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Education

BOCES selling student-built tiny house

SARANAC LAKE — Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES has a tiny house for sale again. The house, built by local high school juniors and seniors, was put up for auction in the fall but didn’t get high enough bids to cover the cost of construction materials, so the FEH BOCES Board of Education ...

Lake Placid school district could lose $617k in state aid

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District is bracing for a potential $617,000 hit to its state aid. The LPCSD Board of Education discussed the possible state aid cut, the result of policy changes in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget plan, at its meeting on Jan. 23 — the ...

A little Teacup with your Banana Bread?

LAKE PLACID — Dr. Gracey Welsh of the Lake Placid Animal Hospital and current St. Agnes School parent was kind enough to bring two of her goats, Teacup and Banana Bread (lovingly named by her daughter Nell), to visit the school’s students on Jan. 9 in culmination of the preschool ...

Surviving ‘fowl’ weather at Lake Placid Elementary School

LAKE PLACID — Since 2016, Lake Placid Elementary School has been home to a flock of nine chickens. They eat scraps from the cafeteria, serve as the focal point of some lessons and entertain the students at recess. But what happens to them when the weather turns “fowl,” like during ...