Schools prepare for delta variant By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With the delta variant of the coronavirus virus causing jumps in cases across the county and the country, some Otsego County school districts are gearing up to welcome kids back to classes with masks on. This is based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, which has labeled Otsego County as a “substantial transmission” area where, in theory, masks are recommended indoors regardless of vaccination status. COVID…
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Alum, SUNY Oneonta grad take CCS jobs By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown Central School has new leadership in its middle/high school again. The school’s Board of Education has made two hires in the past month, picking Karl O’Leary as the new principal and Shirley Tyler as the new coordinator of athletics and extra-curricular activities. O’Leary started his career as an English teacher and served as principal of Moravia Central School for two years and most recently as…
Leonard became Milford’s pioneer wrestler, Coop legend Despite losing senior season to pandemic, grappling career will continue with college recruitment By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MARYLAND — As he could see his senior season of wrestling being washed away by the coronavirus pandemic, 2021 Milford Central School graduate Avery Leonard said he relied on his philosophy of life, “worry about what you can control, let go of everything you can’t control.” “I have always run with that saying,”…
After COVID delay, Cooperstown teacher plans overseas trip for 2022 By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For more than 15 years Cooperstown High School history teacher Jennifer Pindar has loved leading student groups on educational trips abroad, a tradition she will continue after the coronavirus pandemic canceled last year’s trip. In 2022, Pindar will lead a student trip to London, Belgium and Amsterdam. The destinations were agreed on in consultation with educational travel company World Strides. Along with Pindar,…
Rotary announces 2021 award winners The Cooperstown Rotary Foundation announced the winners of two scholarships for 2021 graduates during a ceremony Tuesday, July 6, at The Otesaga Resort Hotel. Cooperstown Central graduate Ellie Hotaling is the recipient of the Catherine Davis Black Scholarship. William Moody, an Oneonta High School and BOCES graduate, is the recipient of the Michael Mayne scholarship. Moody and Hotaling were acknowledged at their high schools’ commencement ceremonies and received the $1,200 scholarships at the Rotary Club’s…
EDITORIAL The speech I did not give to the class of 2021 About two weeks ago I got a message from the other Tara in my life, Cooperstown Sports Booster Club President Tara Loewenguth, letting me know that despite COVID restrictions I was invited to the annual end-of-year sports banquet. It wasn’t an unusual text and I politely declined. I don’t do a lot of banquets, but as a Cooperstown booster and after a fun spring of sports coverage, I…
LETTER from DOUGLAS GEERTGENS We should remember the purpose of schools, stick to the mission they represent Often when we ask ourselves a question, it brings up another question. You might ask, “what is a school?” Merriam-Webster offers that it is; “an organization that provides instruction: such as … an institution for the teaching of children.” Okay, so why do we have these institutions known as schools? For as long as there have been humans, there has been the need…
LETTER from MICHAEL STEIN Critical race theory isn’t being taught in K-12 schools; debate is a distraction Protestations to the contrary notwithstanding, no one is advocating teaching critical race theory at CCS or any other K-12 school for that matter. Discrimination and prejudice based upon race and class is a documented feature of American history. They say that those who ignore history are bound to repeat it. Our country can ill afford to repeat the sins of our past, so…
Cooperstown wins section baseball title with extra-innings walkoff By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Alex Hage’s walk-off single to left field scored pinch runner P.J. Kiuber to give top seeded Cooperstown its third Section III Class C baseball title in five years, with a 4-3 eight-inning win over No. 3 Port Byron in the C1 tournament championship Saturday, June 12, at Damaschke Field. “Right off the bat, I knew. We won,” said Hage, a senior who plays…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JUNE 6 Skate Party For Pride SKATE WITH PRIDE – 6 p.m. Join the Otsego Pride Alliance for fun skate party featuring laser tag, and a snack bar. Skate rentals $1. RSVP required. Interskate 88, 5185 St. Rt. 23, Oneonta. 607-386 1508 or visit www.facebook.com/otsegopride/…