March 30, 2021
Pioneer School District continues to prepare for the option of students attending in-person five days a week. The planned date for this return is Monday, April 19. Parents plann...
March 30, 2021
The Fall 2 sports season is underway at Pioneer, featuring volleyball, football and competitive cheerleading.
Those sports were deemed too high-risk to hold last fall. The fir...
March 29, 2021
Pioneer School District voters will go to the polls Tuesday, May 18, to elect two school board members and decide on a general fund budget for 2021-22.
The rules for absentee b...
March 25, 2021
The Pioneer Athletic Department has completed its 2020-21 winter season. Athletic Director William Weidner congratulated the student-athletes, coaches and parents who weathered ...
March 22, 2021
Pioneer Superintendent Benjamin Halsey made it official: Students can return five days a week starting Monday, April 19. In an automated message to parents on March 19, Mr. Hals...
March 17, 2021
The Pioneer Board of Education heard the first outline of a plan to bring students back to school five days.
Meeting in regular session March 16, the board heard Superintenden...
March 17, 2021
The state Board of Regents is proposing shortening the grades 3-8 math and English Language Arts assessments, as well as holding just four high school Regents exams in June, if th...
March 4, 2021
The Pioneer Board of Education has heard details of a $59,421,266 budget proposal for 2021-22 that would increase spending 1.38 percent.
Assistant Superintendent Nicholas Silva...
February 24, 2021
Pioneer's Instructional Technology Services (ITS) Department has issued an update regarding the expiration of Windows licensing. District laptops running Windows must connect to...
February 23, 2021
Call it a partial victory for fans of Panthers athletes. Starting Wednesday, Feb. 24, Pioneer will be allowing two spectators per rostered player for home contests in boys swimmi...
February 23, 2021
The second session of virtual Parent University is coming up on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6-7pm. This month's topic is Help Me Homeschool. Registration is free for this Zoom se...
February 23, 2021
Pioneer School District is in the second half of 2020-21, more than 100 days into a school year like no other.
Superintendent Benjamin Halsey recently reflected on the Covid-19...
February 8, 2021
After nearly a year of dealing with COVID-19 protocols, Pioneer's athletic program is ready to take a bold new step in bringing sports coverage to the masses. During the week of ...
February 1, 2021
Senior Justin Halford broke a 36-year-old men's diving record in a season-opening meet on Jan. 29.
Justin broke the mark set by John Holcomb set in 1985. Afterward, John Holco...
January 28, 2021
High school wrestling athletes and fans will have to wait until at least May for competition to start, after the latest winter sport-related ruling. Section VI Executive Committ...
January 25, 2021
The New York State Department of Health says seven high-risk sports will be allowed to return starting Feb 1. Five of those sports are offered at Pioneer.
Basketball and wrestl...
January 20, 2021
Pioneer Board of Education members got their first look at the many challenges shaping the 2021-22 general fund budget. At the board's Jan. 19 regular meeting, assistant superint...
January 14, 2021
Pioneer Food Service Department is offering healthy breakfast and lunch meals for pickup for children in the school district age 18 and younger.
Parents/guardians must fill out...
January 12, 2021
Pioneer School District is seeking parent input on a mid-year survey to help shape instructional models for the rest of 2020-21.
Superintendent Benjamin Halsey said the electro...
January 6, 2021
In light of the continued recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that funding has been extended for schools to continue to ...