Embedded YouTube video Absentee ballots are available by request for the May 18 budget vote. Residents who are unable to come to the polls if they are out of town or because of health concerns, including but not limited to illness, disability or hospitalization may request an absentee ballot. The risk of contracting or spreading …
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Dear DCS families, On Friday, I sent notification of a presumed COVID-19 case in the Elementary School. Over the weekend, we were notified by Schenectady County Public Health Services (SCPHS) that this case is now a confirmed positive and that the school community members quarantined on Friday would need to continue to be quarantined until …
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Dear DCS families, Today the Duanesburg Central School District was informed by Schenectady County Public Health Services (SCPHS) that a staff member in the Elementary School is presumed positive for COVID-19. SCPHS has conducted contact tracing, resulting in several members of the school community and all 6th graders being quarantined until definitive test results are …
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Dear DCS families, Today the Duanesburg Central School District was informed by Schenectady County Public Health Services (SCPHS) that an Elementary School student has tested positive for COVID-19. SCPHS has conducted contact tracing and several members of the school community are being quarantined. This results in the need for second grade only to go fully …
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The Jr./Sr. High School’s annual Wellness Week has gone virtual. We are excited to share a week’s worth of resources on the Wellness Week Google page. There are videos and activities available for each day of the week. Our activities are made possible thanks to our special guests, including DCS mental health counselor Yvonne Lerner, teachers …
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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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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 Jan. 28. Three students have been quarantined in association with this case. If you have not yet been contacted, your child will not …
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Livestreaming athletics events DCS is livestreaming at-home athletics events on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QqT8Jzrxs8uGS7rCyHccg/featured. We are pleased to connect our community to these events through livestreams, as spectators are currently not allowed to attend athletics events in-person because of COVID-19 health and safety measures. Please continue to support our student athletes by watching them. Go Eagles! Feb. …
DES’s annual Wellness Week has gone virtual. We are excited to share a week’s worth of resources on the Wellness Week’s Google page. There are videos and activities available for each day of the week. Our activities are made possible thanks to our special guests, including local mental health counselor Powell Cucciella, Dr. Rebecca Evans, …
Feb. 5 update Dear DCS Community: Based on the information we have gathered from families today, we have determined that we will be able to open for in-person learning for grades PK-5 beginning on Monday, February 8. Instruction for grades 6-12 will remain remote and will reopen for in-person instruction following Winter Break on February …
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