New York State law requires that children attending pre-K through grade 12 receive all required doses of vaccines on the state’s recommended vaccination schedule in order to attend or remain in school. Within 14 days of the first day of school or daycare, parents must show proof of their child’s up-to-date vaccinations, or provide a …
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The Duanesburg Board of Education will hold its first fully in-person meeting since the major COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted. The annual reorganization meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium. Four new board members will be sworn in. Three will serve three-year terms: Melissa Peterson, Francis Spor and Teresa Wood-Irvin, and one …
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Duanesburg graduate Emma White is headed to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics this summer where she will compete as a Team USA cyclist. White, who turned pro in 2016, will compete in women’s track cycling, in which riders do multiple laps inside a velodrome and are scored based on combined individual times. In a recent phone …
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For the second year in a row, each of our graduating seniors was celebrated through the “Adopt A Senior” project with gifts and kindness from community members and families. Gift bags, arranged for by the project’s volunteers, were dropped off at the high school in early June and delivered to the seniors on the last …
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May 27, 2021 Dear DCS Community Member: Today, the district was informed of a positive COVID-19 test for a staff member who works in the Duanesburg Elementary School. The individual was last in the building on May 26 and public health department contact tracing has determined that four additional staff members must also be quarantined. …
Proposal provides support for students while staying under the tax levy limit Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 18 to consider a proposed $17.885 million budget. The plan enhances the district’s academic programs and supports its strategic plan with a 1.82% year-to-year spending increase and a tax levy under the district’s limit. …
District residents will vote on May 18 to fill four seats on the Duanesburg Central School District Board of Education. Three candidates will serve three-year terms beginning July 1. The seats are currently held by Shayne Mitchell, Teresa Wood-Irvin and Betsy Wright, whose terms expire June 30. One candidate will serve until June 30, 2023, …
Embedded YouTube video Absentee ballots are available by request for the May 18 budget vote. Residents who are unable to come to the polls if they are out of town or because of health concerns, including but not limited to illness, disability or hospitalization may request an absentee ballot. The risk of contracting or spreading …
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Dear DCS families, On Friday, I sent notification of a presumed COVID-19 case in the Elementary School. Over the weekend, we were notified by Schenectady County Public Health Services (SCPHS) that this case is now a confirmed positive and that the school community members quarantined on Friday would need to continue to be quarantined until …
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Dear DCS families, Today the Duanesburg Central School District was informed by Schenectady County Public Health Services (SCPHS) that a staff member in the Elementary School is presumed positive for COVID-19. SCPHS has conducted contact tracing, resulting in several members of the school community and all 6th graders being quarantined until definitive test results are …
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