Schools’ Closure Extended To 4/29; Regents Cancelled By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The news had leaked out, but ONC BOCES superintendents, including Cooperstown’s Bill Crankshaw and Oneonta’s Tom Brindley, got the news officially at a superintendents’ summit this afternoon: The school break announced March 13, extended once, will be extended again for another two weeks, until Wednesday, April 29, at least. More surprising to the school chiefs was the news, delivered to the assembled group by…
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CORONAVIRUS EDITION Schools Closed, But What About SATs? What About Sports? By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Families across Otsego County are working to adjust to a new normal of “social distancing,” and for many that includes having their school-age children at home. Fears about the COVID-19 virus and its contagion have brought a massive and rapid change to how we live, and it isn’t yet clear what impacts that will have on routines students and families have lived…
ONC BOCES SUPERS MEET TODAY Schools Struggle With Many Issues COVID-19 Raises By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – How long will the schools remain closed? What will happen if students can’t prepare or take state-mandated tests? Will summer vacation need to be cancelled if students miss two months of school now? These are some of the questions that still remain unanswered as Cooperstown’s schools – and all schools in the ONC BOCES – stand shuttered under quarantine…
‘LIVE BIRTHS’ & ENROLLMENT Fears About Football, Tied To Drop In Pupils By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – Matt Phillips, CCS ’02, shared a poignant story of his family’s affection for Redskins (now Hawkeyes) football, and the 200 fans in the CCS high school auditorium applauded. “If not for football,” said Phillips, today Clark Sports Center’s Activities & Group Reservations director, “I wouldn’t have come to school.” Cooperstown varsity football has had bad years, for sure, but always…
‘LIVE BIRTHS’ & ENROLLMENT In Oneonta, Data Show Stability, Even Growth By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Enrollment in Oneonta City Schools, it turns out, hit bottom with this year’s 10th graders. The 105 sophomores comprise the smallest class, K-12, among the 1,738 students currently in city comprise. What’s more, Oneonta’s schools have by far the largest enrollment, more than double second-place Cooperstown Central, among the 19 school district in ONC BOCES. And, according to the annual…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Rock Wall Climbing Competition ROCK CLIMBING – 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Free, grades K-6. Compete to see who can climb the rock wall the best. Sign-up at climbing wall. Clark Sports Center, 124 Co Rd 52, Cooperstown. 607-547-2800 or visit www.clarksportscenter.com…
IN MEMORIAM: Valerie VanValkenburgh, 34, Stamford; Keyboard Specialist At ONC BOCES STAMFORD – Valerie A. VanValkenburgh, 34, ONC BOCES keyboard specialist here, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Feb. 15, 2019. Valerie was born on Dec. 24, 1984 in Cobleskill, and was the only daughter of Vance and Georgianna (VanValkenburgh) Wetmore. On July 1, 2006 Valerie married Robin VanValkenburgh in the Hobart United Methodist Church.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Careers Of Otsego County CAREER EXPO – 5 – 8 p.m. Students, families, adults are invited to learn what careers are available in our region, educational opportunities, more. Meet with business, college exhibitors to learn what opportunities can be found in our backyard. ONC Boces, 1914 Co. Hwy. 35, Milford. 607-432-4500 ext. 104 or visit otsegocc.com…
IN MEMORIAM: Norman Saunders; Town Justice, Instructor At BOCES MILFORD – Norman Saunders, former Milford town justice and for years an auto-mechanics instructor at ONC BOCES, passed away Jan. 31, 2018, at home, peacefully and unexpectedly. Norman was born the son of Emily and Archie Saunders. He married Ruthie (Ruth) Jones on Nov. 11, 1950.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 6 Professional Networking Event YOUNG PROFESSIONALS – 6-8 p.m. Come meet young professionals from the Otsego area in this networking event. J&D’s Wagon Wheel, Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.facebook.com/YoungProfessionalsNetworkYPN/ OPEN HOUSE – 5-7 p.m. The Otsego Area Occupational Center open house includes display’s games, open enrollment for adult education classes, child fingerprinting, and demonstrations from the CTE programs. Otsego Nothern Catskills BOCES, 1914 Co. Hwy. 35, Milford. Info, www.facebook.com/ONCBOCES/ ALDEN SCHOLAR SERIES – 7 p.m. “Rethinking Clutter:…
