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On the move
After failing to get any takers on the former Clara S. Bacon Elementary School, the Greater Amsterdam School District Board of Education has decided to move its central administration offices and...
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Here’s Saturday’s editorial about the three local school budgets defeated in last week’s vote. Suggestions about what the school districts should do are welcome. Get back to the drawing board There’s...
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Well, at least they’re not liars
At a public hearing on the Greater Amsterdam School District budget last month, it was announced that the board of education would not adopt a contingency plan if voters defeated the budget. Well, the...
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In the wake of the recent school budget vote, it looks like school districts and teacher’s unions are headed for a fight in future negotiations. School districts keep increasing the load on taxpayers,...
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It should come as no surprise, but parents and teachers at the Raphael J. McNulty Academy for International Studies and Literacy are not happy with changes coming to the school since the Greater...
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The graduates
And now for the really important news, a study released by the New York State Department of Education shows that local graduation rates are improving. Here’s a breakdown of how area school districts...
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Mad as hell?
Fed up with the way the Greater Amsterdam School District does business, a grassroots effort has started to unify taxpayers unhappy with recent tax increases imposed by the school district. A meeting...
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Getting better
It looks like test scores at Amsterdam High School are starting to improve, and Greater Amsterdam School District officials are hoping it leads to an improvement in graduation rates. The following...
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Get yer grumble on
We have found a witch. May we burn her? A community meeting will take place Tuesday about the Greater Amsterdam School District. Here’s a news release from one of the organizers, Curtis Peninger (the...
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Given the small size of our newsroom staff and various scheduling conflicts, we were unable to cover tonight’s forum at the Mount Carmel Church in Amsterdam designed to let people air their concerns...
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