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Race to the Top Winnings Not That Much

Wed, Oct 20, 2010

Once New York State got its application reworked and made the changes the federal government sought, school districts across the state -- including Hamilton -- learned they would be getting money from the Race to the Top program.

At Tuesday night's HCS Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dr. Diana Bowers told the board that Hamilton's cut would be $44,000 over three years. She also said that 75 percent of that would, by terms of the grant, be given to a BOCES-wide task force to ensure local schools are adhering to Race to the Top guidelines.

The balance -- about $3,500 a year -- must be used to create evaluation programs locally. And, there are strict guidelines how that is to be done.

Also at Tuesday's meeting, Bowers took time out of the meeting to honor the members of the board. This is Board of Education Recognition Week.

"Over the last few years your job has gotten increasingly more difficult, and you are always there for the district and our kids," said Bowers.

The board also:

+ learned that requests are being received to create a scholarship fund and donations to the Masquers theater group in memory of Dale Soderberg, the retired HCS teacher who died recently in a car crash;

+ acknowledged a donation of $3,097 from the Emerald Foundation to pay for a recent speaker on bullying, welding supplies and a field trip for the schools agriculture class;

+ approved coaches for the winter sports teams;

+ approved a three-day trip to Camp Oswegatchie by the school's Future Farmers of America chapter;

+ approved advisers and volunteers for the fall drama production of Little Women;

+ approved two performances of the middle school musical, an adaptation of Alice In Wonderland;

+ and creation of after-school enrichment opportunities for students in fourth through eighth grades.

 

 

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