Principal Departs At CCS Meccariello Sixth Over Past 8 Years By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com On appointing Anne Meccariello high school principal on March 10, 2020, CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw praised “her sense of loyalty to the district.” It didn’t pan out. She resigned Feb. 26, just short of a year. April 1, Meccariello will become superintendent of schools in the Campbell-Savona Central School District in the Finger Lakes, 25 miles northwest of Corning. “From the…
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Democrats In Albany Considering Final Nail In Common Core Coffin CLICK TO READ FULL NYTIMES ARTICLE…
Common Core Opt-Out Rates Down at Cooperstown Central COOPERSTOWN – Opt-out rates for the Common Core’s English Language Arts test are down from 62 percent to 48 percent, according to Interim Superintendent Mike Virgil. “I overheard one parent saying they had opted out last year, but because the changes that had been made, they let their kid take it this year,” Virgil said. Last year, 62 percent of parents opted out of the test, which is given over three days…
COMMON CORE FOES TARGET HIM Commissioner Who Visited Here In Line For Top Education Post…
REPORT: Common Core Task Force Suggests Teacher-Assessment Delay Governor Cuomo’s Common Core task force draft report is calling for a moratorium on using test scores for teacher evaluations, according to POLITICO New York, which obtained a copy.…
Common Core Takes A Beating At Hearings Across NY State…
At CCS, Curriculum Director Succeeds Executive Principal COOPERSTOWN – Veteran teacher Kristin Butler has been appointed director of curriculum, instruction & assessment, responsible for implementation of the Common Core in the Cooperstown Central School District. The position replaces that of executive principal, created when Lynn Strang was recruited in 2013 to move the testing-base curriculum forward. While she is departing at the end of the school year, Strang’s effort pushed CCS’ 2013 test results into the top 2 percent of schools…
CUOMO WINS CONCESSIONS ON TEACHER EVALUATIONS Despite compromises, Governor Cuomo won “some changes in the way teachers are evaluated and granted tenure,” is how the New York Times is interpreting the content of the state budget bill. The governor’s proposed changes in the Common Core program have sparked teacher and parent protests in Oneonta and Cooperstown that included representation from around Otsego County. The newspaper says: “The final bill does not include percentages for how much particular measurements will count…
In Rain, 75 Teachers, Supporters Rally Against Cuomo Reform Plan ONEONTA – Despite sometimes heavy rain, 75 teachers and their supporters rallied in front of the former Center Street School, now the Oneonta City School District headquarters, voicing antagonism toward Governor Cuomo’s Common Core proposed reforms. The proposed reforms include linking teacher evaluations, and even firings, to success in Common Core testing in math and English. And, if a school fails repeatedly to achieve Common Core minimums, Cuomo is seeking authority…
Cooperstown Students Visit Seward Voice Opposition to Cuomo’s Education Proposals…