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Jamestown School Board Approves $85 Million Budget, Goes to Public Vote on May 16

April 19, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School Board has approved an $85 million budget for the 2017-18 school year.  There is no tax increase for the 2017-18 budget. The board took action on the spending plan after a lengthy review and discussion during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2017-18 Jamestown School Budget, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Sylvia Root, Vern Connors

Jamestown School Board Search for New Superintendent Moves Forward

April 5, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The effort to find a new superintendent for Jamestown Public Schools is moving along. Last Month the school board selected Western New York Educational Service Council (WNYESC) as the district’s search consultant. The group will help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2017-18 Jamestown School Budget, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Paul Abbott, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains, Western New York Educational Service Council

Jamestown School Board Gets Preliminary Look at Manageable 2017-18 Budget

March 16, 2017 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown School District won’t be facing any layoffs and residents won’t see a tax increase in the 2017-18 school budget. That was the message Wednesday night from District Finance Director Vern Connors, who delivered a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2017-18 Jamestown School Budget, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, New York State Budget, Paul Abbott, Sylvia Root, Tim Mains, Vern Connors

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

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 Public Schools Creates PROMISE Fund to Help Raise Non-Essential Program Revenue

October 26, 2015 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Public Schools has established a community fund that officials say will help aid the district in paying for school programming. The Jamestown Schools PROMISE Fund stands for Providing Resources to Our Mission in Support of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alicia Hodnett, Cameron Hurst, Jamestown Public Schools, John LaMancuso, John Zabrodsky, Kim Pinciaro, Lillian Ney, Mike Goldman, Paul Abbott, PROMISE Fund, Tim Mains, Tina Sandstrom, Victoria Rishell

Mains Presents $77.6M School Budget, Includes 1.5 Percent Tax Increase and Cuts 16 Positions

April 8, 2015 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN, NY - The Jamestown School Board got its first look at the tentative 2015-16 budget, which includes the elimination of 16 positions and also a 1.5 percent tax increase. On Tuesday night Jamestown school superintendent Tim Mains presented … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2015-16 Jamestown School Budget, Chautauqua Striders, Chris Reilly, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Jamestown Teachers Association, Jamestown YWCA, Patrick Slagle, Paul Abbott, Tim Mains, Tom Pope

[LISTEN] Community Matters – Jamestown Public Schools 2015-16 Budget

March 23, 2015 By WRFA Radio Leave a Comment

Originally airing Thursday, March 19, 2015. The Jamestown Public Schools district is facing several challenges as it works to craft and finalize an estimated $78 million budget for the 2015-16 school year. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Local News Tagged With: 2015-16 Budget, Chris Reilly, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Joe DiMaio, Paul Abbott, Shelly Leathers, State Budget, Tim Mains

Jamestown School Board Discusses Potential Budget Cuts

March 19, 2015 By WRFA Radio 1 Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown school officials have started the process of identifying what needs to be done to close a multimillion dollar budget gap. The Jamestown School Board held a two-hour work session on Wednesday to determine which programs could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 2015-16 Jamestown School Budget, Jamestown Public Schools, Jamestown School Board, Joe DiMaio, Paul Abbott, Shelly Leathers, Tim Mains

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