Saugerties school district gets clean but cautious external audit
School officials budgeted with a greater than 98 percent accuracy, and the district is in good fiscal health.
Education
Thirty-four Saugerties school water samples have too much lead
The Saugerties Central School District recently identified 34 samples from non-potable water outlets as exceeding levels of lead deemed acceptable by the New York State Department of Health, but school officials this week said they’ve already tackled most of the issues.
Onteora seeking a tech wizard
“There is equipment that needs to be changed out, there’s high level equipment that is coming down the pike…our infrastructure is important to keep strong, and we need someone to oversee the whole staff and have a vision.”
Controversy over school play riles Kingston
An upcoming run of performances of a classic Agatha Christie play at Kingston High School has stoked controversy, both for the story’s origins and for a billboard on the school’s Broadway campus which depicted a noose, long a symbol of racism.
Highland School Board president questions capital project’s progress
With work on the elementary and high school windows and insulation behind schedule, Alan Barone said he is particularly worried about maintaining the heat in the buildings in January and February and wondered why second shift work that had been agreed upon has not been introduced.
Kingston voters will decide on $4.2 million plan to convert former elementary school into administration building
The KCSD board of education voted unanimously last week to give the public a say on whether to approve a $4.23 million plan to convert the former Frank L. Meagher elementary into a pre-kindergarten hub and district headquarters.
New Paltz School Board intends to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day
One board member said changing the focus of the holiday was important because “how America was discovered is our origin story. It introduces and codifies who is considered American and who is not. It is often a child’s first lesson about encounters between people of different races and cultures. We owe it to the children of this district to faithfully and bravely examine the version of history we’ve chosen to tell.”
Saugerties school district taking steps to stem post-election bullying
The 2016 presidential election is over, but some of the campaign rhetoric used by President-elect Donald Trump and intensified by some of his followers has some local children on edge.
Student columnist Kate Fishman takes a turn in the interviewee seat
The profiles Kate Fishman writes about New Paltz High School students are so well-written, the reader may not realize the writer is herself a student.
Kingston school district keeping an eye on student conduct after Trump victory
“Our building administrators are keenly aware of the rhetoric around the election this year,”