New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Governor Andrew Cuomo have announced plans to jointly push for full-day kindergarten for all the Empire State’s school districts. Heastie says they’ll begin that effort with next year’s state budget, but they’re letting everyone know now that it’s time to help districts with half-day programs move up […]
Voters in the Pittsford Central School District approved a slimmed-down school budget on the second try. The vote Tuesday night came in Yes: 3,107 – No: 1,234. Since this revised budget came in at less than the two percent New York State tax cap, only a simple majority was needed for approval. The budget that failed […]
The Pittsford Central School District will go back to its voters on June 20th with a budget that takes out full-day kindergarten. The previous budget included a proposed tax increase greater than the two percent state cap, meaning it needed a supermajority of 60 percent to be approved. It failed to get it. The new […]