Month: June 2019

Joint Release – Niskayuna Central School District and the Niskayuna Educational Support Personnel Association (NESPA) Board of Education approves NESPA contract agreement through 2023 At its meeting on June 18, the Board of Education approved a contract agreement with the Niskayuna Educational Support Personnel Association that provides wage increases for current unit employees and boosts …

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At the Board of Education’s meeting on Tuesday, June 18, experienced instructional leader Marie Digirolamo was appointed as the district’s assistant superintendent for instruction. Digirolamo is currently the director of world language, social studies and English as a new language. In the assistant superintendent role, she is replacing Lauren Gemmill, who has been named Capital …

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District’s top instructional leadership position to be filled from within Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Lauren Gemmill recently announced that she had been selected as the assistant district superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Capital Region BOCES. She will begin in the position in July, after more than a decade as an instructional leader in Niskayuna. …

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The Niskayuna Community Foundation, a geographic fund of The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, surprised two Niskayuna High School teachers today by presenting them with the 16th annual Murray Award for Excellence in Education. The awards were presented to Bryan Mattice, a Social Studies teacher and Donna McAndrews, the librarian. A crowd of …

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Information for our School Community In response to issues raised at a Board of Education meeting earlier this month, Superintendent Cosimo Tangorra, Jr. and three representatives of the Board of Education are meeting today with instructional and support staff bargaining unit leaders. This meeting is a follow-up to issues presented by the employee group representatives …

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