A day without school can be spent at the gym for a one-day offensive clinic with Fulton Youth Basketball. On Friday, March 30, Fulton Youth Basketball will host the clinic from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Fulton War Memorial.
The fourth annual Parent University brought community resources together with district families. With more than 30 service providers lining the halls of G. Ray Bodley High School at Saturday’s Parent University, parents learned of the many offerings for families of the Fulton community.
Fulton City School District’s preliminary draft of the 2018-2019 school year budget considers the possibility for six positions to be cut within the district. Faced with an estimated $2 million shortfall in revenues before the use of reserves, the district is continuing to be “creative” and “extensive” in approaching the gap, Superintendent Brian Pulvino said, however, the potential for layoffs is still possible.
Fulton City School District will hold the fourth annual Parent University on Saturday, March 24 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at G. Ray Bodley High School. New this year, Parent University will include two showings of the award winning film, “Resilience.” As in years past, parents will have the opportunity to attend several informational sessions, attend student performances, and gather information from the community resource fair. Breakfast, lunch, transportation, and child surpervision is provided for free.
This weekend, Fulton will transform into a basketball hub for several youth travel teams to partake in the 2018 Fulton Red Raider Basketball Challenge. The tournament will include teams from third grade through eighth grade, hosting games at four schools throughout the Fulton City School District and at the Fulton War Memorial. Games will begin on Friday, March 16 and will continue through Sunday, March 18.
The Fulton Boys Youth Lacrosse league will hold the first sign up opportunity for the 2018 season tonight (March 7.) From 6-8 p.m., players can register for the season at the Fulton Community Ice Arena located at 605 West Broadway. Additional registration opportunities will be held on Saturday, March 10 from 9-11 a.m. and Tuesday, March 20 from 6-8 p.m., all held at the Community Ice Arena.
Fulton’s third ward councilor Donald Patrick Jr. has scheduled an informational meeting for those residing within the ward he represents. Residents can meet in the library of Lanigan Elementary School located at 59 Bakeman Street on Thursday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m. Patrick has partnered with the city’s Department of Public Works commissioner Charles Smith III to present information pertinent to city residents and to help address questions and concerns from the community.
Members of the greater Fulton community will have two opportunities to obtain a Naloxone rescue kit after completion of a training class administered by Fulton Fire Department Lieutenant Adam Howard and the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASIS.) Naloxone, more commonly referred to as Narcan, is an opioid antagonist used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Howard and members of OASIS will offer a two-hour training on Monday March 5 and Tuesday March 6 each beginning at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Fulton Municipal Building located at 141 South First Street.
Fulton City School District officials are eyeing a possibility to enter a program allowing free breakfast and lunches for all students in the district. The Community Eligibility Provision under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 allows high-poverty schools or entire districts to offer all students breakfast and lunch for no charge due to funding from state and federal sources.
A scarce audience provided no feedback in any of six public hearings at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting in Fulton. “The council has been busy trying to clean up the charter and clear up some loose ends,” Fulton Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. said. Read the full article for information into each of the six public hearings.
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