State Receives Funding to Improve Low-Performing Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Thursday that New York will receive $37.6 million through the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program to turn around its persistently lowest achieving...
View ArticleConcerned Parents Organize Against Common Core
A coalition of concerned parents are asking those regents up for re-appointment to the State Board of Regents to state their opinions about the education reform, Common Core, which is currently being...
View ArticleOneonta City School District Considers Budget Options
On Wednesday night the Oneonta City School District held its regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting at Riverside Elementary School. Over 200 hundred people were in attendance to hear the first...
View ArticleOneonta School Board Accepting Petitions for Three Vacant Seats
The next meeting of the Oneonta City School District Board of Education will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at Riverside Elementary School. Interim Superintendent David Rowley will be introducing the next series...
View ArticleOneonta Board of Education Votes to Reconfigure Middle School
The Oneonta City School District Board of Education voted unanimously for the reconfiguration of the middle school at its regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday night. The vote comes after the idea to...
View ArticleOneonta School Board Turns to Personnel Cuts to Close Budget Gap
Oneonta City School District interim superintendent David Rowley outlined more proposed cuts to help close the $1.5 million budget gap the school is facing at the Board of Education meeting Wednesday...
View ArticleOneonta School Board Closer to Closing Gap as Budget Vote Nears
Over 100 people attended the Oneonta City School District Board of Education meeting held at the Greater Plains Elementary School on Wednesday. With the recent New York State budget being passed,...
View ArticleCANstruction Comes to Oneonta's Southside Mall this Weekend
Four teams of students from SUNY Oneonta and the community will test their engineering skills in a “canstruction” competition this weekend at the Southside Mall in Oneonta. The teams will build...
View ArticleState Awards $3.4 Million in Grants to At-Risk Youth Programs
Grants totaling $3.4 million have been awarded to 18 organizations across the state to fund unique public and private partnerships between private and non-profit organizations to support early...
View ArticleOneonta School Board Approves Budget, Public Vote Next
The Oneonta City School District Board of Education last night approved a budget of $33.7 million, which calls for a tax levy increase of 2.7 percent. Interim Superintendent David Rowley is optimistic...
View ArticleNHS 2012 Grad Zieno Announces Bid for School Board
Jamie Zieno, a class of 2012 Norwich graduate, has launched a campaign for a position on the Norwich City School Board. Continue reading…
View ArticleSUNY Oneonta to Host 20th Annual Celebration of Teaching Reception
ONEONTA, N.Y. — The SUNY Oneonta Secondary Education Department will present Awards for Exemplary Service to eight area educators during the 20th annual Celebration of Teaching Reception from 4-5 p.m....
View ArticleCooperstown Chooses Hawkeyes as New Nickname, Mascot
Cooperstown Central School has a new nickname: CCS Hawkeyes. The school is allowed to use the name Cooperstown Central School Hawkeyes or CCS Hawkeyes after reaching an agreement with the Cooperstown...
View ArticleNorwich School Budget 'Maintains Status Quo'
Officials in the Norwich City School District have released their preliminary budget numbers for 2013-2014. Continue reading…
View ArticleOneonta Residents Head to Polls for School Budget Vote
Voters in school districts across the state head to the polls today to vote on school budgets, fill board of education seats and approve purchase for the coming school year. In Oneonta, school...
View ArticleNo Cuts in Norwich City School Budget
The Norwich City School District will choose from nine candidates to fill three vacant seats on the Board of Education, and vote on a budget of $38.7 million today. Continue reading…
View ArticleNorwich Passes School Budget
The Norwich City School District passed a nearly $38.7 million budget by a vote of 309-144. Voters also voted to purchase additional passenger buses for $1.26 million, and one 30-passenger wheel chair...
View ArticleOneonta Dollars for Scholars Sets Record
The Oneonta Dollars for Scholars presentations took place yesterday afternoon at the Hunt Union Ballroom at SUNY Oneonta. Jacki Rowe, President of the Oneonta Dollars for Scholars Board of Directors,...
View ArticleEducation Rally in Albany Initiates Local, National Attention
Officials from state and federal teachers’ unions and educators gathered Saturday afternoon near the New York State Capitol Building in Albany for an education rally calling for reforms to the state’s...
View ArticleNYS Ed Department Releases Grad Stats for Class of 2012
Officials say New York state's high school graduation rate held steady at 74 percent for the first class of students required to meet stricter graduation requirements. The state education department...
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