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From the Administration
News from HVCS
Good News on 2010-11 Budget
The HVCS budget proposed for 2010-11 was
approved by the voters on May 18, as was a critically
important bus proposition and return of
BOE member James Ryan for a second five-year
term.
The budget, passed on a 406 to 247 margin, rearranged
funding and took advantage of some
reserves to get the District through a very tough
year of cuts in State aid. Thanks to the BOE,
Superintendent and Business Administrator, the
budget called for no cuts in student programs, no
employee layoffs, and two attrition-induced faculty
absorptions due to decreased elementary enrollment.
The approved budget is projected as a
3% tax levy increase (the first increase in a threeyear
span that included a 0% increase in year one
and a 2% decrease in year two), however, with
the state budget still not completed, final numbers
on 2010-11 tax increases are still just an estimate.
Also approved May 18 was the annual bus
proposition, this year‘s even more important as
the three busses approved by voters leveraged
three more busses for purchase – at no additional
cost to the District - via a U.S. Department of
Energy grant. The bus proposition passed by 381
to 237.
Reelected to his second five-year term on May
18 was current BOE Vice President James Ryan,
who ran unopposed for the seat.
Newsletter Going to the Web
To help save resources both natural and financial,
future issues of the district newsletter will be
available on the school‘s website at
www.hoosicvalley.k12.ny.us. rather than being
mailed to individual homes. Community members
can sign up to have the newsletter sent directly to
their e-mail. Details on how to do this will be
posted on the website soon. Anyone who wishes
to receive a paper copy of the newsletter may still
do so by contacting the district clerk‘s office at
753-4458.
2010 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
The Valedictorian for the class of 2010 is
Lauren Ross-Hixson, daughter of Angela
Ross-Hixson and Mark Hixson of Johnsonville.
Lauren received the 2010 Scholarship
for Academic Excellence from
New York State, is a Scholar Athlete,
received the Frederick Douglass and
Susan B. Anthony Humanities and Social
Sciences award from the University of
Rochester, and Excellence in Jazz award,
and is an area All-State Band member.
In addition to taking a challenging program of study, Lauren has
been a member of the National Honor Society, school musicals,
Jazz Band, Select Chorus, Foreign Language club, and participated
in cross country, soccer, and track and field. She is also involved
with 4-H.
Lauren will attend SUNY Binghamton to study anthropology
and international relations.
The Salutatorian, Ethan Herrington, is the
son of Nancy Herrington of Johnsonville
and the late Keith Herrington. Ethan
ranks 2nd in this challenging academic
program. He received the 2010 Scholarship
for Academic Excellence from New
York State, a Presidential Scholarship
from Rochester Institute of Technology
and is a Scholar Athlete. He was nominated
for the Robert C. Byrd Honors
Scholarship. As a junior he attended
Boys‘ State and received the Xerox Innovation and Information
Technology Award.
Ethan is a member of the National Honor Society, Mock Trial,
and the Varsity track team. He also does the lighting for the school
musical.
Ethan will attend Rochester Institute of Technology for computer
engineering.
Three Alices
and a cast of
100 students
brought Alice
in Wonderland
to life at
Hoosic
Valley. See
the story on
page 6.
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