Tuesday’s Oswego Board of Education meeting was filled with numerous recognitions as this was outgoing board members Maggie Tiballi and Sally Nettles and Superintendent of schools David Fischer’s last meeting. Before the recognition of service to the district could commence, the meeting was clouded by words of recently laid off district employee.

Minetto Elementary will welcome its new principal July 1 from a school district a little ways down the road. Roseann Bayne, the current principal at Williamstown Elementary, has been chosen to lead Minetto Elementary School.

Oswego native Elizabeth Enwright’s hard work has paid off. The soon-to-be 19 year old is scheduled to sing at the prestigious Carnegie Hall June 29 as part of a 75-member honor choir.

Oswego City School District taxpayers will be heading to the polls Tuesday for a budget revote, choosing whether or not to support the amended $67,126,271 budget that reinstated nine positions.

Oswego Superintendent David Fischer will be leaving the Port City to take over the top spot in the Bellingham, Mass. School District.

Kindergarten teacher Kathy Carroll filled in diagrams and acted out certain incidents during cross examination Monday as part of former Riley principal Dean Goewey’s hearing.

Oswego City School District Superintendent of Schools David Fischer has applied for and been named one of four finalists for the superintendent position with the Bellingham School District in Bellingham, Mass.

The Fulton City School District welcomed its newest administrator at its May 28 board of education meeting, promoting Heather Perry as the new principal of Granby Elementary School.

Following the submission of the preliminary report for the New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief, Gov. David A. Paterson announced earlier this week that he would introduce school property tax cap legislation in an attempt to combat the statewide increases in property taxes.

Emotions were high during the public portion of Oswego’s Board of Education meeting Tuesday, where recent board candidate Tom DeCastro was at odds with board president Maggie Tiballi over DeCastro’s request the board not give Superintendent David Fischer a raise.

Emotions were high during the public portion of Oswego’s Board of Education meeting Tuesday, where recent board candidate Tom DeCastro was at odds with board president Maggie Tiballi over DeCastro’s request the board not give Superintendent David Fischer a raise.

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The Oswego Board of Education met Thursday to discuss the budget for the first time since it was defeated last week, opting to increase the tax rate and reinstate nine positions into the budget.

“It’s been a ton of fun,” remarked local student Jake Annal shortly after competing against the nation’s top 280-plus spellers on Thursday at the 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

For the first time since May 2000, the Oswego City School District budget failed Tuesday evening, prompting more questions than answers for district residents.