Saratoga schools eye Ballston Spa principal
The Saratoga Springs Board of Education on Thursday will consider hiring Principal Jeffrey D. Palmer from Ballston Spa schools. Palmer, a principal at Gordon Creek Elementary School in Ballston Spa, is...
View ArticleTeacher up for ass’t principal at Saratoga school
The Saratoga Springs Board of Education will consider a promotion from within its ranks on Thursday. Dana Bush, a teacher at Geyser Road Elementary School, has been recommended for appointment as...
View ArticleBoth sides unhappy with Shen policy
A new policy that would grant transgender students access to alternative bathroom facilities at Shenendehowa schools came under fire Monday from social conservatives and gay rights advocates. Members...
View ArticleBenefit concert for Lake Avenue Elementary
A benefit concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Lake Avenue Elementary School will help the school purchase new risers for the school auditorium. Musicians Bob Warren, Tony Markellis, Joel...
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Mary Poppins, Once Upon a Mattress opening shows
Jane Ginley and Lucas Martinez look on as Amanda Leske plays Mary Poppins. (Courtesy of the Ginley family)The Maple Avenue Middle School Musical Club will become one of the first schools in the nation...
View ArticleSaratoga Springs schools approves pay hikes
Saratoga Springs school administrators will receive raises and move to a less expensive health insurance plan under a new contract hammered out with the district. Seventeen employees, including...
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Saturday: Ballston Spa school hosts health expo
Ballston Spa school district’s health & wellness expo is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7th at Milton Terrace North Elementary School, 220 Wood Road. Free and open to all children, families,...
View ArticleFarm animals snacking on students’ leftovers
You’ve heard of farm-to-table dining? Well, Lake Avenue Elementary School’s Green Team is moving leftover food from its tables to farms. As part of students’ efforts to make the school more...
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Saratoga Springs Robotics vs. the world
The creators of “Robot 8828” think their machine can stack up to the world’s best. Two years ago, teachers and students in the Saratoga Springs City School District formed the Blue Streaks Robotics...
View ArticleProgram in Saratoga Springs on heroin epidemic
An upcoming program in the Saratoga Springs High School library will explore how and why heroin is on the rise and how addiction begins. “The Heroin Epidemic – What is the Impact on Saratoga Springs?”...
View Article4 running for 2 seats on Shenendehowa board
Voters in the Shenendehowa Central School District will decide next month on a $163 million budget that raises taxes by one percent. Four candidates are running for two seats on the Board of Education,...
View ArticleSaratoga Springs History Quiz Bowl is Wednesday
The Saratoga Springs History Museum will hold its first Academic Saratoga Springs History Quiz Bowl at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Canfield Casino. Quiz teams from Saratoga Springs, Schuylerville and...
View Article5 running for 4 seats on Saratoga Springs school board
Incumbents JoAnne Kiernan and Steven Grandin, along with newcomers Robert Shafer, Heather Reynolds and John Ellis, submitted petitions by Wednesday’s deadline to run for the Saratoga Springs...
View ArticleSlight increase in Ballston Spa school budget
Voters in the Ballston Spa Central School District will vote on the 2015-2016 school budget, three Board of Election candidates and a handful of propositions. Here’s a breakdown: Budget amount:...
View ArticleTickets on sale now for Circus Smirkus
Tickets are now on sale for the Circus Smirkus, which will take place in Saratoga Springs in July. Here’s a press release from the organizers detailing what’s going on: SARATOGA SPRINGS – Circus...
View ArticleVote would form student seat on Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake board
Residents of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District will vote later this month on a measure that would add a non-voting student to its seven-member Board of Education. The resolution...
View ArticleSaratoga Springs schools seeks bus drivers
The Saratoga Springs City School District Transportation Department will host a transportation job fair from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday in the district transportation office at 25 Duplainville Road in...
View ArticleNew face running for Mechanicville school board
There will be one notable change on the Mechanicville Board of Education effective July 1. Joseph Micklas, a longtime member of the seven-member board, did not submit petitions to run for re-election,...
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Public support for Ballston Spa school administrator
Schmitz (Ballston Spa School District website) Parents and students are rallying to save the job of a popular high school assistant principal that helped form the Ballston Spa School District’s...
View ArticleBike-to-School Day in Saratoga Springs
Families in the Lake Avenue Elementary School community are invited to bike to school on Friday. As part of the school’s fifth annual event, Principal Barbara Messier and gym teacher Jake Zanetti will...
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