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Board accepts $750 scholarship donation, hears calendar and program updates
Summary
Trustees approved a $750 donation to the Barbara Katzenstein scholarship for partial summer-camp funding, heard about ESY locations and summer-camp grants for eight students, and were urged to register children for kindergarten/UPK for planning.
At its May 27 meeting the Hendrick Hudson Central School District Board of Education accepted a $750 donation to the Barbara Katzenstein scholarship fund and received operational updates on registration, next year’s calendar and summer programming.
The board approved by motion a $750 donation to the Barbara Katzenstein scholarship fund to subsidize partial summer-camp costs for students with significant disabilities. Acting director for pupil personnel services Chris Mareno also thanked the Katzenstein family for a separate gift that will fund summer camp attendance for eight students.
Curriculum and assessment leadership urged families to register now for kindergarten and UPK to aid planning; administrators said early registration helps finalize staffing and classroom assignments. Staff also described the 2026–27 calendar: the district will begin instruction before Labor Day, with one superintendent conference day and two days of instruction before full student schedules begin; kindergarten will start on a half day (Wednesday, Sept. 2) while other grades will have a full day.
District officials also reminded the community about remaining end-of-year schedules, the Extended School Year (ESY) program sites (Furness Woods Elementary and the high school) and a Centennial Gala event celebrating 100 years of the high school.
What’s next: the donation will be used to fund partial camp scholarships as described; administrators asked families to complete registration promptly so the district can finalize staffing and logistical planning.
