Local school districts opened their doors for the 2021-22 academic year last week, hosting the first in-person autumn classes since September 2019. While some parents have expressed concern about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they were informed last month that a planned remote learning option through Ulster BOCES was not going to happen.
The campus of the Mountain Laurel School in New Paltz continues to grow. School leaders have purchased the property at 7 Innis Avenue, and now they have secured Village of New Paltz Planning Board approval to renovate the house into classroom and art studio space.
Now entering its fourth year, the Kingston High School Internship and Career Center is a pathway to employment for students in the district. The center grew out of a tiny home build in Saugerties where Kingston students were given an opportunity to work and receive training over the summer.
Highland Elementary School has welcomed a new assistant principal. Tulani Samuel, who officially began on September 1, replaces Matthew Darling, who has become the building’s new principal.
The Zena School will soon have students walk through the halls for the first time in nearly a decade now that Linemen Institute of the North East has taken possession of the building.
The Kingston City School District’s Board of Education last week unanimously approved a 30-day extension of existing arrangements with police from the City of Kingston and Town of Ulster for school resource officers to allow more time to present revised contracts for their future relationships.
City of Kingston, Ulster County and Kingston City School District officials announced a new partnership Tuesday to move forward with a number of upgrades at the century-old Dietz Stadium.
City of Kingston, Ulster County and Kingston City School District officials announced a new partnership Tuesday to move forward with a number of upgrades at the century-old Dietz Stadium.
The New Paltz Central School District has hired Samuelle Simms, Ed.D. as the new principal of New Paltz High School.
Bard College announced Thursday that it has received a commitment for $50 million to be used as a permanent endowment for The Center for Curatorial Studies.