Superintendent
Scott Ryan
607.334.1600 ext. 5504

Assistant Superintendent for Business
Todd Griffin
607.334.1600 ext. 5505

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Jessica Poyer
607.334.1600 ext. 5506

Director of Human Resources
Amanda Tuller
607.334.1600 ext. 5413

Human Resources Associate
Lauren Van Beers
607.334.1600 ext. 5505

Operations & Maintenance
James Mucha

Food Services
Brandi Fiester
607.334.1600

Nursing Staff
Natalie Merkt

Breanna Kappauf

Nellie Palmere

Jessilee Portelli

Payroll/Personnel Coordinator
Stacey DeMuro
607.334.1600 ext. 5404

District Treasurer
Ferol Riddle
607.334.1600 ext. 5503

Dear Norwich City School District Community,

Welcome to the 2025-26 school year! I hope you had a fun and relaxing summer with family and friends. As your Superintendent, I'm excited to start a new school year filled with learning, growth, and new opportunities.

Our number one goal is to help every student succeed - both in school and in life. That means making sure students feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. We're focused on strong academics, both social emotional and physical health, and positive relationships between students, staff, and families.

This year, we have renewed our Blueprint for Excellence - our district's plan for the next three years. This updated plan focuses on four big areas:

• Community Connections: Building strong partnerships between school, familites, and the community,

• Intructional Excellence: Making sure every student has access to great teaching and learning.

• Innovation for Growth: Using new ideas and tools to help students learn in exciting ways.

• Career and Life Readiness: Giving students the skills they need for college, jobs and life after graduation.

All of this supports our larger goal: helping students be future-ready.

We're also continueing work on our major school improvement project. Thanks to community support, we are creating better learning spaces with modern classrooms, upgraded technology, and more welcoming areas for students and staff.

Our teachers and staff are ready to welcome students back and help make this a fantastic school year. Thank you for being such an important part of the Norwich City School District. By working together, we can help every student reach their full potential.

Here’s to a great year ahead!

Respectfully,

Scott Ryan

The Norwich City School District is organized on a PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 plan with students attending a full-day kindergarten and six years of elementary school, followed by three years of middle school and a four-year high school program.

Stanford J. Gibson Primary School serves 383 students in PreK-2, while 380 attend Perry Browne Intermediate School for grades 3-5. These facilities provide a modern elementary school program, including library media and computer services; instruction in the special areas of art, music, physical education, remedial reading, writing and mathematics; and instruction for students with special learning needs.

Norwich Middle School welcomes roughly 380 students in grades 6-8 and also offers a modern educational program with an individualized approach to instruction. This program includes exploratory classes in art, music, home and career skills, technology and second languages. A library media center is available and students may participate in extra-curricular activities such as interscholastic and intramural sports, vocal and instrumental music groups, and a variety of club activities.

Norwich High School offers a comprehensive program of academic courses and activities to just under 600 students in grades 9-12. NHS runs on a rotating, two-day schedule with four quarters. Classes are 74 minutes in length and, in addition to college preparatory courses, include business, technology, education, home & career skills, art and music. Extra-curricular programs are offered in athletics, music and a variety of other activities. Norwich High School uses a numerical marking system and is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and Middle Atlantic Association of Schools and Colleges. Class Rank is computed at the end of junior year and after the first semester of senior year.

The Norwich City School District is located in Chenango County, approximately 40 miles north of Binghamton and 45 miles south of Utica. The District encompasses a geographic area of approximately 110 square miles and includes all or parts of ten townships, all in Chenango County. The school district population has been estimated at 13,000.

The Norwich area is largely rural in character, but the City of Norwich is commercial and industrial. The City is home to manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Unison Industries (jet engine ignition systems and electronic products), NBT Bank, N.A. (financial services), QUEST International-Sheffield Products, Inc. (dairy by-products), and the offices of Chobani, LLC (yogurt). The community is served by a modern and fully accredited 123-bed hospital, Guernsey Memorial Library, a newly completed YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, Performing Arts Center and Gallery, and several museums including the Northeast Classic Car Museum.

The county seat is located in Norwich, where a modern county office building, county court house and other county facilities are located. Norwich features a SUNY Morrisville extension and is a short drive from SUNY colleges in Binghamton, Cortland, Oneonta and Utica. Other colleges relatively close to Norwich are Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hartwick College, Utica College and Syracuse University.

The city is host to several weekend cultural and family fun events which include Colorscape Chenango, Blues Festival, County Fair, Gus Macker Basketball Tournament, and Memorial Day Antique Car Show.