Duanesburg Elementary School students and faculty took some time to star in this short video, Reflection on the 2020-21 School Year. Their thoughts are captured as the school year came to an end. One student said, “I’m thankful this year in school that there’s less coronavirus and we can stay.” View the short video.
New York State law requires that children attending pre-K through grade 12 receive all required doses of vaccines on the state’s recommended vaccination schedule in order to attend or remain in school. Within 14 days of the first day of school or daycare, parents must show proof of their child’s up-to-date vaccinations, or provide a …
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The Duanesburg Board of Education will hold its first fully in-person meeting since the major COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted. The annual reorganization meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium. Four new board members will be sworn in. Three will serve three-year terms: Melissa Peterson, Francis Spor and Teresa Wood-Irvin, and one …
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Despite the many challenges schools and students navigated during the past school year, Duanesburg continued to rank high — 21st out of 84 area schools — in the Albany Business Review’s annual schools report. Because Common Core and Regents tests were canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the publication’s rankings for 2019-20 are …
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Duanesburg graduate Emma White is headed to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics this summer where she will compete as a Team USA cyclist. White, who turned pro in 2016, will compete in women’s track cycling, in which riders do multiple laps inside a velodrome and are scored based on combined individual times. In a recent phone …
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For the second year in a row, each of our graduating seniors was celebrated through the “Adopt A Senior” project with gifts and kindness from community members and families. Gift bags, arranged for by the project’s volunteers, were dropped off at the high school in early June and delivered to the seniors on the last …
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Duanesburg district leaders are seeking input on a plan to apply COVID relief funding that is available to schools over the next three years. The funds are intended to provide districts with short-term resources to assist in recovering from the effects of the pandemic on the educational process. Duanesburg CSD is slated to receive $1,465,717 …
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(Updated June 16, 2021) Dear DCS Community Member: Based on an executive order issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, DCS has modified its mask wearing protocols for outside activity effective June 7. Mask wearing will no longer be required outside for any school activity. However, Gov. Cuomo has stated that the CDC will not change its …
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Dear DCS Community Member: As you know, many of the restrictions put in place across the state as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are changing. That said, it is important to note that many of the health and safety precautions in place for schools have remained unchanged by the New York State Department of …
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May 27, 2021 Dear DCS Community Member: Today, the district was informed of a positive COVID-19 test for a staff member who works in the Duanesburg Elementary School. The individual was last in the building on May 26 and public health department contact tracing has determined that four additional staff members must also be quarantined. …
