Schools set out to plan proms, graduations despite uncertainty over rules | The Daily Gazette
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School districts are starting to outline plans for proms and graduation ceremonies this spring, even as they call on state officials to offer school-specific guidelines to work from.
Dozens of superintendents across the region on Wednesday sent a joint letter to state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker asking for new guidelines that specifically address end-of-year school events like proms and graduation ceremonies.
“While schools are eager to commemorate milestone events and help students celebrate in a safe manner, we will not jeopardize our students’ or the public’s health in doing so,” the superintendents wrote in a joint letter from the Capital Region and Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES districts. “Guidance that directly addresses these events is critical.”
Candidate announces for Montgomery County executive | The Daily Gazette
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY – Hagaman resident Rita Francesa Loffredo Friday announced her intention to run as the Democratic Party candidate for Montgomery County Executive.
She said she also intends to seek the endorsement of the Conservative Party and the Working Families Party.
“I think that there are lot of issues in Montgomery County that aren’t being addressed,” she said. “Someone needs to have the courage to stand up and ask these questions. I think we need to have someone who really understands the problems of working class people.”
Loffredo, 23, is a political newcomer. She has the support of Montgomery County Democratic Committee Chairman Terry Bieniek and would be the first Democrat to run for county executive since the first election for that position in 2013 when incumbent Republican Matt Ossenfort ran against former St. Johnsville Supervisor Dominick Stagliano, a Democrat.
School districts eye ramping up in-person school days for students | The Daily Gazette
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School districts across the Capital Region are starting to ramp up the amount of in-person learning students get from their teachers, with some districts nearing full-time, in-person instruction for students who want it.
District leaders across the region are not only citing declining infection rates and increasing vaccination rates, but are also looking forward to increased space flexibility that will come with warmer weather as they start to outline plans to expand in-person instruction, something they say they have been looking to do since schools opened – at least partially – in the fall.
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FONDA As current Montgomery County Court Judge Philip V. Cortese is set to retire at the end of the year, Amsterdam resident and attorney, Bethany Schumann-McGhee is seeking to fill the soon-to-be open position.
Schumann-McGhee announced on Monday that she intends to run for the Montgomery County Family Court Judge position.
According to a press release, she has worked with various attorneys in the capital region, and opened Bethany Schumann-McGhee, Attorney at Law firm in January 2010. Since starting her own firm, she has practices extensively in family courts in the capital region. She also is currently a part-time assistant public defender in Montgomery County Family Court, and recently served as president of the Montgomery County Bar Association for two years.
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