Oneonta Schools

Joe Yelich, Oneonta City School District's Superintendent, is on the down slide to his first year in that role and has shared with me how that first year has been going, what challenges the Oneonta School District faces, and details about the upcoming budget vote.

Voters in school districts across the state head to the polls today to vote on school budgets, fill board of education seats and approve purchase for the coming school year. In Oneonta, school Superintendent David Rowley says the Board of Education had a lot of tough choices to make this year in the proposed budget, which represents a 2.7 percent total tax levy increase.

The Oneonta City School District buildings capital project is coming up for a vote on Tuesday, Jan. 8. OCSD Superintendent David Rowley talks about the security issue that the capital project will cover.

A this week’s Oneonta school district board meeting, parents addressed the school board with their concerns with some of the school busing problems that have arisen in the first week of this school year after the closing of Center Street Elementary.