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MASSENA — The Massena Central School District hopes to begin bringing students back to the classroom starting next week for in-person learning under revised state Department of Health guidelines. But

MASSENA — The Massena Central School District has been recognized for its efforts to provide internet access for students during the pandemic. The district received the Champions of Change for Kids Award from the New York State School Boards Association. According to the association’s website, “The Champions of Change for Kids Recognition Program celebrates programs that optimize existing resources to address issues of equity, demonstrate strong student academic performance and i...

MASSENA — The Massena Central School District has been recognized for its efforts to provide internet access for students during the pandemic. The district received the Champions of Change for Kids Award from the New York State School Boards Association. According to the association’s website, “The Champions of Change for Kids Recognition Program celebrates programs that optimize existing resources to address issues of equity, demonstrate strong student academic performance and i...

MASSENA — The Massena Central School District’s Finance Committee will be meeting on Monday to finalize its budget recommendations before presenting it to the Board of Education for approval that

MASSENA — Because of its size, the Massena Central School District may have problems trying to bring back all of its students under the revised social distancing guidelines, if they decide to go that route. The state Department of Health has reduced social distancing guidelines from 6 feet to 3 feet, but there are still issues to contend with, high school Principal Alan Oliver said in a video message to families. “As we move into the end of the year, I need you to remember something. ...

MASSENA — The Massena Central School District’s Finance Committee will be meeting on Monday to finalize its budget recommendations before presenting it to the Board of Education for approval that night. “In their budget proposal, the state government came through with significant funding for schools as did the federal government through stimulus legislation,” Superintendent Patrick Brady said in his latest Board of Education update. One of the concerns for superintendents ha...

MASSENA — A public hearing and public forum are on the schedule for Thursday night’s Massena Central School Board of Education meeting. A public hearing will be held on the district’s Communicable Disease Pandemic Plan and a public forum will be held to update the community on the district’s draft 2021-22 budget. Also scheduled are discussions about the Fall II sports season, which begins Monday, and plans to resume the school musical in May. Superintendent Patrick Brady sai...

MASSENA — A Madison Elementary School teacher has been named the winner of a teaching award in a competition that’s open to kindergarten through eighth grade Earth science teachers throughout the United States. Darcie Fregoe, a sixth-grade Earth science and social studies teacher, was the 2021 recipient of the American Geosciences Institute Edward C. Roy Jr. Award for Excellence in K-8 Earth Science Teaching. “We had a faculty meeting and this gentleman was presenting at the meet...

Hudson Reporter North Bergen begins the transition back to classrooms Some students will likely be back in the classroom on April 19 × Dr. Solter said the number of days and hours that schools will operate in the classrooms is yet to be determined. North Bergen public schools will begin transitioning to learning in the classrooms, Superintendent of Schools Dr. George Solter announced in a video message. While the district planned to move to hybrid instruction, the shift was pushed...

MASSENA — Although one contractor will be doing roof work on multiple schools this summer as part of the second phase of the Massena Central School District’s $49.6 million capital project, officials have opted to sign two contracts rather than one. One contract covers work at Nightengale Elementary School, Massena Central High School and J.W. Leary Junior High School. The second contract covers work at Jefferson and Madison elementary schools. “After much discussion, we decided ...