OGDENSBURG â Ogdensburg City School District will be moving to fully in-person learning starting Monday.
On April 9, the state Department of Health updated its interim guidance for in-person instruction at pre-k through 12th grade schools during the COVID-19 pandemic to include U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs guide to prioritize safe in-person learning while adhering to mitigation strategies.
âThe health and safety of our students, staff, and community is the primary concern of the Ogdensburg City School District,â Superintendent Kevin Kendall said in a prepared statement.
Students will return to in-person learning Monday. Parents who wish to keep their children fully remote may do so.
OGDENSBURG â Ogdensburg City School District residents will be voting on four items when they go to the polls May 18.
The first item is the school budget, which includes a 0% tax levy increase for the 2021-22 school year.
The tax levy will remain at $10,598,360, which is the same as the previous year, thus thereâs a proposed 0% increase to the levy, according to Superintendent Kevin Kendall.
The school districtâs proposed budget of expenditures for the 2021-22 school year is $49,388,000 and will be raised by a tax upon the taxable property after first deducting money available from state aid and other available sources.
Saturday, April 24, 2021 - 5:55 pm
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg City School District will host an outdoor graduation Saturday June 26, but many details remain up in the air due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Superintendent Kevin Kendall says the event is set for 11 a.m. on the school’s football field and Sunday, June 27, has been slated as a rain date.
Unlike Massena, which was forced to split graduation into two days, Ogdensburg plans to have just one ceremony.
He said exactly how many guests students will be allowed to invite will depend on public health guidance, but he says it will be a minimum of two.
Itâs hard to imagine Ogdensburg without its historic library at 312 Washington St. However, if a referendum attached to the school budget vote fails then it may result in the libraryâs eventual closure.
This comes after the city of Ogdensburg has told the libraryâs Board of Trustees that it will no longer fund it in the future, that this year would be its last year of financial support. The cityâs contributions to the library have dwindled over the years due to its own financial hardships. In 2018, the amount was $453,625. This current fiscal year it was dropped to $162,000. In 2022, there will be nothing.
Friday, April 23, 2021 - 7:19 am
To the Editor
What value do our public libraries have? Why is the Ogdensburg Public Library essential in the community?
Our public library is free and open to everyone. Age, income, education levels and interests don’t matter. The library serves everyone.
The material and information we find there can be trusted. The books and magazines offer wide ranging subjects and points of view for us to read so we can make up our own minds in a safe space.
The founding fathers of our nation, especially Benjamin Franklin, recognized the role of free access to information and self education in making a strong democracy and they founded public libraries.