Schools
State aid held up for Falls school
NIAGARA FALLS — Two years after board members thought the construction of Niagara Street School was complete, they learned some pieces are still waiting on state approval— and it will cost the district as much as $35,408 to fix. (Updated: 05/31/09 10:18 AM )
A preview of school elections in Erie County
This is not what school boards and administrators thought May 19 would feel like this year. (Updated: 05/17/09 7:00 AM )
School budgets, board seats on ballots
BATAVIA — Taxpayers in Genesee County’s eight school districts will get a breather in Tuesday’s elections with spending and tax rates about the same as this year and only one school board contest. Many schools got an assist from federal economic stimulus dollars. (Updated: 05/16/09 7:24 AM )
Voters to weigh transferring students
RIPLEY — Ripley Central School District residents on Tuesday will vote on a plan to contract with surrounding school districts to handle the teaching of ninth-through 12th-graders in the district. (Updated: 05/16/09 7:24 AM )
N. Tonawanda school budget OK’d
NORTH TONAWANDA — The Board of Education voted last week to adopt a proposed budget for the 2009-10 school year that anticipates a slight increase in the property tax levy. (Updated: 04/26/09 7:01 AM )
Draft school budget nudges tax higher
NORTH TONAWANDA — The Board of Education voted last week to adopt a proposed budget for the 2009-10 school year that anticipates a slight increase in the property tax levy. (Updated: 04/26/09 7:01 AM )
Buffalo school closings may delay final phase of rebuilding
The fifth and final phase of Buffalo’s $1 billion school reconstruction project may be delayed a year to 2013 while the Board of Education makes some tough choices about what schools to close and where to locate popular classroom programs. (Updated: 04/18/09 9:02 AM )
Neighbors seek relief from rude students
OLEAN — People who live near Olean High School hope that a discussion held Saturday with school and city officials will bring them relief from chronic traffic congestion, blocked driveways, trespassing and trash. (Updated: 03/29/09 6:56 AM )
2 students on panel support merger
The most intriguing statements of Saturday’s final meeting of the Brocton/ Fredonia District Consolidation Study Committee may have come from two Brocton high school students who are members of the committee. (Updated: 03/29/09 6:56 AM )