The Watervliet City School District Board of Education is expected to adopt a proposed budget for the 2020-21 school year during its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 19. The adopted budget proposal will be decided by voters via absentee ballot on Tuesday, June 9. Voting by absentee ballot All school district budget votes and board …
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The Watervliet City School District offers a pre-kindergarten program for 4-year-old children and an early prekindergarten program for 3-year-old children. The registration deadline for the 2020-2021 school year has been extended to May 27, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 school closure, in-person registration is not available. Parents and guardians may download registration materials from the …
In an executive order issued on Friday, May 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that this year’s school budget vote and board of education election will take place on Tuesday, June 9, exclusively by absentee ballot due to the COVID-19 public health crisis. The executive order establishes a timeline for actions that school districts must take …
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As you may have already heard, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced during his May 1 press briefing that all New York schools will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This news, while not completely unexpected, still seems somewhat surreal. As educators, the idea …
Whitney Young Health (WYH), in collaboration with Albany County, is offering mobile Coronavirus/COVID-19 testing to the community. Testing will be available by appointment only to county residents at different sites on a rotating basis. Each week the mobile sites will rotate morning and afternoon testing. PLEASE NOTE: All testing is by appointment only, after being …
During his daily press briefing today, Thursday, April 16, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his NY PAUSE order will continue through May 15, meaning that schools and nonessential businesses will remain closed during this time in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. View the governor’s executive order that includes the school closure extension. In …
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Teachers and staff have created a special slideshow with words of encouragement for our students.
This week, Gov. Cuomo announced that due to ongoing public health concerns related to COVID-19/Coronavirus, the statewide school closure will be extended through April 29. A reminder that during this time, schools are required to continue to provide online learning opportunities and meals for students (including on days originally scheduled as spring break), and share information …
The date for the Board of Education meeting this month has changed to Thursday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. In an effort to comply with social distancing, the meeting will be held remotely. A link to the meeting will be posted on the district’s web page immediately prior to the meeting.
The ongoing COVID-19/Coronavirus public health emergency has challenged everyone in different ways. For educators, it has resulted in finding new ways to support our students while they are not in our classrooms. A longer than expected school closure – currently through at least April 14 – means at-home learning will continue during this time. While …
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