This October, Chatham Central School District formed a Future Planning Committee, which will play an important advisory role in evaluating how our declining student enrollment may impact the District’s long-term operational needs, use of facilities, and costs.The Committee will also be tasked with exploring and prioritizing several possible scenarios - from maintaining the current school building footprint to consolidating programs or repurposing space. The Board of Education hired a consultant firm, Zeal Education Group, in may to work with the District and our community through this multi-year process.
Introducing our Future Planning Committee members:
Facilitator
Maria Suttmeier, Zeal Education Group
Community Members
Dawn Elbert
Edgar Acevedo
Deborah Lans
David Levow
Brian Lifsec
Melony Spock
Parents
Lukas Coon
Katie Hatt
Kristin Leonard
Jock Winch
Samantha Winkler
Students
Nixon Jeanty
Lucy Tassinari
Faculty
Meghan Bertram
Tracy Kelly
Laura Murawski
Bus Drivers Association
Kara Coon
Administrators
Justin Forrest
Brett Fortran
Mike Chudy
Andrew Kourt
Board of Education Members
Dawn Friedman
Ashley Zwingelberg
The committee starts their work this October. The District will be taking a slow and steady approach; this committee's goal is to create possible options based on data and public feedback by December 2027. From there, school officials will share the scenarios with all community members for feedback. Ultimately, any decision that gets made will be that of the Board of Education based on the data and feedback we receive.
For mor information, please visit our Planning for Chatham CSD's Future page...