Kyle Wind
Kingston elementary school's Scholar's Corner program turns fifth-graders into enthusiastic readers (video)
April 22, 2013 at 1:45 a.m.
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- John F. Kennedy Elementary School teacher Peggy Toscher's fifth-grade class loves to read, but nearly all of her students say that wasn't the case as recently as...
School enrollment falling in Kingston and likely to follow suit countywide
KINGSTON, N.Y. - The school district's enrollment has fallen more quickly than expected, an analysis by school board member James Shaughnessy found. When school officials hired consultant Paul Seversky to...
Stewart's Shops donates $1,000 for Kennedy School playground in Kingston
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Stewart's Shops has donated $1,000 to the effort to create a new playground at John F. Kennedy Elementary School, according to the parent spearheading the effort. Jennifer...
Kingston School Board member worries about BOCES takeover of Carnegie Learning Center
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A member of the Kingston school board opposes the possibility of Ulster BOCES completely taking over the Carnegie Learning Center, while the executive director of the nonprofit...
School board opposes high-stakes testing
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- The Kingston Board of Education has become the latest group of local elected officials to call on state and federal lawmakers to reduce the role of standardized...
Elementary merger will even out class sizes
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Merging Sophie Finn, Zena, and Anna Devine elementary schools with Harry L. Edson, Edward R. Crosby, and Robert Graves elementary schools will even out class sizes across...
Area schools get boost in tentative budget (with school aid chart)
THE tentative budget agreement among top state lawmakers would provide a surge in funding to the region's school districts as part of a $936 million increase in school aid, plus...
$6.95M in Kingston school renovations to be on ballot
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Kingston school district voters will decide whether to authorize a $6.95 million districtwide renovation project and to sell Zena and Anna Devine elementary schools when they cast...
Police probe death of 48-year-old man at town of Olive fire scene
SHOKAN, N.Y. -- A 48-year-man died and a barn was destroyed in what state police Capt. Robert Nuzzo described as "an apparent fatal fire" at a barn adjacent to a...
Police probe death of 48-year-old man at town of Olive fire scene (10 p.m. update)