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Congressman Tonko Hosts "Town Hall" Meeting on Schoharie Flood Response at Schoharie High School On Saturday, January 21, Congressman Paul Tonko
hosted a Town Hall Meeting at Schoharie Central School District, to
discuss fl IRS Disaster Loss Toolkit for Individuals IRS Disaster Loss Toolkit for Businesses IRS PowerPoint from Congressman Tonko's Meeting
Board of Education to hold special meeting Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. to discuss re Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Act The Schoharie Central School District Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. in the high school library classroom, to discuss the Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Act. The new state law gives municipalities and school districts the option of reducing 2011 property tax assessments for catastrophically damaged properties. The board will discuss the law, deadlines for municipalities and schools, and several subsequent proposals by Assemblyman Peter Lopez to extend the deadline for voting on the new law, as well as seeking state assistance for local municipalities and schools who would like to participate in the option, but in doing so would sustain considerable financial difficulty. Superintendent Brian Sherman, on behalf of the Board of Education and the school community, has written to Governor Cuomo about the potential impact of the new law and in support of efforts to assist Schoharie County. READ HIS LETTER (PDF)
The Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Act Late last year, the Legislature passed and the Governor enacted the Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Act, a law allowing municipalities and school districts the option of reducing assessments on properties catastrophically damaged by tropical storms Irene and Lee on their 2011 assessment rolls. As enacted, the law, which did not provide reimbursement, set a deadline of Jan. 23, 2012 for municipalities and school districts to decide whether or not to undertake such a reassessment, and a March 8, 2012 deadline for property owners to apply for assessment relief. READ MORE
Credit union teaches skills students can bank on A working branch of the First New York Federal Credit Union at Schoharie Central School is teaching high school students real-time skills in marketing, business, money management and customer service, as well as providing them with future employment opportunities. Meanwhile, their fellow students in the Elementary School are putting math skills into action while learning how to handle, save and invest money. Students earn points for gift cards, movie and prom tickets and can enter a raffle for a U.S savings bond. FULL STORY
Our school is the center of our community
Schoharie Central School serves as the center of our community, a role dramatically underscored by tropical storms Irene and Lee. Spared major damage, we served as a staging area for emergency responders and utility personnel, a functional location for local government services, and most importantly, a resource center for basic necessities, emergency supplies and vital information for area residents. Schoharie Central also offered Internet access following the storms. In consideration of such factors and to better provide for our community, three generators have been installed on our campus. In the event of a major power outage or future natural disaster, they will enable Schoharie Central to provide needed support.
Wrestlers are again victorious at Duals
Schoharie's Wrestling Team was victorious at the Johnstown Duals, defeating Johnstown, Cairo-Durham, Fonda-Fultonville, Canajoharie/Fort Plain, and Warrensburg. The team also won the Albany Academy Duals and the Voorheesville Duals.
Schoharie finances receive another clean audit by independent certified public accounting firm Schoharie Central School District received a clean audit from independent certified public accounting firm Marvin & Company, P.C., for district finances for the 2010-11 school year. A clean audit speaks highly of successful efforts of the district's business office and comes at a time when community confidence in the office is paramount, as schools cope with decreasing financial resources and state aid. READ MORE
Congratulations Honor Roll achievers Congratulations to all of the students who achieved High Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the first quarter of the current school year in the Elementary School and Jr./Sr. High School.
Bus inspection earns high grades from NYSDOT The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has given the Schoharie Central School District Transportation Department a high rating in its school bus safety inspection report for the 2010-11 school year. Of the district’s 55 vehicles inspected by the NYSDOT, 96.4% passed. READ MORE
Visiting graduate intern shares with 2nd graders Jingyuan Yao (right), a graduate intern from Beijing, China, who is working on her master's degree at the University at Albany, visited Ms. McCarthy's second grade class Oct. 27. She observed the students learning, listened as they explained their typical day and answered questions about her home country. Ms. Yao is interning at Schoharie Schools this year working with classes at both the elementary and secondary levels.
School budget news & updates
In June 2011, the State Legislature passed and the Governor enacted a property tax levy limit, commonly referred to as a cap, to limit the annual increase in the tax levies of local governments and school districts. This complex new law affects our school district's 2012-13 budget planning process. Although the new law has been referred to as a “2 percent tax cap,” it does not, in fact, restrict any proposed tax levy increase to 2 percent. What it does is establish a tax levy limit (which will be determined by each school district according to an eight-step, complex formula dictated by the law, and will vary by district) that determines the number of votes needed to pass a school budget. READ MORE
2012-13 school budget development calendar for 2011-12 school year (pdf)
Tropical Storm Irene news & updates Community cafe offers meals, spotlighted in NY Times Read what The New York Times wrote about how the Canteen/Loaves & Fishes Cafe is helping our community: LINK TO ARTICLE
Hope & Cope: Recovering from disaster Project HOPE provides free crisis counseling to help those impacted by Tropical Storm Irene recover. Schoharie Central School is working with Project HOPE on an expressive healing project involving staff and students as a creative way to cope and move forward. Project HOPE is a resource for parents, caregivers of children and others. Call (518)231-2989. READ MOREincluding helpful tips for parents, guardians and other caregivers.
For more storm-related articles visit our Tropical Storm Irene info and news archive section
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ood response, to hear concerns from the community, to answer
questions, and to provide assistance to local businesses running into
roadblocks with recovery efforts. Several federal agencies joined him
including representatives from the IRS, FEMA, the US Department of
Agriculture, and Small Business. The IRS representative provided
material to residents and businesses alike that will help with their
relief from federal income tax filings. The documents are provided here
with permission, so that they can be downloaded. You may click on the
link, or place your cursor on the link and right mouse click, then save
target as (the Toolkit documents are between 90 and 148 pages in length).
All documents are in PDF format.
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