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Schenectady school honors 86 students who died fighting in World War II
A ceremony honoring 86 lost students who died fighting World War II was held Friday evening in Schenectady. The boys and young men all went to Mont Pleasant High School. Friday’s ceremony was sparked with the recent discovery of a wall plaque, sitting in a closet gathering dust. The...
Capital District schools get $12M for electric buses
Six school districts in the Capital Region will get nearly $12,080,000 in federal rebate funding to go toward the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Clean School Bus Program. The program aims to take the burden off taxpayers and make it easier for schools to afford new buses to help preserve a clean commute.
BKW revives defeated budget for June vote and appoints superintendent, principal from within
HILLTOWNS — Berne-Knox-Westerlo is betting on itself. The board of education voted at its May 29 meeting to appoint high school principal Bonnie Kane to a three-year term as superintendent, hire elementary school teacher Mark Tidd to replace Kane, and put its tax-cap-busting budget up for a second vote after it had narrowly failed to reach supermajority approval the week prior.
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