Amsterdam
Parents, administrators call violence in Amsterdam schools ‘disturbing’
AMSTERDAM — Physical violence by students against their classmates inside of schools captured on video and shared on social media… Read more »
Amsterdam
Amsterdam parents: District must act to end school threats
AMSTERDAM — Parents are calling for swift action and better communication following a rash of recent threats against schools in… Read more »
Amsterdam
Many Amsterdam students testing below grade level; District introducing new academic interventions
AMSTERDAM — Fewer than 40% of third- through eighth-grade students who took state assessments last spring tested at proficiency in math… Read more »
Amsterdam
Greater Amsterdam School District Hall of Fame announces 2021 inductees
The Greater Amsterdam School District Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2021, which will be inducted on Oct…. Read more »
School districts eye ramping up in-person school days for students
School districts across the Capital Region are starting to ramp up the amount of in-person learning students get from their… Read more »
Capital Region
Local students inspired by poet Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Day performance
SCHENECTADY – The words of Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet who performed during Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony, resonated with students like… Read more »
Capital Region
A new light forward for educators: Instructors adapt to unprecedented school year
This school year has looked quite different for Katy Perry, a 7th grade science teacher in Schenectady. It has looked… Read more »
Amsterdam
Greater Amsterdam schools to go all remote through holiday break
Greater Amsterdam School District students will all learn remotely until after the holiday break, district officials announced Sunday. District officials… Read more »
Amsterdam school district looks to increase in-person learning
AMSTERDAM — Families in the Greater Amsterdam School District have until Nov. 2 to opt to move their students into… Read more »
Schenectady
State health department gives 30-day grace period to virtual students with incomplete vaccine records
State health officials on Monday offered a 30-day grace period to students with incomplete vaccine records who are learning remotely,… Read more »
Capital Region
Students barred from school – in person and remotely – without full vaccine records
Incomplete immunization records are the latest barrier to education for dozens of Schenectady students with a possibility that similar situations may… Read more »
Amsterdam
Amsterdam schools delay start to in-person instruction
AMSTERDAM — The Greater Amsterdam School District delayed the start of in-person instruction during an hours-long board meeting Wednesday night,… Read more »
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