Official newspaper of the Akron Central School District, Town of Newstead, and Village of Akron
The C Dee Wright Community Ministry Center, in conjunction with Pembroke Central School and the New York State and Federal Funded National School meals for ages 0-18 years old low-income students will be distributing free breakfast and lunch beginning July 13 and running through August 20, 2020.
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Akron Central School stakeholders were invited to be part of a Western New York Regional Reopening Survey which closed for comment on Friday, June 19. The purpose of the survey, offered to stakeholders in 17 Erie County school districts, was to inform the views of school superintendents as they participate in conversations about reopening school in September with the NYSED Reopening Task Force, their own regional dialogue, and planning teams within individual school districts.
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Akron Central School voters adopted the 2020-2021 budget of $33,696,592.00 and re-elected James Grant and Robert Masse to the board of education by absentee ballots counted on Tuesday, June 16, as the process was livestreamed.
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Akron Central School District launched a survey on Tuesday, June 9 in conjunction with 13 other school districts.
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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended the deadline for the return of absentee ballots for the 2020 school district budget vote and board member election. School budget ballots were accepted by hand delivery through 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020, but those also sent via United States Postal Service must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 16, 2020.
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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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