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Principals report strong start to school: enrollment growth, extracurriculars and sharply higher meal participation
Summary
Principals at Brighton Central School District reported a smooth start to the 2025–26 year on Sept. 30 with rising enrollment at multiple schools, a large increase in breakfast and lunch participation, expansion of extracurricular programs and new classroom pilots such as a college-preparatory math course in middle school.
Brighton Central School District principals told the Board of Education on Sept. 30 that the 2025–26 school year opened smoothly across the district, with some schools reporting rising enrollment, expanded extracurricular participation and increased demand for school meals.
Enrollment and activities: Danielle Edmonds, principal at TCMS, said TCMS enrollment in the first month was between about 780 and 790 students and that the building welcomed 26 new sixth-graders, 18 new seventh-graders and 17 new eighth-graders. She reported more than 150 seventh- and eighth-graders participating in modified athletics and said the TCMS cross-country team placed first in New York state and third nationally in a large invitational. Edmonds also…
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