The Mary P. Van Derzee Special Educator of the Year award is given annually to an East Greenbush Central School District employee who goes above and beyond for students with special needs. Due to extraordinary circumstances this past school year, this prestigious award was presented to the entire Special Education Department. Congratulations!
The East Greenbush Central School District was informed today that one student from Donald P. Sutherland Elementary School and one student from Genet Elementary School have tested positive for COVID-19. The two cases are unrelated and due to the timeline of when the students were last in school and when they became infectious, there was no exposure at the schools that would require contact tracing. The district concluded this with the direction of Rensselaer County Health Department. There will be no impact on the school schedule related to these confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The East Greenbush Central School District has postponed plans to bring back all kindergarten students for full time in-person learning due to increasing cases of COVID-19 in the region and within the school community. Superintendent Jeff Simons made the recommendation to the Board of Education at Wednesday evening’s public meeting.
The Board of Education approved a proposal at its public meeting on Wednesday evening to schedule midterm exams at Columbia High School for Tuesday, January 19 through Friday, January 22. The midterms would be administered virtually with students at home and teachers at Columbia High School.
The East Greenbush Central School District was notified today that a Howard L. Goff Middle School student has tested positive for COVID-19. The district has completed its contact tracing and identified six students as contacts who must enter mandatory quarantine at home through Tuesday, December 22. There will be no impact on the school schedule related to this confirmed case of COVID-19.