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County Legislature Welcomes Students for Government Day
Seventh grade students shadowed a member of the Oswego County Legislature during the annual Government Day program.
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Fulton Daily News
Report: Cayuga Community College Expansion Stalls Because Tops Sold The Site To Someone Else
The Citizen of Auburn reports that the planned expansion of Cayuga Community College’s Fulton campus is on hold because of a surprise development:Â Tops sold the store that CCC wanted to a Syracuse law firm.
Fulton Daily News
Voters Reject Fulton’s School Budget by 8 Votes; More Cuts Likely
Fulton’s proposed school budget suffered a surprising defeat Tuesday, falling by just 8 votes.
The $60 million spending plan, which cut more than a dozen jobs, lost 595-587.
“I think people have had enough,” said Superintendent of Schools Bill Lynch. “It’s a challenge.”
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Voters OK Budget, Cut Down Size of Board of Ed
After months of tension and trauma, Hannibal’s proposed 2010-11 school budget passed by a comfortable margin Tuesday night. The budget cuts into academic programs and band but preserves varsity sports. Voters also decided to reduce the Board of Education from 9 members to 7 and elected 3 people to seats on the board.
Fulton Daily News
Three Run For Two Fulton Board of Ed Seats
Three people are running for two seats on the Fulton Board of Education today. One is a current member, one is a former member looking to return, and one is a political newcomer.
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Board of Ed Holds Special Session Tonight
While they wait for the budget vote results to come in, members of Hannibal’s Board of Education will hold a special meeting. The 8:30 p.m. meeting is an executive session with the stated purpose of discussing negotiations.
Executive sessions are closed to the press and public.
Fulton Daily News
Numbers Show Reading Program Works, And That Cutting Program Hurts
Reading First helps students learn to read. And when you start to cut Reading First, it doesn’t work so well anymore.
That’s the short version of a presentation on the reading program used in Hannibal’s elementary schools to raise reading scores. It was a key component of the successful effort to get Hannibal off the state’s “in need of improvement” list.
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Board Rejects Contract Extension for Superintendent
Here’s a rare thing: A Board of Education rejecting a contract extension for the Superintendent of Schools. That’s what happened in Hannibal, and it may mean the end of Superintendent Mike DiFabio’s tenure at the end of the next school year. Some of the reasons for the tension between administration and some board members was on display at a meeting Wednesday night.
Fulton Daily News
Hannibal Budget Hearing Focuses on Cost of Contracts
Hannibal’s budget eliminates or downsizes 15 positions and raises the tax levy 2.99% in a year in which Gov. Paterson’s across-the-board education aid cuts will drain more than a million dollars from Hannibal. It cuts into the Reading First program credited with helping get the district off the state’s “in need of improvement” list, eliminates band for 5th graders and preserves varsity and modified sports.
Fulton Daily News
Survey Says: Fulton’s High School Logo Will Be a Native American
More than 80% of those surveyed said that the icon should be a Native American.
The committee that tackled this issue will keep on working. Now, it will come up with some ideas for what the logo will look like.
The district will likely keep the block “F” logo you see at left for district-wide issues. The new logo will represent the high school and sports teams.