Pelham Public Schools

Pelham Public Schools or the Pelham Public School District, formally the Pelham Union Free School District, is a school district headquartered in Pelham, New York. It serves Pelham, which includes Pelham Manor and the Village of Pelham. As of 2016, the district had about 2,800 students.[1] As of 1997, the City of New York pays the district to educate students in a portion of the Bronx due to geographic separation.

Pelham Public Schools
Students and staff
Students	2,800

History

Circa 2013 Peter Giarrizzo became the superintendent. He resigned in 2017 as he became the superintendent of the North Shore Central School District.[2] Cheryl Champ replaced him.[3]

Communities served

As of 1997 the City of New York pays the Pelham school district to provide educational services for a section of 35 houses in the Bronx located between Pelham and Pelham Bay Park and separated from the remainder of the borough; the city has done so since 1948 because the New York City school buses may not be insured if they leave the New York City limits, which they must do in order to reach this section of the Bronx, and because the bus trip would be very expensive. In 1997, five elementary school students and one high school student living in that section of the Bronx attended Pelham schools; New York City paid $15,892.86 each year for the high school student and $8,650.08 each year per elementary student.[4]

Schools

Secondary schools:

• Pelham Memorial High School
• Pelham Middle School

Primary schools:

• Colonial Elementary School
• Hutchinson Elementary School
• Prospect Hill Elementary School
• Siwanoy Elementary School

References

1. "About Us Archived August 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine." Pelham Public Schools. Retrieved on June 28, 2016.
2. Wilson, Colleen (February 15, 2017). "Pelham superintendent resigns". The Journal News. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
3. Wilson, Colleen (September 27, 2017). "Pelham's superintendent goes from orchestra to leader". The Journal News. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
4. Gross, Jane (May 6, 1997). "A Tiny Strip of New York That Feels Like the Suburbs". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2016. (Archive)

External links

• Pelham Union Free School District