Chester school budget, capital project and BOE vote on May 17 The community is encouraged to participate in the school budget vote, capital project proposition and school board election... News 09 May 2022 | 03:24
Chester school budget and BOE vote offers options on money, tech and people Registered voters can vote in person or request an absentee ballot. There will also be a District Art Show and STEM Presentation... Local News 03 May 2022 | 06:59
Front Row: Danielle Pelicano, 8th Grade Science Teacher; Tyra Busigo, Social Worker; Jana Circosta, Reading Teacher, Angela Tandy, Pre-Kindergarten Teacher; Back Row: Denis Petrilak, Superintendent of Schools, Christopher De Lao, 8th Grade English Teacher; Rebecca Davis, School Psychologist; Victoria Garloch, Grade 1-2 Teacher; Justin Bourne, Grade 4-5 Teacher; Benjamin Heyer, Middle School Technology Teacher; Frank Sambets, Board of Education President. Not pictured: Mary Kate Boesch, Chester Elementary School Principal; Kimberly Ann Christie, Middle School Art Teacher; Jennifer Daly, Health Teacher; Julienne Dorceus, Chemistry Teacher. New teachers introduced Chester. The Chester Union Free School District Board of Education introduced new members of the Chester Elementary School... Local News 19 Oct 2021 | 05:20
The Associated Press reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has threatened a 20 percent permanent across-the-board cut in aid to schools, hospitals and local governments if Congress doesn’t enact more aid to replace the state’s lost revenue. School administrators in Chester and Goshen are preparing contingency plans to deal with what may happen next to funding. Dangerous waters ahead for school funding In past years budgets adopted in the spring have enabled local public schools to chart a safe course for the coming year.... Local News 30 Sep 2020 | 12:26
Caleb Garver, grade 11, looks through some old yearbooks as part of his work on “The Maple Avenue Memorial Film" Chester students weigh in as voters consider fate of the Maple Avenue School Over the past few months, there’s been much squabble and debate as to what should be done with the old Maple Avenue School,... Home 19 Feb 2020 | 12:25
This historical photo shows "the Miller site" as it appeared before the Maple Avenue School was built on it. By leaps and bounds: A history of Chester’s Maple Avenue School It had happened before and would happen again: as Chester grew, its citizens had to decide how it would accommodate a growing... Local News 14 Feb 2020 | 12:19
The old junior/senior high school on Maple Avenue 1935 school may be demolished to make way for athletic facilities It was standing-room-only at Monday night’s meeting in the Village of Chester, as residents came out to hear about the proposed... Local News 15 Jan 2020 | 05:11
John Flanagan ( Jacob Mott) Chester Academy's new principal believes in the power of small schools The start to the school year can be a pretty intimidating time. Students are busy figuring out their schedules, making new... Local News 27 Sep 2019 | 01:05
With the book box at Village Hall (from left): Danielle August, past-president of Kiwanis Club of Chester and chair of the book box program; Susan Bahren, president of the Kiwanis Club of Chester; Denis Petrilak, Chester Superintendent of Schools; and Chester Mayor Tom Bell. ( Photo provided) Kiwanis installs children's book box at village hall The Chester Kiwanis Club recently installed a community book box at village hall "to provide the children of our community,... Local News 17 Sep 2019 | 01:52
