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Districtwide Autism Acceptance Day will be held at Benjamin Turner Academy at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The free event will feature cotton parent resources, popcorn, pizza, sensory stations and more! If you are interested in buying a shirt of donating, click here or scan the QR code. Come out to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month with the Mount Vernon City School District and the Special Education PTA!

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 School Counseling Department at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy hosted their annual spring college fair this Friday. With 32 esteemed colleges, universities and organizations in attendance, students in grades 10-12 learned about a variety of post-secondary opportunities available to them.

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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’.