The Amity Board of Education quite enthusiastically welcomed Jennifer Pallon Byars as the district’s next superintendent. She will start in her new position November 15. Byars comes from an assistant ...

The Orange Board of Education presented a budget with a 1.17% increase at the annual town budget hearing April 27.  A majority of the $235,000 increase is in contractual obligations and special educat ...

The Amity Board of Education plans to ask taxpayers to support a budget for the upcoming school year during a town budget hearing April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at High Plains.  The initial plan carried a 1.87 ...

The Board of Education will vote on a new policy regarding food in classrooms at its next monthly meeting on Monday, September 18.  The board had a first read of a policy that states that birthday and ...

The Orange Board of Education’s Policy and Personnel Sub-Committee will present to the full Board of Education a new proposal regarding food in schools at its next monthly meeting on August 21.  At th ...

The Orange Board of Education adopted a calendar for the 2017-2018 school year at its monthly meeting in January.  School will begin on Monday, August 28 and will tentatively end on Thursday, June 7 u ...

While keeping the integrity and goal of the original plan in place, Orange Schools has streamlined and strengthened the focus of its plan for teacher evaluations.  Co-chairs Patty Moffett and Mike Gra ...

  When students return to school in late August, new Chrome Books will be waiting for them. As part of a 1:1 Technology Initiative, students in grades three through six will be using the computer ...

  Starting in September, Orange teachers who live in other towns will have the opportunity to enroll their children in Orange Schools. In April the board adopted a policy that would allow childre ...

The Orange Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of renewing and extending the contract of Superintendent of Schools Vince Scarpetti at its monthly meeting on May 16. Scarpetti joined the dist ...

  The Orange Board of Finance accepted the Board of Education’s $20 million proposed budget in March. Three teacher positions will be eliminated. The district added six teachers for this current ...

The Orange Board of Education will present to the Board of Finance a spending plan that carries a 2.39% increase over this current year’s budget. The increase, according to minutes from the February 4 ...

The Board of Education has named Dr. Evelyn Russo the new Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Personnel for the Orange Public Schools. Russo holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with a ...