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CANTON — Superintendent Ronald P. Burke learned how to swim at the Canton Central School District pool in 1976. Small leaks have been bandaged — as have similar “leaks” across the district’s three buildings, parking lots and critical infrastructure — but district voters on Tuesday approved a multi-million dollar, multi-year revival. One incumbent and four newcomer Board of Education members were elected from seven candidates, and all four ballot propositions passed, including a $33.1 million spending plan for 2021-22 with a 2.9% tax levy increase. Less than an ho...

CANTON — Four propositions and seven Board of Education candidates are up for approval from Canton Central School District voters Tuesday. School districts statewide have been preparing for May 18 votes for months, and Canton Central taxpayers will be asked to consider annual bus and library propositions, a $33.1 million budget for 2021-22 and a $27.5 million, multi-year capital project. This year’s total $33,107,411 proposal, an increase of about $2 million from 2020-21, breaks down into $3 million in administrative costs; $5.2 million in annual capital costs, separate from the cap...

Though the years bleed together, Sergio Hernandez still remembers a special Abilene High-Cooper High football game at Shotwell Stadium. For the past 20 years, he was in charge of making the athletic home of Abilene ISD's two high schools look immaculate. But that one night, it rained. And rained. "Saturday morning, there were giant trucks pulling cars out of the mud," Hernandez said. "Things like that you still remember." Hernandez's 29-year career in the Abilene ISD maintenance department came to an end in December. But on Thursday, he joined other school district retirees, along with a nu...

Base Village cooling system offline after Central Plant flood Nearly every building in Snowmass Base Village could be without cooling for at least the next month after a water main break April 28 flooded several rooms in the Base Village Central Plant. The cooling system was submerged in 9 to 10 feet of water, according to emails from Base Village Director of Operations Scott Williams. The heating system was not affected because it is located in a different area and maintenance teams were able to mitigate damage there. The Viceroy Hotel was the only Base Village building not impacted by the f...

CANTON — Voters will be asked to consider four propositions on the Canton Central School District ballot in May, including a $27.5 million, multi-year major overhaul of district facilities. The Board of Education during its March 4 meeting approved the capital project and transportation propositions, with finalization of the 2021-22 district budget proposition and the list of BOE candidates pending. The district’s Facilities Committee, comprised of Director of Operations Scott J. Sanderson, Superintendent Ronald P. Burke, Business Manager Denise J. Folsom and three Board of Educatio...