As you have probably heard, school districts across the state are facing severe bus driver shortages. Like our neighboring districts, BH-BL could be the next in line to temporarily cancel a bus route due to bus driver shortages. The Transportation Department is currently operating with just enough bus drivers and monitors to complete the district’s …
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Throughout the school year, district leaders will be monitoring Department of Health and CDC guidelines and recommendations and revisiting district protocols to make any necessary adjustments to BH-BL’s Tiered Mitigation Plan. This past week, based on new guidance and internal reviews, adjustments were made to the plan. [VIEW PLAN HERE] On Monday, the district put …
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Board of Education Virtual Meeting links Wednesday, Oct. 20: The Board of Education will meet virtually at 7 p.m. If you are planning to address the board via Privilege of the Floor, please email Board Secretary Dottie Salvatore at dsalvatore@bhbl.org to be added to the POF list. [GOOGLE MEET LINK TO VIRTUAL 10/20 BOARD MEETING] …
In a joint press conference today, BH-BL Superintendent Patrick McGrath, Scotia-Glenville School Superintendent Swartz, Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle, and the Glenville Police Department announced their continued efforts to support the community-to-school partnerships by entering into a School Resource Officer program at both BH-BL and Scotia Glenville. This program provides BH-BL with a full-time Glenville Police …
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Now that BH-BL students are back to school full time, district leaders continue to fine tune practices and protocols related to helping reduce the spread of COVID among students and staff. Upon reviewing the patterns of the past few weeks of school, district officials have learned that when students need to be placed in quarantine …
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UPDATED 9-16-2021 A lot of thought has gone into how to handle large-scale outdoor events, like football games and homecoming. These are events that the entire community typically looks forward to every fall, and school leaders want to continue to hold them even during the pandemic. Therefore, as of now, attendance at large-scale outdoor events …
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In an effort to keep BH-BL parents and community in the know about COVID requirements and mandates, we are sharing the current requirements given to BH-BL by the NYS Department of Health for symptomatic students. Below is the protocol to be followed when a student has the following symptom(s) associated with COVID-19. This protocol will …
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After moving to executive session at the start of the Sept. 7, the BH-BL Board of Education reconvened and decided to adjourn the meeting and reschedule it as a Special Meeting of the Board on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be virtual and live streamed. [WATCH THE LIVE STREAM] Board President …
September 1, 2021 was opening day for BH-BL staff. The excitement to be back was palpable! Embedded YouTube Video about back to school
As school leaders and staff prepare for the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, and bring all students back to school full time, there are still some questions about how this school year will look in regards to the ongoing pandemic and health and safety measures that may need to be put in place at …
