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NYSSBA report finds bus driver shortages plague New York State schools
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FOR RELEASE: February 7, 2019
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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More than eight in 10 school transportation directors in New York consider driver shortage either their "number one" problem/concern (60 percent) or a "major" problem/concern (23 percent), according to a report by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA), New York Association for Pupil Transportation (NYAPT) and National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT).
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2019 NYSSBA Capital Conference Media Advisory
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FOR RELEASE: February 5, 2019
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CONTACT: Al Marlin, Communications Manager
(518) 783-3723 or (518) 527-6933 cell
@nyschoolboards
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NYS Education Commissioner Elia, Assistant Counsel to Governor Cuomo
Terry Pratt and Senate Education Chair Shelley Mayer
headline school boards advocacy event
NYSSBA’S Capital Conference also features NYS Teacher of the Year
MEDIA ADVISORY and PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
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NYSSBA poll finds board members are wary of guns in schools
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FOR RELEASE: February 1, 2019
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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More than seven in 10 school board members in New York State do not support arming school staff, according to the results of a new poll by the New York State School Boards Association.
Arming school staff was one of the recommendations made by a federal panel created by President Trump to study safety in U.S. schools. The Federal Commission on School Safety was formed in response to the February 2018 school shootings in Parkland, Fla.
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School Boards Association launches new website, "The School Board Member Experience"
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FOR RELEASE: January 31, 2019
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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Website serves as a resource for general public to learn about school boards;
offers inside view of school board service
Petition deadline for school board elections is April 22
A new website provides comprehensive resources for individuals interested in learning about school board service.
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Statement from NYSSBA on high school graduation rates in 2018
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FOR RELEASE: January 30, 2019
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CONTACT: Al Marlin, Communications Manager
(518) 783-3723 or (518) 527-6933 cell
@nyschoolboards
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It’s good to hear that New York’s four-year graduation rates continue to move in the right direction and that gaps between minority students and their white peers continue to narrow. As the commissioner noted, the pace of progress, once again, is not as rapid or substantial as we all would like, but the steady improvement is encouraging.
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Statement from NYSSBA Executive Director Timothy G. Kremer on the governor's budget proposal
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FOR RELEASE: January 15, 2019
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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Governor Cuomo’s budget continues his crusade to erode local-level school decision making by proposing a state formula to determine funding for individual school buildings and making the tax cap permanent.
We appreciate the governor’s desire to direct funds to the neediest schools, but we disagree with the notion that a state formula devised in Albany can distribute funds to thousands of individual school buildings more fairly and effectively than the locally elected board of education in those communities.
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School boards release five key principles for APPR reform
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FOR RELEASE: January 10, 2019
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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As state lawmakers prepare to tackle reforms to the state’s Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) system for teachers and principals, the New York State School Boards Association today released five key principles that lawmakers should incorporate into APPR reforms.
"By all accounts, the state Legislature will fast-track legislation to change the state’s system for evaluating teachers and principals," said NYSSBA Executive Director Timothy G. Kremer. "NYSSBA urges lawmakers to consider these principles before taking any action on this issue."
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New report questions whether schools in New York have enough psychologists to meet student mental health needs
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FOR RELEASE: December 4, 2018
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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Twenty-nine percent of school superintendents in New York State said their school districts lack enough school psychologists to meet student needs. And among school psychologists, a whopping 66 percent believe there is not enough capacity to meet their needs.
Those findings come from surveys by the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) and the New York Association of School Psychologists (NYASP). |
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NYSSBA poll results: Students need better preparation in “civic readiness”
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FOR RELEASE: November 8, 2018
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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Only 50 percent of school board members who responded to a recent NYSSBA poll said their districts are sufficiently preparing students to understand the role citizens play in a democracy. Accordingly, more than two-thirds would like to see civic readiness become a graduation requirement in New York. |
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School Boards Association Convention Will Explore Challenging School Safety Issues
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FOR RELEASE: October 22, 2018
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CONTACT: David Albert
(518) 783-3716 or (518) 320-2221 cell
@nyschoolboards
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Two professional seminars examining communications and legal challenges surrounding school safety will set the stage on Thursday, Oct. 25, for the New York State School Boards Association’s 99th Annual Convention and Education Expo in New York City.
Dr. Janet M. Robinson, superintendent of the Newtown Public School District at the time of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012, will be among the featured speakers during NYSSBA’s Pre-Convention Communications Workshop, "Communicating Under Pressure," at the New York Hilton Midtown. |
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