Schenectady school board to interview candidates for interim superintendent position | The Daily Gazette
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The Schenectady school board is set to meet on Wednesday with four potential candidates to serve as interim superintendent next school year, board President John Foley said Tuesday.
The school board is scheduled to hold a special meeting Wednesday night for the purpose of going into a closed session to conduct interviews with the candidates for the interim position, a position that will be vacated by current interim Superintendent Aaron Bochniak at the end of August.
Foley said Capital Region BOCES District Superintendent Anita Murphy lined up the interviews; the board does not expect to make an appointment Wednesday. He said the job was not posted but that people have come forward with an interest in the interim position.
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JOHNSTOWN The HFM BOCES Board of Education met twice this past month to take a look at the 2021-22 budget and to welcome a new administrator in response to the recently announced departure of Deputy Superintendent Lorraine Hohenforst, who will retire in August after 32 years with the district.
The board met last week where they officially welcomed Aaron Bochniak as Hohenforst’s replacement effective Sept. 1. They approved a five-year contract for Bochniak to serve as the assistant superintendent for BOCES’ Operations and Component District Services. Bochniak, 47, comes to the district as the current acting superintendent for the Schenectady City School District. Bochniak chose to not participate in Schenectady’s search for a permanent superintendent and instead decided to pursue the open position with HFM BOCES. A native of Amsterdam, he said he was excited to return to the area where he grew up. He comes to the position with 10 years
Schenectady budget proposal includes 39 new positions | The Daily Gazette
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The Schenectady school board Wednesday night approved a nearly $219 million budget proposal with no tax levy increase that will go up for voter approval May 18.
The proposal is bolstered by a $14 million spending increase over the current budget, about 7 percent, and includes 39 new staff positions. About $8 million of the budget would fund year-to-year increase in salaries, benefits and other rising costs.
The new positions include:
6 elementary classroom teachers, who will be deployed to classes with a large number of students;
12 staff to create an 8-period school day at the middle school, increasing scheduling flexibility for students and enabling a special homeroom-like class to support students;