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By a vote of 862 to 456, residents of the Broadalbin-Perth Central School District approved the district’s proposed $29,463,738 budget for the 2012-13 school year. The approved budget calls for no increase in spending from the 2011-12 school year and a 3.32 percent tax levy increase.
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Starting in September, students at Broadalbin-Perth High School will have the opportunity to take a variety of new elective classes.
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The gymnasium at The Learning Community looked more like a laboratory on Thursday as students demonstrated their experiments during the second-grade science fair.
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On Tuesday, May 15, residents of the Broadalbin-Perth Central School District will vote on a proposed $29,463,738 budget for the 2012-13 school year. Before they leave the polling area, voters will be encouraged to fill out an anonymous exit survey that district leaders say has been redesigned to provide more concrete data to help them make decisions about the district in the future.
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Earlier in the budget development process, Broadalbin-Perth faced a $2.4 million gap between projected revenue and expenditures. In order to fill that gap, the district considered eliminating nearly all non-mandated programs, including B-P’s interscholastic athletic program and reverting from full-day to half-day kindergarten.
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The Broadalbin-Perth school district and the union representing the community’s 142 teachers have agreed to restructure and extend their contract to save taxpayers more than $600,000 – money that will be used to protect programs for students and avert some of the planned 34 teacher layoffs.
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On May 15, in addition to voting on Broadalbin-Perth’s proposed $29 million spending plan for the 2012-13 school year, residents will vote on a proposition to purchase two 66-passenger buses and one full-size wheelchair accessible bus at a cost of $366,827.
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Will B-P offer sports teams in 2012-13? Broadalbin-Perth’s proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year includes funding for modified and varsity sports. It does NOT include funding for JV sports.
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Education leaders from four area BOCES joined forces with college, state education leaders and business executives on Monday, April 23, to announce the formation of the Tech Valley STEMSmart Alliance – a coalition of education and business leaders to promote the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in schools across the region and beyond.
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Building administrators at the Broadalbin-Perth Central School District will freeze their salaries at 2011-12 levels during the 2012-13 school year as part of a five-year contract deal between the bargaining unit and Board of Education. The move will save the district $16,375 next year.
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A team from Broadalbin-Perth Intermediate School earned a trip to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Ames, Iowa with a win at the state championship at the end of March. But before they go up against winning teams from all 50 states and other countries, the B-P students must raise nearly $11,000 just to get to the competition, which will take place May 23-26 at Iowa State University.
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Broadalbin-Perth Middle School teacher David Wiltey has been chosen as the Regional Teacher of the Year by the Fulton Montgomery Technology Education Association. Wiltey, who teaches technology and pre-engineering courses as part of the middle school’s “Team Adventure,” will retire in June after 22 years with the district.
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On May 15, residents of the Broadalbin-Perth Central School District will vote on a proposed $29,463,738 budget for the 2012-13 school year. The proposed budget calls for no increase in spending from the 2011-12 school year.
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The Broadalbin-Perth, Mayfield and Northville central school districts are preparing to file an Article 78 proceeding against Fulton County in an effort to recover $940,187 worth of unpaid 2011-12 school taxes owed by the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD).
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The students weren’t in math class, though; they were solving the problems in order to get the next clue in Staie’s Academic Egg Hunt. The Easter egg hunt was much more than just finding chocolate treats; it was an educational experience that reinforced basic math and letter skills, as well as grouping and organizational skills.
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The Board of Education of the Broadalbin-Perth Central School District, in public session at its meeting of September 19, 2011, intends to adopt this Annual Professional Performance Plan (the “APPR Plan”) for certain of its classroom teachers and building principals for the 2011-2012 school year.
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