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At its March 17 meeting, the BC Board of Education approved an updated version of the 2020-21 Districtwide School Safety that includes a Pandemic Continuity of Operations Plan. The plan has been developed to meet the requirements of subsection (2)(m) of Education Law §2801-a which requires public employers to prepare a plan for the continuation …
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Andrew Baker, the longtime supervisor of the Bethlehem Central School District’s English Language Arts (ELA) department, is expected to be named principal of Slingerlands Elementary School. Baker will succeed Heidi Bonacquist as principal. Bonacquist is retiring in June. Slingerlands Elementary School is one of five K-5 schools in the BC school district. It has a …
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While we remain vigilant about screening for COVID-19, please keep in mind that flu season is here. Updated flu information from the New YorkState Department of Health and other flu facts are always available on our website and a searchable list of locations currently offering flu shots is available from the CDC. Albany County also offers flu vaccines by appointment. …
Drills are an important first step in keeping Bethlehem schools, students and staff safe District staff follow strict, detailed safety protocols during emergency drills. With good training and practice, everyone involved will be better able to react appropriately in the event of an actual emergency. Drills allow administrators, staff and students to mitigate, prepare for and …
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Students, staff wear blue on Oct. 1 to kick off the month with kindness in all of our schools.
It is the second time Durray Mahmood has earned the prestigious award from the University of Chicago.
The Bethlehem Central School District is mourning a member of its staff. Justin T. Brown, 32, an employee of the district’s Technology Department, passed away suddenly at home over the weekend, according to his family. Brown, who worked for Bethlehem for 10 years, was an IT Manager and Senior Network & Systems Engineer. In addition to …
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Teachers touch the lives of so many students and those young people reach out and touch others. One can never truly know the boundaries of their reach, the lives impacted and the differences made. As a teacher, colleague, mentor and valued friend, Chris Porter, fifth-grade teacher, left her mark on all of us. We hold …
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Public budget discussions got underway in Bethlehem at the Feb. 8 Board of Education meeting as Superintendent Jody Monroe presented her 2018 State of the Schools address and Chief Business and Financial Officer Judith Kehoe outlined preliminary figures for the 2018-19 school district budget. The presentations mark the formal beginning of public budget deliberations that …
