JAMESTOWN - Tuesday was a successful day for passing school budgets for nearly every district in Chautauqua County. According to the Post-Journal, all local school districts saw their budget approved by local voters except for the Clymer Central … [Read more...]
Voters to Act on 2019-20 Jamestown School Budget that Includes No Tax Increase on Tuesday
JAMESTOWN - Voters around the county will be heading to their local school polling places Tuesday to vote on next year's school budget, along with candidates for their respective school boards. In Jamestown, voters will act on the $90.7 million … [Read more...]
Jamestown Public Schools Student Art Show is Tuesday Night
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools will hold its Annual District Art Show Opening Reception on Tuesday, May 21 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Jefferson Middle School gymnasium. With hundreds of works of art from kindergarten through 12th grade, the … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown School Superintendent Bret Apthorpe Discusses 2019-20 Budget
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN VIA SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Thursday, May 16, 2019 Jamestown Public Schools superintendent Bret Apthorpe shares details on the proposed 2019-20 JPS School Budget prior to the May 21 public vote. Plus he provides an … [Read more...]
Slagle, Pawelski will Run Unopposed for New Terms on Jamestown School Board
JAMESTOWN - There are two seats up for a vote in this year's Jamestown School Board elections but when voters go to the poles on May 21 they will only have two names to choose from - and both are incumbents who already sit on the board. According … [Read more...]
Public Hearing on Jamestown School Budget is Tuesday, May 7
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board will hold a Public Hearing regarding the proposed 2019-20 Budget on Tuesday, May 7 at 6 p.m. in the Persell Middle School auditorium. The $90.7 million Proposed Budget - which includes no tax increase - is … [Read more...]
Despite Executive Order, Jamestown Public Schools Will Turn Away Registered Sex Offenders During Budget Vote and School Board Election
JAMESTOWN - Governor Andrew Cuomo may have signed an executive order that gives voting rights to registered sex offenders, but that doesn't mean they'll be showing up and voting at Jamestown Public Schools anytime soon. Last year Cuomo signed an … [Read more...]
Jamestown School Board Unanimously Approves 2019-20 School Budget
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board Tuesday night unanimously approved a $90.7 million spending plan for next year that includes no tax increase. The board reviewed the revised budget proposal presented by both school superintendent Bret … [Read more...]
Jamestown School Board to Finalize 2019-20 Spending Plan Tuesday Night
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown school officials will finalize the 2019-20 school budget when they meet Tuesday for a regularly scheduled school board meeting. Officials started preliminary discussion and review of the nearly $90 million budget last month, … [Read more...]
Attorneys Appear in Court to Argue Annexation Case Involving BPU Substation Property
ROCHESTER - Oral arguments regarding the city of Jamestown annexing a piece of property that currently lies within the Town of Ellicott and Village of Falconer were made Wednesday morning in a state appellate court in Rochester. Legal … [Read more...]
