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Education

EYE ON EDUCATION: Pollination stations

LAKE PLACID — On April 22, 21 high school students and a sixth-grader returned to Lake Placid Elementary School for a day packed with environmental science-themed activities and lessons. The Earth Day celebration was spearheaded by Lake Placid High School junior Emma Wylie. The day was ...

Lake Placid Central board proposes $22.4M budget

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education is proposing to increase spending and taxes in its $22.4 million proposed budget. The district’s 2024-25 budget would stay within the state’s tax cap. The district is proposing to spend $22.4 million in 2024-25, a ...

KCS to hold budget hearing Monday

KEENE VALLEY — The Keene Central School Board of Education’s $8.6 million proposed budget for 2024-25 is set to exceed the state’s tax cap by 5.45%. The district is proposing to spend $8,638,917 in 2024-25, a 9.76% increase from $7,870,480 in 2023-24. The majority of the budget will be ...

Districts pass BOCES administrative budget

SARANAC LAKE — A majority of its member school districts passed the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Board of Cooperative Educational Services administrative budget on Monday, April 22 and reelected three board members. Meanwhile, FEH BOCES District Superintendent Dale Breault Jr. said this ...

Lake Placid school board talks BOCES, phone policy

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education on Monday, April 22 unanimously failed to accept a $3.1 million administrative budget for the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Board of Cooperative Educational Services for the 2024-2025 school year. BOCES of Franklin, Essex ...

NCCC, SUNY Plattsburgh start dual enrollment program

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh have a new dual admission program, giving students in select degree programs a track to get an associate’s degree at NCCC and “seamlessly” transfer to SUNY Plattsburgh to get a bachelor’s degree. The presidents and ...