According to the Jamestown Post-Journal, there were three school districts in Chautauqua County where voters voted down the proposed school budget. In Clymer, where the $11.56 million budget included a 13 percent tax hike, the unofficial vote was … [Read more...]
State Audit Finds Chautauqua Lake School District Mishandled Student Tuition Process
ALBANY - The State Comptroller’s office has completed an audit of Chautauqua Lake Central School and its process for charging tuition to out-of-district students. Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office reviewed the District’s nonresident tuition … [Read more...]
Effort to Contain Ethanol Spill Underway Following Train Derailment in Ripley
RIPLY, NY - There’s been a train derailment in Chautauqua County. Dozens of people were forced out of their homes in Ripley Tuesday night after a train derailment triggered an ethanol spill. A statement from Governor Andrew Cuomo says 15 rail … [Read more...]
Local School Districts Partner with Board of Election for Upcoming School Board Elections
MAYVILLE - The school district board elections and budget votes will be taking place throughout Chautauqua County later this month, and several local districts will be calling on the county board of elections to assist with recording votes. Board … [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...]
Senator Young Hosts Regional High School Plan Forum
JAMESTOWN - The effort to get state approval for the creation of a regional high school that would provide more opportunities for students in small school districts is gaining momentum. That from State Senator Cathy Young (R-Olean), who held a … [Read more...]
Young to Host School Regionalilzation Seminar This Afternoon at JCC
JAMESTOWN - Senator Cathy Young will be in Jamestown this afternoon to continue her discussion about school district consolidation. Senator Young and Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan will join area educators for a roundtable … [Read more...]
WRFA News – Dec. 12, 2012
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SCHOOL OFFICIALS LEARN MORE ABOUT CENTRALIZED SCHOOL PLAN MAYVILLE – Taxpayers in Mayville, Westfield, Ripley and Brocton could save as much as $3,700,000 a year if a centralized school was created between those communities. That’s … [Read more...]
