The Superintendent and members of the district’s Art Department recognized students whose artwork was featured in the 2025/2026 District Calendar. Each student was presented with a Certificate of Recognition.

Please use the link below to access the livestream of tonight's event.

Please find the presentation from the April 1, 2025 meeting linked below.

PowerSchool is providing credit monitoring and identity protection services for all users affected by their data breach. This includes all North Branford Public Schools staff and students. Please see the link below for enrollment information. The deadline to enroll in these services is May 30, 2025.

Please see the linked presentation from the Budget Workshop on February 5, 2025.

Please refer to the attached presentation shared at the Board of Education meeting on 1/23/2025.

Dear North Branford Public Schools Community,

This message is to inform you of a recent cybersecurity incident that occurred on December 22, 2024, involving unauthorized access to certain student information within the PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS).

What Happened:

On Tuesday, January 7th, we were notified by PowerSchool of a data breach which occurred within PowerSchool’s customer support portal on December 22nd.

• An unauthorized party gained access to certain SIS customer data, including North Branford’s data, through a compromised credential in PowerSchool’s customer support portal.
• This data includes data for both inactive and active students and teachers.
• PowerSchool does not anticipate the data being shared or made public, and they believe that it has been deleted without any further replication or dissemination.

Data Impacted:

• The information accessed includes data related to students, families, and educators.

• An initial review of the data from our server indicates that names, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses were compromised.

We understand this news may cause concern, and we sincerely apologize for this incident. As more information becomes available we will continue to keep you informed. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your information and working closely with you to address any concerns you may have. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Thomas Lonsdale, Director of Technology at tlonsdale@northbranfordschools.org.

Sincerely,

Scott Schoonmaker and Thomas Lonsdale

Please refer to the link for information regarding Kindergarten registration. Please note that registration opens on February 3, 2025.