An on-time state budget did little to help close the budget gap in Granville and will lead to layoffs, district officials said. Granville school district officials discovered the restored aid in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s first budget will have little impact on the spending plan proposed by Superintendent Mark Bessen calling for 28 layoffs — 13 [...]
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Save Our Staff – teachers, students urge board to reconsider cuts
Spurred by layoff notices sent to 13 teachers and 15 support staff members, taxpayers and students marched to the podium Monday night to urge the Granville Board of Education to reconsider its 2011-2012 budget proposal and save those jobs. On Friday, as required by contract, the 28 school employees received Reduction in Force (RIF) notices, [...]
School officials expect grim budget outlook
Even as preliminary discussion on the budget for 2011-2012 began, Granville School District officials warned the school board to brace for what could be an even bumpier ride over the next few school years if proposed aid cuts stand. “I want to try to paint you a picture of what the governor did to Granville [...]
Horde girls hoops drop two
The Golden Horde girls basketball team dropped a pair of road contests last week, falling to Cambridge and Schuylerville. A lopsided first quarter score sunk the Golden Horde’s hopes of a win against the Black Horses Friday night as Granville was outpaced, 19-3, in the first frame of a 57-32 loss. Emily Fuller was one [...]
School Eyeing Big Cuts
When Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a $132.9 billion budget on Feb. 1 focused on closing the state’s fiscal gap, officials in the Granville School District heard little good news in the address. The governor’s aid run, the first indication school districts receive reporting potential state aid numbers, is down again, more than last year. Business [...]
Golden Horde girls take two in a row
Granville battled to .500 in the Wasaren League with two straight victories, defeating Stillwater and Schuylerville. Playing a rescheduled game Saturday evening, Emily Fuller poured in four three-pointers en route to tying a season high 28 points as the Golden Horde surprised the Black Horses, 45-39. The win was the first for Jordan during his [...]
‘Mistake’ to cost GCS $1.4 million
Granville School District residents will be picking up the tab on a $1.4 million clerical error relating to the funding of the current building project, the Sentinel learned Tuesday afternoon. When Granville School District officials pitched the EXCEL aid project to the voters in 2006, they said its tax impact amounted to nothing, nada, zero. [...]
Hurley wins by 22
Final gap 22 in supervisor race Democratic incumbent Rodger Hurley’s lead held up Tuesday morning and what was a 15-vote edge on Nov. 3 became a 22-vote margin of victory following the counting of 71 absentee ballots Nov. 10.
Tentatively, budget up 5.4%
The tentative Whitehall village budget will increase the amount to be raised by taxes by $67,918.32, or 5.4-percent.
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