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Syracuse school district's proposed budget has a mega-million hole to fill

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 08, 2012, 6:30PM

Syracuse Superintendent Sharon Contreras tonight presented a 2012-13 school district budget that would increase spending by nearly 12 percent but has a $35. 1 million shortfall. Full story »

Syracuse charter school seeks state permission to open a school in Utica

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 02, 2012, 5:00AM

The school's board of directors has submitted to the state Board of Regents a "letter of intent" to apply to open a school for grades six through 12 Full story »

Cuomo's budget comes up way short for Syracuse and other Central New York districts, advocacy alliance says

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on February 01, 2012, 6:07PM

Update: How much each Central New York district lost over the past two years and how much they might get back under governor's budget.. Full story »

Syracuse school gets a jump on new state anti-bullying law that affects all school districts

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 28, 2012, 2:00AM

The new law takes a multi-pronged approach to harassment and discrimination that starts with policies and reaches into classrooms. It's really about making the school climate more positive for everyone, said a school official. Full story »

Syracuse school district and its unions strike agreements on evaluations

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 27, 2012, 12:54PM

The state suspended $11.5 million in aid until the district and union reached an agreement on evaluations. State still needs to approve agreement. Full story »

Syracuse community center is looking for a new leader

Posted on Metro Voices on January 26, 2012, 3:19PM

After more than a dozen years as executive director of the Westcott Community Center, Steve Susman, 67, will step down April 30. Susman says he loves the job, but it’s time. “Frankly, this is the best job I ever had. I love this job, I don’t love the hours and I don’t love the stress as it gets harder... Full story »

Former Syracuse school board member takes job with Say Yes to Education

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 20, 2012, 12:03PM

Monique Wright-Williams, who stepped down from the school board halfway through her term of office, will start her new job sometime in February. Full story »

Central New York school districts aren't thrilled with proposed amount of state education aid

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 19, 2012, 3:10AM

Rick Timbs, executive director of the Statewide Schools Finance Consortium, said the increases contained in the proposed budget fall short of what districts need. Full story »

Cuomo's plan to link state aid to teacher evaluation plans may not be a problem for most local districts

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 17, 2012, 7:03PM

Districts are already working hard to meet existing deadlines and hitting Cuomo's new one shouldn't be an issue. Full story »

Central New York school districts scramble to try to create new teacher evaluations

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 16, 2012, 2:30AM

Unions, districts don't always agree on how teachers should be evaluated; state and federal money at risk if they can't reach agreement. Full story »

Educational foundation grants help nine schools fund technology, science fairs and research

Posted on Neighbors News on January 12, 2012, 6:00AM

Gwendolyn Maturo-Grasso is a Syracuse City School District English teacher who has made it a mission throughout her career to promote math, science, engineering and technology with her students. Full story »

Syracuse school district appeals $11.5 million cut in state grant money

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 04, 2012, 11:19PM

Union and district officials need to adopt a new evaluation process for teachers and principals. Full story »

State suspends school improvement money for Syracuse and nine other districts

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on January 03, 2012, 6:42PM

The state says the district failed to live up to its commitment to reach agreements with teacher and principal unions on new performance evaluations. Full story »

Syracuse rector is moving on but hopes her local food blog will continue

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 31, 2011, 2:30AM

Grace Episcopal Church is losing its food-blogging rector, but the food blog itself may live on in some form. “I’m working currently on an idea that will keep ‘Cookin’ in the ’Cuse’ alive, perhaps asking other folks to help curate and write those stories and perhaps edit from afar,” the Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows said. “I’m not quite sure how we’ll... Full story »

Dick Case wrote that story about Ray Rinaldi's boxing centers. I will check on their status next week. Good idea.

Posted on Near West Side club teaches children how to repair bicycles on December 30, 2011, 4:57PM

Syracuse National Action Network chapter will host discussion about police review board

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 30, 2011, 11:47AM

Outgoing Syracuse Common Councilor Pamela Hunter will discuss new legislation that revives the city’s Citizens Reivew Board at today’s meeting of the local chapter of the National Action Network. Hunter was instrumental in creating the legislation passed by the council Thursday. The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at 700 South Ave. Contact Maureen Nolan at 470-2185... Full story »

Near West Side club teaches children how to repair bicycles

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 30, 2011, 6:46AM

If the young people are going to ride bikes, they need to know how to fix them, so they don’t get stuck, said Alexandre Leclercq, founder of the club. Full story »

Christmas Eve homicides: Progress in one killing, suspect in second has 30 arrests

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 26, 2011, 3:53PM

Syracuse police chief says they're still piecing together details in death of Sherman Jackson and no arrests have been made Full story »

Syracuse police will issue on update on two homicide investigations

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 26, 2011, 11:33AM

The Syracuse Police Department will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. today for an update on the investigations of two homicides that took place on Christmas Eve. Police say Sherman Jackson, 19, was killed around 12:40 a.m. in the 200 block of South Alvord Street. And police arrested Craig Owens, 38, of 144 Steuben St., with second-degree murder in... Full story »

Peekskill man accused of stealing Greyhound bus from Syracuse

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 26, 2011, 11:10AM

Andrew T. Hickey made a statement to police that he was trying to get to Watertown to see a friend. Full story »

Syracuse community center will host Kwanzaa celebration all next week

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 24, 2011, 2:00AM

The celebration is the first Kwanzaa event of this scale that the Southwest Community Center has hosted. It starts Monday. Full story »

Church youth groups befriend children at Syracuse's Frazer School

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 21, 2011, 3:37PM

Syracuse, NY -- It was almost too exciting for a second-grader to bear. At one point as Layla Mesa waited to hear her name she murmured “Oh my gosh” and put her head down on the table. About 9 a.m. today, the second-grade classes at Frazer School in Syracuse were escorted to the cafeteria for a surprise. As they... Full story »

Jubilee Homes finishes two new projects on Syracuse's South Side

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 21, 2011, 1:27PM

Jubilee Homes has two rehab projects in the pipeline with federal money from the city, on Palmer Avenue. Full story »

Syracuse school opens primary care health clinic

Posted on News from The Post-Standard on December 14, 2011, 5:58PM

A clinic that offers students primary health care opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this evening in the Westside Academy at Blodgett on Syracuse’s Near West Side. It is the school district’s seventh clinic health clinic run through a partnership with the Syracuse Community Health Center. Franklin Elementary, Grant Middle and Nottingham high schools will get clinics in 2012, Health Center... Full story »