LISTEN DIRECTLY AT SOUNDCLOUD JAMESTOWN - An estimated 150+ teachers, parents and students attended the Dec. 3, 2019 Jamestown School Board meeting at Jefferson Middle School, with two hours of the meeting devoted to concerns regarding student … [Read more...]
Jamestown School Board to Hold First Public Meeting Since High School Lockdown Incident Tuesday Night
JAMESTOWN - Officials with Jamestown Public Schools are expecting a large turnout for the Board of Education's next regularly scheduled public meeting on Tuesday night, Dec. 3 beginning at 6 p.m. As a result of the expected large audience, the … [Read more...]
Teachers Union Votes ‘No Confidence’ in School Principal
JAMESTOWN - Teachers at Jamestown High School have place a vote of no confidence in the school's principal, Rosemary Bradley. According to the Post-Journal, the no confidence vote was held last week and followed an incident on Nov. 6 when the … [Read more...]
Jamestown School Officials Provide List of Action Steps that Will be Taken in Wake of School Lockdown Incident
JAMESTOWN - Officials with Jamestown Public Schools have sent out a media release they say is intended to clarify what had happened last week when Jamestown High School was put in lock-down in response to fights that had broken out in the … [Read more...]
Parents Voice Concerns about Student Safety During PTSA Meeting
JAMESTOWN - A group of concerned parents who are worried about their children's safety gathered at Jamestown High School last night, although no one from the school administration or school board was on hand to hear from them. The Post-Journal is … [Read more...]
City Police Called to Jamestown High School in Response to Fight Involving Multiple Students
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown High School was in emergency lock-down late Wednesday morning and into the afternoon after a fight broke out between six unidentified students. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. and Jamestown Police were called to the … [Read more...]
Jamestown PTAs Honor BOE for School Board Recognition Week
SUBMITTED MEDIA RELEASE JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Public Schools’ PTAs helped celebrate The New York State School Boards Association’s School Board Recognition Week at last night’s board meeting by dedicating a book in honor of each board member … [Read more...]
Superintendent and Staff Report a Successful First Year for Jamestown’s Summer LEAP Program
JAMESTOWN - A new summer education program in Jamestown designed to help local students fall victim to the "summer slide" is apparently working. On Tuesday night the Jamestown School Board met and got an update on the district's Summer LEAP … [Read more...]
Karbacka Named President of the Small Cities School District Association
Jamestown - Jamestown School Board member Nina Karbacka has been named the president of the New York State Association of Small City School Districts (NYSASCSD) for the 2019-20 school year. Karbacka has been a member of NYSASCSD for three years … [Read more...]
Officer Resigns From Jamestown Police Department
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that an officer with the Jamestown Police Department charged in March with criminal possession of a forged instrument has resigned. Jamestown police Chief Harry Snellings told the Post-Journal … [Read more...]
