Students challenge CCS to confront racism, bullying in schools Cooperstown High School senior Amelia Williams rose without hesitation when Board of Education President Tim Hayes opened the public comment portion of the panel’s December 16 meeting in the school’s media center. In the few minutes of time allotted to any such speaker, Ms. Williams delivered a personal message describing her experiences on the receiving end of racist and discriminatory behavior in the school’s hallways and on her school bus. “I’ve…
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READ PROFILE OF CCS INTERIM SUPER Laurens Superintendent To Fill Interim Position At Cooperstown Central Romona Wenck Begins Duties On Oct. 1 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bill Crankshaw will be leaving Cooperstown’s school superintendent post Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, he will be succeeded as interim super by Romona N. Wenck, who retired last summer from Laurens Central as the longest-serving superintendent in Otsego County. “We’re very fortunate to have her,” said CCS board President…
Cooperstown, Oneonta Face Common Problem That the aristocratic Village of Cooperstown and funky City of Oneonta are so different adds texture and richness to the experience of living in Otsego County. Different as they may be, it turns out they are united by the same challenge: Both lack sufficient housing to thrive. Cooperstown’s school and downtown are suffering from a declining population. Oneonta’s colleges and institutions attract young professionals, but many have to commute from afar. Thinking people understand it:…
COOPERSTOWN MUST BUILD Bassett Staffers Would Fill Any New Housing By TIM HAYES • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. For those who are counting, that’s one “housing” for every year since I served on the Cooperstown Village Board’s Subcommittee on Economic Sustainability, where housing became a primary recommendation. Since then, the physical manifestation of village policies has been parking, parks and pavement. Hardly housing. Why housing? Because, historically, housing nearly always accompanied…
‘LIVE BIRTHS’ & ENROLLMENT Fears About Football, Tied To Drop In Pupils By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – Matt Phillips, CCS ’02, shared a poignant story of his family’s affection for Redskins (now Hawkeyes) football, and the 200 fans in the CCS high school auditorium applauded. “If not for football,” said Phillips, today Clark Sports Center’s Activities & Group Reservations director, “I wouldn’t have come to school.” Cooperstown varsity football has had bad years, for sure, but always…
NO PLAN YET, CCS BOARD SAYS CROWD FEARFUL FOOTBALL GOING By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Some 200 people filled the high school cafeteria for a half-hour this evening, expressing fears to the Cooperstown Central school board that the development of the 2020-21 budget would bring an end to varsity football and curtail other extra-curricular activities. Despite the size of the crowd, school board President Tim Hayes cut off discussion after the 30 minutes scheduled for public…
$19 MILLION BUDGET OK’D CCS Voters Pick Hayes, Spencer COOPERSTOWN – Incumbent Tim Hayes was reelected to the Cooperstown Central school board today, joined by newcomer Gillian Spencer. The tallies were Hayes 283, Spencer 280, Kim Jastremski 272, Jeff Woeppel 246, and Bruce Markusen 188. The $19 million 2017-18 budget was approved, 577-211. Leasing a new bus was approved, 584-85. The budget for the Cooperstown library and Hartwick’s Kinney Library was approved, 526-146. …
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Short Shorts Show Candidates’ Divides Did Dress Code ‘Shame Bodies,’ Or Put Students In Frame Of Mind To Learn? By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Short shorts enlivened this evening’s League of Women Voters’ forum. “What’s enough?” asked citizen Richard Blabey, referencing the in-school mini-furor when eight female students who showed up at the high school in short shorts on April 11, the first day when temperatures got into the 70s, and were taken out of class and…