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Huge new dorm complex planned for Cornell campus

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Huge new dorm complex planned for Cornell campus
A mammoth North Campus dormitory complex planned at Cornell University eventually will enable the college to require all freshman and sophomores to live on campus. The City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board on Tuesday night declared its intent to serve as the lead agency in the environmental review of the dormitory project. Housing for an additional 2,000 first- and... more

Skaneateles school district formulating safety plans

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Skaneateles school district formulating safety plans
The Skaneateles Central School District's safety committee is eyeing various ways to improve safety for students and staff. The district created the Safe Schools Community Advisory Committee in April in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in February and the incident in which the Skaneateles middle and high schools went into "shelter in... more

Longtime Auburn nursery school closes, adding to Cayuga County child care shortage

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Longtime Auburn nursery school closes, adding to Cayuga County child care shortage
After 66 years of service, Westminster Nursery School is shutting its doors in Auburn, adding to what experts say is a statewide shortage of child care options. In a Facebook post earlier this month, Westminster Nursery School announced that the preschool program would be closing. It cited “financial reasons,” noting that the school’s enrollment had dropped dramatically in the past... more

Auburn school board to ask Cayuga Centers to make up $210,000 deficit

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Auburn school board to ask Cayuga Centers to make up 0,000 deficit
The Auburn Enlarged City School District Board of Education plans to request $210,000 from Cayuga Centers to help the district recover from a deficit due to the center’s residential treatment program closing this spring. Superintendent Jeff Pirozzolo explained, during an Auburn school board meeting on Tuesday, that the district “took a financial hit” with the unexpected and uncommunicated closing. “We... more

Cayuga Centers: Financial situation with Auburn schools is ‘complicated’

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Cayuga Centers: Financial situation with Auburn schools is ‘complicated’
A day after the Auburn Enlarged City School District Board of Education voted to request $210,000 from Cayuga Centers, the agency’s president and CEO said the situation is more complicated than it appears. Edward Hayes said Cayuga Centers can’t respond publicly to the district until it receives an official request. “We have not gotten any communication from the Auburn school... more

Moravia board of education sets goals for new school year

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Moravia board of education sets goals for new school year
The Moravia Central School District's Board of Education has established its goals for the 2018-2019 school year, including the possibility of an extended homeroom at the high school. At a meeting Wednesday evening, Superintendent John Birmingham said the district was considering implementing an "advisement block" at the high school. This would provide students some additional time to interact with teachers.... more

Gavras Center in Auburn upgrades classroom technology with hands-on smart boards

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Gavras Center in Auburn upgrades classroom technology with hands-on smart boards
One by one, children of all abilities took turns excitedly approaching the classroom’s smart board to touch certain shapes, colors or find matches among objects as prompted by their teachers at the E. John Gavras Center Thursday morning. And, thanks to a $15,000 donation by KeyBank, all Gavras Center preschool and pre-kindergarten classrooms will be equipped with smart boards this... more

HWS president search: ‘We’re going to take our time’

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HWS president search: ‘We’re going to take our time’
If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard much about the search for Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ next president, it’s because there has not been much to report. “We’re just getting started,” said Andrew “Andy” McMaster, co-chair of the recently formed presidential search committee. McMaster, a 1974 Hobart grad, is chairing the committee with Cynthia “Cindy” Gelsthorpe Fish, a 1982... more

Auburn administrator to become new director of learning in Skaneateles

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Auburn administrator to become new director of learning in Skaneateles
The Skaneateles Central School District is bringing in a new director of learning in its latest administrative change. Jennifer Whipple was appointed at a special board of education meeting Aug. 1. The role involves the director’s special education program and other related jobs. Whipple will start at the beginning of the school year. The district did not disclose her salary.... more

THE DEBRIEF: Geneva names new police chief, city manager; and latest in Seneca Falls, Auburn politics (podcast)

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THE DEBRIEF: Geneva names new police chief, city manager; and latest in Seneca Falls, Auburn politics (podcast)
The City of Geneva named their next City Manager and Chief of Police, but a lot of questions remain after a clouded search process that led some to believe that things weren’t as they seemed. The historic Huntington Building in Seneca Falls has also been at the center of controversy for several weeks, as its future remains unclear. These are... more

Cato-Meridian schools developing new security measures

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Cato-Meridian schools developing new security measures
In response to school security issues local and nationwide, the Cato-Meridian Central School District is looking at new safety and security measures. District Superintendent Terry Ward said the district has included card-reading systems on doors, interior security doors and window film in the $65 million capital project approved by the community in December. The security features were added to the... more

Faculty calls on board to sign superintendent’s contract during downtown rally (video)

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Faculty calls on board to sign superintendent’s contract during downtown rally (video)
Positive change was the driving force behind those who turned out for Waterloo Central School District Superintendent Terri Bavis. The administrator was announced as a finalist last week for at least one other opportunity — after the Board of Education failed to sign a contract extension that was approved by a vote of 7-1. While the board said they could... more

Skaneateles school superintendent resigns to take another job

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Skaneateles school superintendent resigns to take another job
Skaneateles superintendent Kenneth Slentz resigned Wednesday, the school district announced. Slentz will be taking a job at another school district, though Skaneateles withheld the name of the district until it announces it has hired Slentz, the district said. He had worked at Skaneateles for four years, having left his post as Deputy New York State Education Commissioner to come to... more

Dollar General donates $50K to South Seneca Middle & High School (video)

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Dollar General donates K to South Seneca Middle & High School (video)
There’s nothing quite like a $50,000 surprise on a Friday morning. South Seneca Middle and High School administrators, faculty, and students were surprised with a $50,000 check from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The Reading Revolution funding will be used at the School’s discretion to purchase books, fund technology programs, buy computers and other educational supplies, and much more. Since... more

Moravia officials decide nonconforming use clause irrelevant to former school

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Moravia officials decide nonconforming use clause irrelevant to former school
The village of Moravia decided a nonconforming use clause in a zoning law was irrelevant to a historic property, in opposition to the building owner’s assertion, during a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Monday. The debate began a month ago when Gary Debele requested a ZBA public hearing for an interpretation of a 1988 local law. Last summer, Debele... more

Dryden finds new, but familiar, superintendent

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Dryden finds new, but familiar, superintendent
Joshua Bacigalupi is not an unknown figure in the Dryden Central School District. Before taking his current position as principal of Alton B. Parker Elementary School in the Cortland Enlarged City School District, Bacigalupi filled the positions of both Assistant Principal and Principal of Dryden Elementary School. At the May 21 meeting of the Dryden Board of Education Bacigalupi was... more

Waterloo CSD Superintendent Bavis turns down job offer

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Waterloo CSD Superintendent Bavis turns down job offer
School district Superintendent Terri Bavis is not leaving Waterloo — at least not now. Bavis, who is approaching her two-year anniversary as superintendent, informed staff members she has declined a job offer to become superintendent of another school district outside the region. She initially told staffers two weeks ago she had applied for other jobs, and was a finalist for... more

Cayuga County-area school districts included in state investment program

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Cayuga County-area school districts included in state investment program
Plans from the Jordan-Elbridge and Union Springs school districts were among 49 school investment proposals recently approved for state funding, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Tuesday. The Jordan-Elbridge district will receive $749,790 for school connectivity and $88,847 for high-tech security features at a total of $838,637. The Union Springs district will get $526,352 total, with $249,912 for school connectivity, $174,202... more
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