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Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District administrators have put together a preliminary plan to use state funds to improve district wide classroom connectivity, which will ultimately improve students’ learning experiences and basic operational functions, such as attendance and grade reporting.  The Smart Schools Bond Act (SSBA) was passed as part of the 2014-15 New York state budget …

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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District is poised to break ground on a capital project that will improve energy efficiencies, modernize instructional spaces and improve health and security measures. In December 2019, district residents approved a $33 million capital project that includes work across the district. The bulk of the 18-month project will be focused on …

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Fourteen Jamesville-DeWitt High School seniors have earned the New York State Seal of Biliteracy (NYSSB), which prepares students with 21st-century language skills and signifies to future employers that the graduates have biliteracy skills.  The NYSSB recognizes high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing in one …

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Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District officials are anticipating that the district may be able to offer a full-day universal prekindergarten program for four-year-olds during the 2021-22 school year.  “This is really a wonderful opportunity for the school district to expand its mission to include our community’s youngest children and give them a solid foundation on which …

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At the sound of a tone and a jingle of music over the school public address system, Tecumseh Elementary School students immediately put down their pencils or crayons, pulled books from their bags or desks and began to read.  Classrooms schoolwide were silent for 15-20 minutes each school day during Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) …

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On May 18, voters will decide whether the Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District Board of Education will continue the practice of including a non-voting student member on the board.  In 2019, voters approved a proposition to include an ex-officio student board member, which they must reauthorize every two years. There is no financial compensation for any …

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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District is proposing to purchase five new school buses for what it typically pays to buy four.  The buses the district is proposing to buy include three new 2022 65-passenger gasoline Bluebird buses for $111,487 each, one new 2020 65-passenger gasoline Bluebird bus for $84,294 and one new 2018 65-passenger gasoline …

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The Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District is planning a number of COVID-19 health and safety precautions for the May 18 budget vote and school board election, including moving the polls inside J-D High School’s main gymnasium.  Voters will park in the same lots as they have in past years, but instead of entering and voting in …

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A group of Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District students may not have realized it, but they were practicing their academic and social skills and rallying their school community while  “selling” lemonade to benefit two local nonprofit organizations. On April 6 and 9, the Tecumseh Learning Pad held its 7th annual “lemonade stand,” which raised a record-breaking $2,180 …

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