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Fourth graders plant flags at graves of U.S. Veterans

UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Fourth graders from New York Mills helped members of the VFW Post 6001 in Yorkville place U.S. Flags on the graves of United States Veterans buried at the Holy Trinity Cemetery on Champlin Ave in Utica. Read More »

Superintendent: with budget passed, Utica Schools can move forward

UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Utica voters overwhelmingly approved, voting 2,646 to 1,087 Tuesday night for a Utica City School budget that will cut 144 teachers and more than 70 other staff from Utica Schools. Read More »

Rome City School District budget passes by 70 percent margin

ROME, N.Y.(WKTV) - The unofficial numbers are in. The Rome City School District has passed its school budget by a margin of 70 percent. Still no word on who will be elected to the school board. That's because there were so many write-ins for the candidates who failed to meet the filing deadline. Read More »

Oneonta voters decide to close one elementary school

ONEONTA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Voters in Oneonta passed a budget Tuesday night that did not include keeping open one of the four elementary schools in the district. Read More »

Voters decide fate of Utica City Schools

UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Utica residents hit the polls Tuesday to decide whether or not to approve the Utica City School District's 2012-2013 budget. While keeping within the 2 % property tax cap, the proposed budget cuts 144 teachers, 7 administrative positions and 66 other staff positions, eliminating a total of 217 jobs from Utica City Schools. Read More »

Herkimer School Budget comes with 2% property tax increase

HERKIMER, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Herkimer School Budget is one of the many up for vote Tuesday night. Read More »

Whitesboro voter: "We're voting on the future and our children"

WHITESBORO, N.Y. (WKTV) - In tough economic conditions, voters across the state are heading to the polls Tuesday, voting on their respective school budgets. In the Whitesboro School District, the budget proposal includes 12 layoffs, seven of which are teacher positions. Read More »

Teachers, electives and extracurricular activities on chopping block if Herkimer school budget doesn't pass

HERKIMER, N.Y. (WKTV) - Representatives with the Herkimer Central School District say they received hundreds of thousands of dollars less in state funding than they had anticipated. Now, they are finding ways to make up for it in the 2012-2013 budget. Read More »

Three Rome School Board candidates will have to be write-ins after deadline snafu

ROME, N.Y. (WKTV) - Three school board candidates in the City of Rome will have to be write-ins on the ballot after confusion over a published deadline to file their petitions. Jennifer Geiger, Karen Fontana and Ken Metz will not appear on ballots after their petitions were deemed invalid by the district following a misstated deadline on the district's website. Read More »

Six candidates vie for three seats on Utica School Board

UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - A tough budget year marked by deep staff and teacher cuts, as well as cuts to programs hasn't scared away the six candidates vying for three open seats on the Utica School Board. They range from total newcomers, to a 15-year incumbent. Read More »

Town of Webb School District finds itself without a budget gap

OLD FORGE, N.Y. (WKTV) - We often hear about school budget deficits, but one area district is managing to keep costs low by utilizing what they have. Read More »

Attrition has helped Richfield Springs School District avoid layoffs

RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N.Y. (WKTV) - With less than a week to go until school budget votes, the Richfield Springs School District does not have a whole lot to talk about when it comes to controversy. Read More »

Simulation teaches students real-life dangers of distracted driving

ROME, N.Y. (WKTV) - Students in Rome were texting and driving on Thursday, but thankfully it was only a video game. Hundreds of kids took turns in Rome, testing out a simulator which aims to teach teens about the dangers of distracted driving and the laws in place that punish drivers who are not fully focused on the road . Read More »

School officials, lawmakers discuss education issues

ROME, N.Y. (WKTV) - Roughly 30 superintendents and school board members from across the Mohawk Valley met with local lawmakers in Rome on Thursday to discuss the future of the education system. Read More »

No layoffs in the cards as Rome School Budget to go before voters

ROME, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Rome City School District finds itself in a unique and enviable position - they did not have to lay off a single person or cut any programs in order to balance their 2012-2013 school budget, which goes before voters on Tuesday. Read More »

One week to go for Utica's School Budget Vote

UTICA, N.Y. (WKTV) - Utica's School Board held a public hearing Tuesday night to present to residents their proposed 2012-2013 school budget, what cuts over 200 jobs but keeps taxes within the 2 % property tax cap. Read More »

Poland High School announces valedictorian, salutatorian

Poland Central School District has announced the Class of 2012 valedictorian as Carson Burt and the salutatorian as Meghan Kraeger. Read More »

Whitesboro Superintendent: 'it's been a challenge'

WHITESBORO, N.Y. (WKTV) - While many suburban local school districts have not endured the depth of cuts that the city of Utica School District has, they're still suffering tiny scrapes, and suburban superintendents say that hurts, too. Read More »

Oneonta and Unatego schools receive additional aid

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. State Senator James L. Seward has announced that two school districts in Otsego County will receive additional senate funding to assist with budgetary needs. Read More »