JAMESTOWN - The James Prendergast Library Board of Trustees will wait until at least the fall before it determines whether or not it will change its bylaws to determine how future trustees are selected and whether or not to establish a residency … [Read more...]
Jamestown Public Schools’ After School Programming Secures State Funding for 2015-16 School Year
JAMESTOWN - Good news for some after school programming at Jamestown Public Schools. Jamestown Public Schools was recently awarded a one-year extension to its New York State Education Department Extended School Day Grant. The district has received … [Read more...]
Growing Number of Parents Appear Ready to Opt Out of State Mandated Tests
ALBANY - More than a million students in grades 3-8 across New York are scheduled to take state-mandated English Language Arts and Math starting this week. However, thousands of those students will not be taking the exams after parents from across … [Read more...]
WNY to Have a New Representative on State Board of Regents
Current board member Robert Bennett is dropping out of Race ALBANY - Regional State Board of Regents member Robert Bennett is giving up on his bid for a fifth term in office. Bennett said he's learned that Assembly Speaker Carl Heasite has … [Read more...]
State Teachers’ Union Declares ‘No Confidence’ in NY Education Commissioner
ALBANY - The largest teachers' union in New York State has publicly come out against the state's top education commissioner, calling for his removal. According to the NY Daily News, the board of the New York State United Teachers declared they had … [Read more...]
Hundreds Turn Out for State Education Commissioner’s Public Forum
JAMESTOWN - A lot of Western New Yorkers are concerned about the current state of public education in New York. That was the message last night as hundreds of people filled the Jamestown High School auditorium to meet with New York State Education … [Read more...]
State Education Commissioner Scheduled to Appear in Jamestown Tonight
JAMESTOWN - The top public education administrator of New York State will be making a visit to Jamestown this afternoon. New York Education Commissioner John King, Jr. will host a public educational forum to discuss the controversial Common Core … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Cuomo Announces Details of NYS Community Schools Initiative
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday launched the NYS Community Schools initiative, a new statewide program he announced in the 2013 State of the State address that will transform schools in distressed communities into hubs for a wide range of … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Ripley Residents File Suit Against School Board
RIPLEY - The Post-Journal is reporting this morning that a group of Ripley residents are asking the state Education Department to nullify a tuitioning vote that allows Ripley students to attend Chautauqua Lake Central School. Ripley residents … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Jamestown School Officials Voice Concern Over No Make-up Date for State Tests
JAMESTOWN - Because of a snow day earlier this year in the Jamestown School District, over 200 students missed scheduled New York State Regents exams. Now the school board is learning there's a good chance the state wont schedule a make-up … [Read more...]
