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On May 18, 2021, Guilderland residents will vote on the proposed $104,979,570 budget for the 2021-22 school year. The proposal carries a 1.89% spending increase over the current year and a 1.28% increase to the tax levy, which is at the levy limit. The proposed budget focuses on a safe return to in-person instruction in …
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For the 2021-22 school year, the enacted state budget slated $105 million for prekindergarten funding, with a focus on low- and medium-wealth school districts for the expansion of prekindergarten, or for districts that currently do not have a program for four-year-olds. Guilderland was one of the districts that received aid to provide early childhood education …
Continue reading “Prek funding slated for 116 students to attend local early childhood programs”
COVID cases for the week of May 2 The district reported two positive cases of COVID-19 this week. One case was a Lynnwood Elementary School and one at Guilderland Elementary School. Both cases required contact tracing. Our building principals worked under the guidance of the Albany County Department of Health to determine who needed to …
Continue reading “COVID update; June 24 and 25 half-days for Grades K-7”
The Capital Zone NYS Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance honors two students from each school district every year with the High School Leadership Award. This year, Bianca Simeone and Caleb Jacobson are these award recipients. Bianca Simeone As a member of the Varsity Field Hockey Team, Nordic Cross-Country Ski Team, and a …
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Weekly digest for confirmed cases of COVID-19 Since last Tuesday, there have been six confirmed COVID-19 cases, four at Guilderland High School and one each at Guilderland and Westmere Elementary Schools. None of the cases required contact tracing by the district. We apologize for the delay in sharing these confirmed cases with the community, as …
Continue reading “April 30: Updates to COVID reporting; cyber attack investigation”
Plan maintains programming; focuses on student health, wellness and safety On May 18, 2021, Guilderland residents will vote on the proposed $104,979,570 budget for the 2021-22 school year. The proposal carries a 1.89% spending increase over the current year and a 1.28% increase to the tax levy, which is at the district’s levy limit. A …
Continue reading “Residents to vote on $105 million school budget proposal May 18”
Students’ Chromebooks should work without issue. At this point, connecting BYODs, including cell phones, to the internet in the building will not be possible. We hope to have that function up and running soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we have worked through this challenge. It has been a heavy lift for …
Continue reading “Grades 7-12 return to hybrid learning Thursday, April 29”
Throughout the day today, our technical team continued to remediate and test our internet system to ensure a successful return to stable, reliable internet connectivity for a seamless transition to onsite learning. As the day progressed, testing began to show some instability with the connection on some devices. Despite our continued work around the clock …
Continue reading “Grades 7-12 to remain remote Wednesday, April 28”
Our technical team has been working nonstop since Friday in an effort to get all of our systems up and running with the hope that we could resume in person instruction tomorrow. We want to be confident that our systems are stable and reliable so the transition back to in-person learning unfolds seamlessly. Unfortunately, by …
Continue reading “Grades 7-12 to be remote Tuesday, April 27”
Specialists working with the GCSD to investigate the technical interruptions that occurred last Thursday have determined that the district was the victim of a cyber attack by a threat actor group which used malware to encrypt certain systems throughout the district. The district is working diligently with specialists to investigate the incident, confirm its impact …
Continue reading “April 25: Update on technical interruptions at GCSD”
