Failure rates on Regents tests, including some of those for Granville High School’s top-level students, have increased steadily and in some cases, dramatically. Principal James Donnelly is searching for answers and said the school is already putting a response in place. “We have an awful lot of work to do in the math department,” said [...]
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School board to see heavy turnover
Four seats up for election on the Granville Board of Education, and those interested in the seats must file candidacy papers with 25 signatures by 5 p.m., Monday, April 16. Three of the four board members whose seats are up for re-election said Monday they will not be running for another term. The elections will [...]
FFA gets the word out
Saturday was a success by any measure as members of the Granville FFA put on their agricultural exposition hoping to show of how agriculture touches this community and provide the public with a chance to get up close with a few furry and feathered friends. The agricultural exposition or Ag Expo was planned along with [...]
Granville Board of Education May 23 regular meeting
Students at the May 23 Granville Board of Education meeting got the chance to join in the process as they were twice asked for opinions from school officials at the regular Monday night meeting. While reporting on the status of the cafeteria program, board members asked the handful of students present about the lunch program. [...]
Budget passes; McEachron voted to board
By Bill Toscano As expected, Granville voters approved a $24 million budget and re-elected school board members Kathy Nelson and John Shaw Tuesday night. The unexpected came in the election of Suzanne McEachron to the board as a write-in candidate. One of the seats was up for grabs by a write-in candidate, because board member [...]
Layoff list now official
Despite concessions by the Granville Teacher’s Association which helped save five teaching positions at the high school, 15 teaching assistant and monitor positions and eight teachers will lose their jobs as a result of $1.6 million in lost state aid over the past two years. The Granville Board of Education approved the dismissal of seven [...]
Help Wanted: board member
When the deadline arrived, only two residents stepped forward to fill the three open seats on the Granville Board of Education. When 5 p.m. of April 18 ticked past on the district office wall clock Pam Tatko had not showed up to turn in a petition to sign up to run and retain her seat [...]
Trivia Champions year four sees new top team
When the smoke cleared Saturday night at the end of the fourth Granville Rotary Trivia Night, a new team reigned supreme as the epitome of all things trivia in Granville. The Slate Valley Slaters, a team representing the Slate Valley Museum, knocked off the defending and past champion team from the Granville Small Animal Hospital [...]
Super search down to 3
The Granville Board of Education has narrowed its search for a new school district superintendent to three finalists.
School Board: New ‘super’ by Jan. 1
Board takes first steps; chooses interim option, sets schedule The Granville Board of Education met twice last week, taking two steps towards hiring a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Daniel Teplesky.
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