buses and transportation
*The District employs a fleet of 78-passenger Blue Bird
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Puller style buses, as well as ten "short" buses and five, eight-passenger vans. The District runs on a 100,000-mile or 10-year rotation of buses, and will generally buy five new buses per year, in accordance with the budget
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*Every month, all of the buses are inspected by the New York State Department of Transportation
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