Education

Oneonta City School District interim superintendent David Rowley outlined more proposed cuts to help close the $1.5 million budget gap the school is facing at the Board of Education meeting Wednesday night.

The Oneonta City School District Board of Education voted unanimously for the reconfiguration of the middle school at its regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday night. The vote comes after the idea to move sixth grade to the middle school was brought to the table at the last meeting. Effective in the fall 2013, grades 6-8 will all be housed in the Oneonta middle school.

The next meeting of the Oneonta City School District Board of Education will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at Riverside Elementary School. Interim Superintendent David Rowley will be introducing the next series of proposals to help close the budget deficit.

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On Wednesday night the Oneonta City School District held its regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting at Riverside Elementary School. Over 200 hundred people were in attendance to hear the first proposals on how the school district can close the $1.5 million budget gap.

An audit released by the New York State Comptroller reveals administrative shortcomings in the School Tax Relief (STAR) program have resulted in duplicate and improper exemptions going to individuals or entities not eligible to receive them.

School districts and taxpayers statewide will have to dig deeper next year to fund a 37 percent increase in the pension contribution rate for teachers and other workers.

The State Senate passed two bills that would enhance the safety of bus passengers by preventing registered sex offenders from becoming bus drivers and increasing penalties for passing a stopped school bus.

The Catskill Regional Teacher Center hosted the ninth annual legislative forum Thursday afternoon at the Bugbee School. Area legislators were there to answer questions and talk with educators. Among the legislators were: Senator James Seward's chief of staff Duncan Davie, U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson, Assemblymen Bill Magee, Cliff Crouch and Pete Lopez.

The Catskill Regional Teacher Center will be hosting the ninth annual legislative forum to discuss education from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bugbee School auditorium in Oneonta. U.S. Representative Chris Gibson, assemblymen Bill Magee, Peter Lopez and Cliff Crouch along with aides from State Senator James Seward and U.S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will be in attendance.