Lake Shore Central School District

Welcome back, everybody! We are getting ready to return to school for the 2024-25 school year, and can’t wait to see everyone. We’ve had a busy summer here at Lake Shore Central School District. 

We’re excited to begin operating our Universal Pre-K classrooms with Lake Shore teachers this year.  Our teachers have been working on their curriculum and getting their classrooms ready for the next generation of Eagles! Our UPK classes will still be housed in the Wm. T. Hoag Educational Center like they had been when they were contracted through the YMCA.  The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Shore will be operating the District’s before & after school program (“The Wrap-Around Program”) beginning this year, too.

We are welcoming a number of new teachers and staff.  New staff members attended an orientation session and have been assigned mentors to help them get acclimated.  Teachers have done a lot of work organizing and mapping out curriculum for the new year.  In addition, we ran our summer school programs for elementary and secondary students.  We also had another high enrollment in our summer Eagles Landing program, with 178 children participating.

Safety of our students and staff remains a primary focus of the District, and we work very hard to keep our buildings safe and secure for students and staff each day.  Parents should not fear that our buildings are not safe for their children. Please rest assured that when our buildings are open, it is safe to send your children to school.  If there is ever a threat against a school building or anybody in the building, law enforcement will immediately be involved and, if we feel that there is a risk involved with being in the building, schools will be closed.  One of the most important things you can do to help your child learn is to get them to school every day.  Attendance is crucial to the learning process – we appreciate you partnering with us to increase our student attendance rates.

Lake Shore is scheduled to take delivery of our third Electric school bus this year.  It will be our first Electric minibus.  We also have 13 more full-sized (71 passenger) buses on order to be received sometime before next summer.  These are the first part of the 20 buses that the District will purchase with the $7.9 million Federal grant that we received through the EPA.  We cannot take delivery of those buses until we have the charging stations installed for them.  Work is beginning on the construction of the bus parking lot to install the charging stations.

ALL students will again be able to receive a free breakfast and lunch each day.  Snacks and a la carte items are not included, so parents only need to pay for those additional items.  We encourage our children to take advantage of the free breakfasts & lunches available to them.  This program began last year, and our cafeterias served almost 70,000 more meals last year than they served the year before!  If you have any questions about Lake Shore’s cafeteria programs, please call our cafeteria office at (716) 926-2291.

As we move into the school year, please make sure that your contact information that is on file with the District is up to date so that you receive information and updates from the District in a timely manner. 

Finally, as our sports, clubs and activities begin, we hope that everyone is able to find something to enhance their Lake Shore Central School experience. 

I wish you all the best 2024-25 school year possible!

Sincerely-

Daniel Pacos

Superintendent of Schools