Program eyes more Schenectady teachers… from Schenectady; Offers pathway to education jobs in district | The Daily Gazette
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Terry Taylor found herself in a tenuous situation at the start of the pandemic: she had recently suffered a personal injury and her job as a tutor at Washington Irving was suspended amid hundreds of school district layoffs.
Taylor, who grew up in Schenectady’s Hamilton Hill neighborhood, started working as a paraprofessional at Schenectady High School in 2004, and after three years at the high school, she went back to school and earned a bachelor’s degree. In 2013, she returned to the district and worked as a tutor at Washington Irving, the district’s alternative school, which offers tutoring to students serving out suspensions. She did that up until the pandemic, when the job was cut.
HERE FOR GOOD: Guyanese student-athletes make an impact up and down rosters | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY The influence that Guyanese student-athletes have had on Schenectady High School sports teams over the past two decades is undeniable.
“Probably every program has been impacted in some way,” high school athletic director Steve Boynton said. “Schenectady welcomed them. The high school welcomed them. They have definitely been an asset to the athletic department.”
Many Guyanese student-athletes have helped fill out high school team rosters and provided needed depth, and some have played key starting roles. Others have stepped ahead to lead their respective teams, and a select few, such as distance runner Shazim Permaul, have left a lasting mark.
Series Tuesday: Child of first-wave Guyanese immigrants to Schenectady looks to build community in hometown | The Daily Gazette
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When Travis Ghirdharie started a fellowship working at the Schenectady City School District central office in August 2019, he hoped to get to the bottom of a vexing question: How many students of Guyanese descent attend Schenectady schools?
The eldest son of a Guyanese immigrant family that settled in Schenectady in the early 2000s, Ghirdharie returned to the city with a Cornell University diploma, multiple years of experience teaching in a New York City charter school and a burning desire to help improve his hometown.
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