Stay informed on the district’s search for a new superintendent of schools
A new page has been created on the district website for the community to stay informed on updates to the district’s search for a new superintendent.
A message from the DCS Board of Education re: events from Wednesday, Oct. 18
October 20, 2023 To the Duanesburg Community, We, the members of your Board of Education, would like to offer our thoughts following the emergency response at both of our school buildings this week. While we all wish that threats like those distributed across NYS on Wednesday wouldn’t happen, there are some important things that we …
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Duanesburg Board of Education seeks community input to inform upcoming search for next superintendent of schools
The Board of Education met with Anita Murphy and Lynne Wells, search consultants from Capital Region BOCES at its meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17 to outline a plan for finding the next superintendent of schools. The first step is to gather community feedback via an online survey and a series of focus groups held this …
DCS golf team wraps up season with third consecutive WAC Cup trophy
Congratulations to the DCS golf team on another impressive year! The team, which is coached by high school social studies teacher David Schalekamp, took home WAC Cup trophy for the third consecutive year – and the fourth time in five years. Other very impressive accolades from the WAC Cup tournament included: – Senior Grant Raymond …
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Five DCS seniors named 2023 College Board National Recognition Program awardees
Congratulations to the following DCS seniors on being named a 2023 College Board National Recognition Program awardee! Each of these students has: A GPA of 3.5 or higher Are in the top 10% of PSAT/NMSQT® or PSAT™ 10 assessment takers in NY state, or Have earned a score of 3 or higher on two or …
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Jeffery Ziegler Returns to DCS as Interim Superintendent
BOE to welcome Ziegler and discuss superintendent search process at annual reorganization meeting July 5 At a special board meeting held Wednesday, June 28, the Duanesburg Board of Education appointed Jeffery Ziegler as interim superintendent for Duanesburg Central School District effective July 1, 2023. Ziegler will take over for Dr. James Niedermeier, who announced his …
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DCS Announces Top Ten for Class of 2023
Congratulations to DCS’ “Top Ten” students for the Class of 2023! Revealing this list each year is something that the school community is particularly proud of, because it honors the students’ hard work and recognizes their commitment to academic excellence throughout their entire career at DCS. Here’s a look at the “Top Ten” list for …
DCS welcomes Deputy Timmons as the district’s second full-time school resource officer!
The Duanesburg Central School District extends a warm welcome to Deputy Timmons with the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office, as the district’s second full-time school resource officer (SRO)! Deputy Timmons will be based at Duanesburg Elementary School. She attended this morning’s PBIS Assembly and was introduced to staff and students by Principal Conover. Welcome to DCS, Deputy …
District’s proposed budget for 2023-24 adopted by Board of Education
Community will vote on proposed $18.985 million budget Duanesburg Central School District’s Board of Education adopted the district’s proposed budget for the 2023-24 school year at the board’s regular monthly meeting held Tuesday, April 4. The proposed $18.985 million budget maintains current programming, as well as all athletics and extracurricular offerings. The spending plan includes …
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DCS music students selected to participate in SCMEA All-County Music Festival
Congratulations to our DCS students who were selected to participate in this past weekend’s Schoharie County Music Educators’ Association (SCMEA) All-County Music Festival, held at Duanesburg High School! Duanesburg students joined music students from six other neighboring school districts for choral and band performances in Joe Bena Hall on Saturday, March 18. Kudos to our …
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