Pioneer Central Schools

Superintendent Ben Halsey issued the following statement on mask-wearing as of Tuesday morning (1/25): Dear Pioneer, Decisions in masking in New York State are coming fast and w...

Pioneer's 2022-23 budget planning process is underway, with an eye toward charting a fiscal plan for future initiatives, creating stability in programming and services, enabling s...

Pioneer School District is considering asking voters to approve a new round of capital improvements worth $28.6 million. Balloting on the measure could come May 17 during the ann...

Pioneer has introduced changes in procedures for Covid-19 isolation, quarantine and contact tracing. Superintendent Ben Halsey announced the changes on Tuesday, January 11. His...

Tickets for Pioneer High School's production of Mamma Mia are now on sale. The shows will be Friday, March 11, at 7pm, Saturday March 12 at 2pm, Saturday March 12 at 7pm, and ...

Superintendent Ben Halsey recently shared some timely reminders about the weather and its impact at Pioneer. "After six years as Pioneer superintendent, I feel it’s a good ti...

Pioneer School District will hold a second distribution of Covid-19 self-test kits on Friday, January 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This is for families who were unable to come t...

Annual expenditures and revenues are projected to rise in the neighborhood of 2 percent over the next five years, according to a report given at the most recent Pioneer Board of E...

Superintendent Ben Halsey shared information via an automated call on Monday, Jan. 3, regarding distribution of home Covid-19 test kits. "The Pioneer School District has receiv...

Elementary students are performing significantly below grade level due to the COVID pandemic, an Arcade Elementary teacher told the Pioneer Board of Education at its Dec. 21 regul...

Pioneer is following sound fiscal practices with regard to risk assessment, an audit representative told the Board of Education December 21. Carl Widmer, CPA, a partner at Dre...

ABBA fever is coming to Pioneer School District in 2022. "Mamma Mia," a jukebox musical based on the music of ABBA, will be staged Friday, March 11, at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, Mar...

The Hillcrest Company Pioneer Duals returned to Pioneer on Dec. 11, with the following results: Participating Teams Newfane, Starpoint, Pioneer, Orchard Park , Iroqu...

For the first time in a couple years, Pioneer Central School was represented in-person at the Scholastic Challenge. The annual regional competition was sponsored by Cattaraugus-A...

The latest round of federal stimulus funding will be used for staffing, program needs, and equipment, the Pioneer Board of Education learned at its Nov. 16 regular meeting. Th...

The process of planning the 2022-23 budget has started, the Pioneer Board of Education learned at its regular meeting Nov. 16. Assistant Superintendent Nick Silvaroli shared th...

It was one thing when Pioneer FFA made a bale art figure resembling a Panthers football player a few weeks ago for Homecoming. However, they went above and beyond this week when t...

Pioneer School District is looking into a "brownfields" cleanup grant to help reclaim an abandoned industrial site adjacent to Arcade Elementary School. Superintendent Ben Hal...

Capital improvement projects—both current and proposed—dominated discussion at the regular meeting of the Pioneer Board of Education November 2. Jeff Nunn of architects Gordon ...

It is not clear yet what the recent settlement of a seven-year-old lawsuit brought against New York State over Foundation Aid means for Pioneer, the district's assistant superinte...