The Williamsville Central School District needs to eliminate an estimated $5.5 million from next year's budget to make ends meet, so Superintendent Scott Martzloff introduced $10.9 million in potential district cuts Tuesday that read like catalog of schoolhouse nightmares. Almost everything was on the table, including eliminating snack purchases for meetings, replacing paper towels with hand dryers in the bathrooms and limiting conference travel. But it was the big- ticket instructional items that clearly troubled School Board members and stakeholders sitting out in the audience.
Resource officer staff cut from two to one The Lancaster Central School District has trimmed its team of school resource officers in half as part of the spending cuts made to balance the district's 2011-12 budget.
Iroquois Central School District officials Wednesday acknowledged that the district is not alone when it comes to battling alcohol and substance abuse among its students. However, it is taking an unusual approach to address the problem by getting as many members of the community involved as possible.
... included representatives from various local counseling services, law enforcement, faith-based...
Williamsville Central School District spending would climb by $6.8 million -- 4.7 percent -- under a preliminary budget unveiled Tuesday by Superintendent Howard Smith for next school year. If this $152 million proposed budget is adopted as is, Smith estimated taxpayers would see a property tax increase of 3.3 percent. That would represent the biggest tax increase district residents have seen in years.
... extracurricular and athletic activities to local, state and regional competitions. Smith said that ...
The Clarence Central School District will welcome its third superintendent in 41 years when Geoffrey M. Hicks fills the spot of the retiring Thomas G. Coseo this summer. It is a homecoming of sorts for Hicks, 51, who grew up in the Town of Tonawanda and served as superintendent of the Sweet Home Central School District in Amherst until last year.
The Williamsville Central School District on Tuesday unveiled a $161.8 million budget for next year that would increase some class sizes, cut foreign language for fifth-graders and raise property taxes less than 3 percent. Williamsville Superintendent Howard S. Smith and Thomas Maturski, assistant superintendent for finance, detailed the 2010-11 preliminary budget for the district, which saw a sharp drop in state aid.
The Clarence Central School District has proposed the elimination of 40 positions in 2011-12 to bridge a $2.77 million gap in state funding. Superintendent Thomas G. Coseo presented his final budget proposal to the School Board at a hearing Monday night attended by more than 50 teachers, parents and taxpayers. Coseo described the three-month budget process as "trying" and "disconcerting.
The Akron Central School District's arrangement of sharing the duties of its transportation director, John Wideman, with the Clarence district is off to a good start, officials said this week. Wideman and Cynthia Tretter, business administrator/treasurer, told the Akron Board of Education that the collaboration, which started this school year, has run smoothly.
The Williamsville Central School District is getting quite the shake-up these days. The board last week said goodbye to two of its top administrators and, in a contentious split vote, rejected the desires of veteran School Board members by electing a new guard to lead the governing body.
Fredonia Central School District is ready to talk with interested area school districts about sharing services, centralization or the idea of a regional high school, Superintendent Paul DiFonzo said at Tuesday's School Board meeting. State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, is working on proposed legislation that would allow the creation of regional high schools. DiFonzo said the legislation could be passed later this month and Fredonia would consider talking with other area school districts about regionalization.
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