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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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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Duanesburg voters approved a $17,885,000 budget by a vote of 217-65, a margin of 77%. The spending plan will enhance academic programs and supports the district’s strategic plan with a 1.82% year-to-year spending increase and a property tax levy of 1.95%, which is below the district’s state-calculated limit, or “cap.” The budget also continues athletic …
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Dear DCS Community: Today the Duanesburg Central School District was informed that a student in the Jr/Sr High School has tested positive for COVID-19. This student was last in the building on February 3. We were also notified that an Elementary School student has tested positive. This student member was last at work on February …
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Nov. 21, 2020 Dear DCS Community Member: Today, the district was informed of a positive test for COVID-19 for a student of the Duanesburg Jr./Sr. High School; however, based on when the individual was last in school, public health has indicated that there is no need for contact tracing from the school setting or for …
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