By Jaime Thomas A dozen special responders piled inside Mary J. Tanner school on Monday and began methodically checking to see that every door was locked and the hallways were clear. Their goal: to find and debilitate an active shooter and then de-escalate a hostage situation. The SERT (Sheriff Emergency Response Team,) armed and dressed [...]
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Raceville crash injures four
By Randal Smathers Four people were taken to area hospitals following a head-on collision on Route 22A near Raceville Road in Middle Granville on Monday afternoon. A midsize 2010 Chevrolet SUV headed southbound and a northbound 2004 Ford Focus sedan met in the corner between Raceville and Butler roads at about 1:50 p.m., with [...]
District smooths out bus kinks
By Bill Toscano Nine days into the school year, Granville’s school bus issues appear to have been resolved. John Steves, the district’s transportation supervisor, told the school board Sept. 10 that there had been some serious issues with the buses arriving late, especially in the afternoon. Since then, according to both Steves and Diane Dumas, [...]
Changes welcome students
The usual start-of-school jitters may be even more intense than usual next week, as the Granville schools open the year with new principals in two schools, a new director of special education, a new chief information officer and a second-year principal at the high school. Add to that the addition of new state regulations for [...]
Head of MJT new, yet unfamiliar
By Bill Toscano It will be a year of unusual change at Mary J. Tanner School. All of the school’s teachers, from pre-kindergarten through second grade are back, but long-time principal Kristie Gijanto has retired and has been replaced by Diane Dumas, who was previously principal at Granville Elementary. Dumas has brought along the [...]
Granville Elementary welcomes new leader
By Bill Toscano One of the most successful programs at Granville Elementary School with Diane Dumas as principal was the school’s Positive Behavior Intervention System, which focuses on rewarding students when they are “caught” following the rules. That’s not going to change under the new principal, Jane O’Shea, who is a certified PBIS trainer. [...]
School heads agree to new deal
The six administrators in the Granville School District will receive a 6.5 percent pay increase over the next three years, but will pay more of their insurance costs and will lose some stipends as a result of a contract approved by the Board of Education Monday night. Diane Dumas, president of the Granville Administrators’ Association [...]
Elizabeth Osbourne Kelly, 79
Elizabeth Osbourne Kelly (George) loving and devoted grandmother, mother, sister and wife, age 79, died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Middle Granville, New York on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Elizabeth was fondly known as “Liz” by all who knew her. She was widely known as someone who would speak her mind, but [...]
Books gone wild – and cheap.
Pember book sale starts Friday morning The annual Friends of the Pember Library Book Sale will be held July 8 and 9 at the Mary J. Tanner School. The annual sale is a fundraiser for the library incorporating the Slate Valley Garden Club into ‘books, buns and bouquets.’ Patrons can stop in to [...]
Community Calendar 3/24/11
Thursday March 24 K Registration GRANVILLE Parents with last names beginning with A through D may register their children for kindergarten from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., and those beginning with E through J from 1 to 3 p.m., on Thursday, March 24, at the Mary J. Tanner School on Route 22 in Middle Granville. [...]
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VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]