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Voters slap down four school budgets that bust prop tax cap

Voters in the North Country sent a clear message to school districts that tried to exceed the state property tax cap. The answer was a resounding No. The vast majority of the region’s budgets came in under the cap and passed handily. But...

School board meeting night: Cuts, tax increases, unrest

Update, 12:30pm: Our reporter Julie Grant just spoke with Canton Central Superintendent Bill Gregory, who told her the district is eliminating one bus route. The district had considered cutting all student transportation within Canton village...

More money for North Country schools not enough

It’s a tough time for schools, budget-wise. We’ve been covering this story extensively for some time now, but one recent story by Julie Grant lays out the problem as it currently stands: In that story, Hermon-DeKalb Central School...

Sunday Opinion: Firing teachers, dissing the rooftop highway, and No to assisted suicide

Morning, folks. Here’s our weekly wrap of the opinions shaping this weekend’s breakfast conversations around the North Country. The Glens Falls Post-Star is arguing that it should be easier to fire incompetent teachers. They cite a...

Is it time for the North Country’s really small school districts to vanish?

Tomorrow during the 8 O’clock Hour, I’ll talk in-depth with Cynthia Ford-Johnston, the innovative school superintendent of Keene Central School in the Adirondacks. With just 160 students in the entire district, this is the kind of...

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Keene Students Learn Piles About Composting

Jun 21, 2001 — A trip to the compost pile. At Keene Central School, table scraps are part of the educational experience. Beth Schmidt reports. Go to full article

True Accounts of Living With Alcohol

by Martha Foley

Jun 07, 2001 — True accounts of living with alcohol collected and read by Students Against Destructive Decisions, or SADD, from Massena High School. Martha Foley reports.

The Massena Central School students reading in this story are shown above: (l. to r.) Robbie Witkop, Brandon Johnson, Nick Toth, Meagan Carey, and Kristin Murphy. They stand in front of the "Wall of Support," a collaborative project among art teacher Chad Simpson's sculpture students and SADD participants. Go to full article

Hermon-DeKalb Students Fast to Fight Hunger

by Jody Tosti

Mar 22, 2001 — Students in Hermon DeKalb High School are giving up food for a day to help fight hunger in St. Lawrence County. For the fourth year, teens will forgo meals and snacks for 30 hours to help replenish area food pantries. Jody Tosti has more on the story. Go to full article

Heuvelton Central School Fights Anti-Gay Behavior

by Martha Foley

Feb 26, 2001 — Heuvelton Central School added sexual orientation to its discrimination policies this month. It's one of a handful of districts in the region sending a clear message that anti-gay behavior won't be tolerated. Martha Foley has more. Go to full article

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