Official newspaper of the Akron Central School District, Town of Newstead, and Village of Akron
A Fire Truck parade planned this Friday night (June 5) to celebrate the Akron Class of 2020, on what would have been their prom night, was moved to 6:30 p.m., from the original 20:20 military time start, late Tuesday, in response to a curfew in Erie County.
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Readers raised questions relative to the privacy of votes cast in the Akron Central School District annual budget and board member election after receiving their absentee ballots last week. Absentee balloting is the only way to vote this year. The Akron Bugle reached out to the District office following receipt of those questions. This morning the District issued the following notice regarding privacy concerns over the casting of absentee ballots for the June 9, 2020 School Budget Vote and Board of Education elections.School districts across New York State have been receiving questions from voters in receipt of an absentee ballot
Read morePatrick D. McCabe Akron Central School Superintendent of Schools posted an update to the school website on May 15, 2020 as follows. Dear Families of the Akron Central School District:
Read moreTown of Newstead Supervisor David Cummings told Town Board members Monday night that Newstead will receive a share of the one million masks Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz recently obtained.
Read moreAs the end of the 2019-20 school year begins to wind down, traditions morphing into something new and different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor’s Executive Order will keep Akron Schools closed through the end of the school year, while learning continues with online teaching and assignments or paper materials for those without internet access. In the meantime, substitutes for year-end celebrations and events will have to do, making for unique memories during unprecedented times, particularly for Akron Central High School seniors and their families.
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Burial for Thomas “Coach” Wetzen who entered into rest Saturday, April 25, will take place on Friday, May 1, 2020 with a Funeral Procession leaving Ross Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. heading through town, past Wetzen Field and ending at St. Teresa’s Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to the Veteran’s Association. Condolences and memories began flooding social media as news of the death, of retired Akron Central School Physical Education teacher, Athletic Director, and Coach Thomas Wetzen, on Saturday, April 25, 2020 began
Read moreThe weekly COVID-19 Akron/Newstead Public Safety Team reports to Town of Newstead and Village of Akron Emergency Services Coordinator Dan Kowalik announced the Town of Newstead’s highway department return to a full-time work schedule on Monday, April 27. The department is working 4 ten-hour days (Monday through Thursday). Daily temperature monitoring and other COVID-19 protocols are in place.
Read morePreventing academic harm to students is an Akron Central School and State Department of Education focus during the current school closures and on-line instruction model.
Read moreAkron Central Superintendent of Schools Patrick McCabe updated the Board of Education on variables impacting the proposed 2020-2021 school year budget during their meeting last week.
Read moreThe Akron Central School District recently received the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education for the eighth consecutive year.
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