Photos: Genet Fun Day

School Budget Vote and Board Election - May 21

The East Greenbush CSD has proposed a school budget for 2024-25 that maintains all programs and services with a 0.55% tax levy increase, which is within the NYS Property Tax Cap. Residents will also vote on a $116 million capital project that would improve school facilities and grounds across the district with no impact to local taxpayers, the replacement of eight school buses, which if approved by voters, will be fully paid for by the Bus Purchase Reserve Fund, and elect three individuals to the Board of Education.

Students playing badminton at Genet Fun Day on Monday.

Genet Elementary School hosted its annual Fun Day on Monday with students participating in games and activities throughout the school day. Students rotated through stations that included relay races, kickball, volleyball, pickleball, project adventure, cornhole, kan jam, water balloon toss and parachute games.

The event started with Principal Wayne Grignon being dropped into a dunk tank as a school-wide prize for the Ronald McDonald Reading Program. Genet students raised a total of $5,273.75 for the Ronald McDonald House, meeting the principal’s challenge. Second grader Jack Brewer raised the highest total amount so we was the first person to try and dunk Mr. Grignon. On his third and final throw, he hit the target and Mr. Grignon was sent falling into the water.

Other students and staff were given the opportunity to try and dunk Mr. Grignon, including Valerie Fink, Ari Fitzgerald, Dominic Magnetro, Kayla Willbrandt, Mrs. Mancini, Mrs. Giordano, Mr. Howland, Mrs. Nagashima, Mrs. Wager and Sgt. Tubbs from the East Greenbush Police Department.

Special thanks to everyone who made this event possible – Physical Education teachers Kevin Leyhane and Noah Vice, Genet teachers and staff, parent volunteers, the PTO for sponsoring the lunch and the East Greenbush Police Department for stopping by!