HFCS Nears Final Budget With Tax Levy Increase At 2%

by Alex Brooks The Hoosick Falls School District’s budget for next year is getting near its final form now that the State Budget has been passed. The District learned this week that it will get $133,000 more in State aid than had been expected before, bringing the total increase in State aid for operating expenses [...]

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Young Shocked By BCS Bond Impasse

by Thaddeus Flint At last week’s Berlin School Board meeting, the Board failed to vote to authorize a bond of $5.1 million for the renovation of its school buildings and for bringing the Berlin School District closer to School Superintendant Dr. Stephen Young’s vision of a 21st century school district. Board President Gina Goodermote and [...]

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BCS Board Fails To Authorize Capital Project Financing

by David Flint Although Berlin School District taxpayers voted in December to approve floating a bond of $5 million to fix up school buildings, when it came time for the School Board to actually authorize the financing, the votes were lacking. At their meeting on Tuesday the School Board voted 4-3 to authorize the bonding, [...]

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HFCS Gets Mystery Money

by Alex Brooks Hoosick Falls School Superintendent Ken Facin said at last week’s School Board meeting that he had received notice from the State Education Department Division of the Budget that the Hoosick Falls District will be receiving an additional $30,000 in “general operating support.” Facin said that so far he has been unable to [...]

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Third HFCS Outdoor Expo

by Bea Peterson The nice thing about the Hoosick Falls Central School Outdoor Expo is that it was strictly educational and informational. No gimmicks, nothing to buy. NYS DEC personnel had information on wildlife game laws, regulations and enforcement. Trout Unlimited had demonstrations on fly tying and fly fishing, and there was a 4-H Shooting [...]

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Lack Of Trophy Doesn’t Diminish HFCS Bowlers’ Accomplishment

by Bea Peterson “Plaques or trophies don’t really matter; we know what we accomplished,” said HFCS Bowling Coach Bob Lang. Of course they matter, but he is also right. He and the team know what they accomplished. What the team did this season was win the Class C-D Division Bowling Championship for the fourth time [...]

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Stephentown Notifies BCSD Of Interest In Elementary School Property

by Thaddeus Flint “We are really interested, definitely,” said Stephentown Town Supervisor Larry Eckhardt to the Berlin School Board at Tuesday’s School Board meeting.

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Acceptance Of Non-Resident Students Approved By HFCS Board

by Alex Brooks At its meeting on Thursday, February 16, the Hoosick Falls Central School District Board gave unanimous final approval to a policy which allows the District to accept non-resident students on a tuition basis when it has the capacity in its existing programs to do so. Any requests from the parents of non-resident [...]

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Pre-School Presidents In An Election Year

Lori Christoffersen’s pre-school class at St. Mary’s Academy honored American Presidents in February.

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Young To BCSD: Get Ready To Pay More Taxes

by Thaddeus Flint Taxpayers in the Berlin Central School District might want to get ready to pay more taxes next year. Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Stephen Young, pointed out at Tuesday’s School Board meeting that the District had not seen an increase in the tax levy for three years. “I don’t think we can hold [...]

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