Research is clear: cellphones are harmful to students' learning and mental health. Now, with the support of parents, law enforcement, students and more, we're pushing to secure Governor Kathy Hochul's bell-to-bell cellphone restrictions our schools. Join our fight:

PVFT hosts “UNION 101 - What Does It Mean To Be Part Of A Union?”

Yesterday, we held our last regional Disconnected conference alongside educators, law enforcement, parents, students, lawmakers and more to discuss the impacts cellphones are having on our students' learning and mental health. westchester.news12.com/disconnected-e…

Monday April 7th is National Schwa Day. Mrs. Funicelli and Mrs. Kahn celebrated by learning more about Schwa by reading and spelling words with Schwa sounds. #nationalschwaday

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all! Each day and every day, teachers are going above and beyond to provide our students with a world of opportunities. Thank you to all our teacher-members. We know we say it a lot, but we appreciate you!

Teacher appreciation 🤝 Fixing our broken pension system This week is #TeacherAppreciationWeek AND on the 6th of the month we're gonna be back out rallying to #FixTier6. No better way to celebrate teachers than with a fair retirement. Join us: fixtier6.org/events

We appreciate our PVFT teachers this week - and every week!

Huge win for NY students: our state just passed one of the strongest school cell phone restrictions in the nation! Thank you to Governor Kathy Hochul for leading—& our partners @Fairplayforkids for helping make it happen. This is pro-childhood & pro-learning! newsday.com/news/region-st…

Community read aloud with some PVFT retirees!

PVFT at the PVES planting event yesterday! Thank you PV community for coming out to vote and support our students!

NYSUT President Melinda Person 🍎✌🌈 is right: today we might be meeting in the middle to bridge the gap between Tiers 4 and 6, but when it comes to fixing our broken pension system, we’re gonna go all 👏 the 👏 way 👏 #FixTier6

You better believe the sky broke for our rally. It’ll break again, too — we’re gonna #FixTier6. Count on it 🌅

Fix Tier 6!

PVES PVFT participating in undercover spirit week!

Our new classroom heat law goes into effect this fall, and it's already pushing districts to act. Heat waves aren't going away. It's important we prepare — students and educators deserve safe classrooms. NYSUT cnycentral.com/news/local/syr…

Our union wants to take a moment and congratulate our members working in education on the successful completion of another school year! Thank you to everyone for all of your hard work all year long and your commitment to standing up for students, public schools and working

Recently at NYSUT HQ, local presidents, district administrators and Pres. Melinda Person 🍎✌🌈 joined Governor Kathy Hochul for a discussion on the new bell-to-bell smartphone restrictions that are being implemented this fall in schools across New York. Learn more: governor.ny.gov/news/distracti…

PVFT at the NYSUT Summer Leadership Conference! (Not shown: Sue Boyd)

Over the last few days, NYSUT leaders have gathered to learn all about our upcoming work and how they can bolster both their local and statewide union's efforts. Thank you to everyone who took part in any of our regional conferences!

Cyberbullying is rising—up from 35% to 42% of NYC students reporting it as common. 43% of students reported bullying on phones & social media. This fall’s new phone-free classrooms policy is a big step toward protecting students’ mental health & safety. nydailynews.com/2025/08/05/mor…