
April 30, 2025
STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE RENSSELAER CITY CONCERNING RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE The Board of Education of the Rensselaer City School District...

April 29, 2025
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: We are proud to present to the voters a 2025-2026 budget that requires only a 0.8% tax increase. We have worked dilige...

April 4, 2025
April 2025 Dear Parents and Families, As a reminder, we will be administering the New York State Grades 3-5 Assessment tests and the Grade 5 Science Assessment later this...

January 28, 2025
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: This is a quick reminder that there is no school on Wednesday, 1/29 in recognition of Lunar New Year . If you are look...

January 8, 2025
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Happy New Year! 2025 has started quite cold, but we are pleased to report that the smiles on our students’ faces certa...

December 3, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: This is a reminder that our Alumni Association will be hosting a public hearing and information session on our upcoming...

November 20, 2024
Our Van Rensselaer PTA is hosting our first information session on the upcoming project vote. Come out and meet the architects, learn about the project, and get questions answere...

October 31, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Thanks to everyone that participated in our PTA’s annual Trunk-or-Treat event. Even bigger thanks to those that mak...

September 6, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Put the first week of the school year in the books! The building was full of smiles, excitement, and energy all week....

August 27, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Summer is winding down. Our faculty and staff are in the building this week to train, team, and prepare for the stude...

May 20, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community:
We have a busy week! Please be sure to get out and vote on Tuesday between the hours of 12pm and 9pm. We have 3 cand...

May 8, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: It is budget time again. Our annual Budget Newsletter was put in the mail on Tuesday, so you should begin to see them...

April 7, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: We return from Spring recess on Monday, 4/8. We are excited to celebrate the eclipse in Monday! Please don’t forget th...

March 28, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Our Spring recess begins at dismissal today. School will resume on Monday, 4/8. On that same day, we will have the op...

March 17, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Families in our community have recently experienced tragedy, pain, and loss . We know that our city is #RensselaerStron...

March 17, 2024
The Rensselaer City School District #fRAMily joins the greater Rensselaer community in recognizing the sacrifices of New York Army National Guardsmen Staff Sergeant Jacob Pratt, A...

March 14, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: Thanks to parents and students for your patience as we merged D&G bus runs this week. I rode the new run myself on Tues...

March 6, 2024
The faculty & staff at the Rensselaer City School District will be participating in the CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge 5k walk/run to represent our school as a team. We would lik...

March 6, 2024
Members of the Rensselaer City School District Community: The CDC has released updated respiratory virus guidance . They now treat all respiratory viruses (including COVID-19) ...
March 6, 2024
Due to low ridership, we will be merging Routes D & G into a single route D beginning on Monday, 3/11/24. All students on both routes will have new pickup and drop off times. The ...