The Saugerties Central School District received some good news over the weekend as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed on a $153 billion budget that includes $1.1 billion in new educational spending. That’s a relief for districts all across the state, including Saugerties, where the Board of Education will vote on adopting a $61.8 million spending plan for 2017-18 next year.
Onteora Central School District Board of Education President Bobbi Schnell resigned her post as a trustee it was announced, with sadness, at Tuesday’s April 4, Board meeting at Phoenicia Elementary School. Vice President Kevin Salem had been filling in for her as she took a leave due to back surgery.
The two will be featured speakers at the 121st commencement ceremony Saturday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at the high school
The students in the cast seem excited to be participating in such a non-traditional piece of musical theater.
School officials in the KCSD are playing their annual waiting game as they hope the state legislature comes up with enough relief beyond Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s school aid proposal that will help them overcome a $1.1 million budget gap.
“These are definitely students who will have a lifelong passion for music.”
Three weeks after an alleged anti-Semitic incident at Saugerties Junior High School put a spotlight on bias harassment in the school, administrators and trustees addressed the issue before an audience that included the victim’s family and a local rabbi.
Underlying each presenter’s remarks was the message that efforts to undermine and privatize public education have hurt students, educators, schools and communities, but that there are actions opponents can take to create the system they want.
According to Kingston City School District officials, the district is nearly twice as far away from balancing the 2017-18 budget than they first thought, as there’s a roughly $1.1 million chasm between a rollover plan and the state-mandated tax levy cap.
Isolated incident or common occurrence? One parent says anti-Semitic and racist comments are prevalent in Saugerties. School officials disagree.