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Root Sworn in as Interim Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent

March 1, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School District has a new top administrator. On Tuesday night Interim Superintendent Sylvia Root was sworn in and will assume the role previously held by former Superintendent Tim Mains, who left the district at the end of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains

[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown Public Schools Focuses on Trans Student Policy

February 17, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Feb. 16, 2017. The Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education in Jamestown NY is given details and information to consider in regards to establish policy for transgender students in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: Community Matters, Deborah Piotrowski, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Tim Mains, Transgender

Jamestown School Officials Learn More about Legal Implications of Transgender Policy for Students

February 15, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board received its final presentation regarding transgender student policy during its board meeting at Lincoln School on Tuesday night. Following up on a presentation last month about challenges transgender … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Pine Bush Central School District, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains, Title IX, Transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

Jamestown School Board Receives Second of Three Transgender Student Presentations

January 25, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board is continuing its effort to settle on a new policy for protecting Transgender Students in the district. On Tuesday night, Superintendent Tim Mains and Jamestown High School nurse practitioner Deborah Piotrowski … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Deborah Piotrowski, Helen Walther, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Southern Tier Trans Network, Tim Mains

Jamestown School Board to Meet Tuesday Night

January 24, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board will hold a regular Meeting Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the School Board Room, located in the school administration building on Martin Rd. JAN. 24 MEETING AGENDA Among the items on the agenda is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board

Jamestown School Board Names Interim Superintendent

January 13, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board has appointed an interim superintendent to manage the school after current Superintendent Tim Mains leaves the district at the end of February. School officials announced on Thursday night that Sylvia Root … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2017-18 Jamestown School Budget, David O'Rourke, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Pine Bush Central School District, Potsdam Central School District, Springville-Griffin Institute Central School District, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains

Mains to Leave as Jamestown School Superintendent at the End of February

January 12, 2017 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools will soon start looking for a new superintendent. On Wednesday the school district announced that current superintendent Tim Mains will be leaving the district at the end of February to take a job at the Pine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Deke Kathman, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Pine Bush Central School District, Rochester City School District, Tim Mains

Jamestown Public Schools Reaches Contract Agreement with Teachers Union

December 2, 2016 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools and the Jamestown Teachers Association (JTA) have announced the joint-approval a new collective bargaining agreement teachers. The Jamestown school board approved the JTA Contract at its board meeting Thursday, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Chris Reilly, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Jamestown Teachers Association, Paul Abbott

Jamestown Residents Head to Library to Vote on Tax Referendum

June 7, 2016 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Prendergast Library’s $850,000 tax proposal will go before voters in Jamestown Tuesday. Any resident who is eligible to vote in the Jamestown School Board elections will be able to vote on the funding referendum, which calls for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: James Prendergast Library, Jamestown School Board, Prendergast Library Funding Initiative

Pawelski Wins Jamestown School Board Seat via Write-In Campaign, Slagle Wins Reelection

May 18, 2016 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

MAYVILLE - The votes are in and every school budget in Chautauqua County has been overwhelmingly approved by voters. The Chautauqua County Board of Elections reports that all 18 districts in the county saw their budgets approved by voters. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2016-17 Jamestown School Budget, Chautauqua County Board of Elections, Jamestown School Board, Jeffrey Yeates, Joe DiMaio, Joe Pawelski, Patrick Slagle, School Elections, Todd Rushforth

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