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Fulton Daily News

State Aid Increase in State Budget Boosts County Schools, Except Hannibal

This chart shows, in blue, the increase in state aid proposed in the Governor's original budget and, in red, the increase added after negotiations with the State Legislature.  The aid does not include certain types of aids that are reimbursements to the districts for money already spent.

State lawmakers negotiated an extra $100 million into the 2013-14 state budget for aid to schools.  They said the aid would be focused on high need, low wealth school districts who have been hurt the most by the state’s cuts in aid in the last few years.

But it appears they forgot Central New York’s neediest, poorest district: Hannibal.

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Fulton Daily News

Fulton 5th Graders Graduate From DARE Program, Say Goodbye to DARE Officer Whitmore

Officer Whitmore with winners of the poster contest.

For over 20 years fifth graders in the Fulton City School District have been part of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. Fulton is the last school district in the area that still has a DARE program. City government, the school district, and the police department all believe strongly in the program and work hard to keep it going.

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