The Board of Education’s February 14th meeting will be live-streamed for members of the community. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. and can be viewed at the link below. Meeting participants must be logged in using a GFSD-domain email address. If you don’t have one, please follow the steps below to register and access the …
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A GF Nation tradition was back this year, and the “Pennies for Pink” drive once again netted thousands of dollars for gas cards to get local cancer patients to and from their treatments! “We had a grand total of $3,699 raised for 2021 … or as I like to say, 147 times that all of …
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Dear GF Nation Families: As the COVID pandemic keeps evolving, we are responding to new developments involving the statewide face mask mandate. As you’ve likely heard, a state judge on Long Island has ruled against the state’s mask mandate, but more litigation is expected. All NYS school districts have been contacted by the State Education Department …
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COVID-19 health and safety guidance from the state and local health departments continues to evolve, and we remain committed to providing staff and families with clear, updated information on the latest guidance on COVID-19 testing, quarantine and isolation. Effective immediately, Glens Falls City Schools will use the following protocols when allowing individuals to return to …
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Dear School Community members, The purpose of this message is to introduce you to the process for our superintendent search, following Superintendent Paul Jenkins’s retirement announcement last month, and to ask for your input. An important early phase of this process provides an opportunity to gain perspective on what’s important to you for the district …
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The Board of Education’s January 10th regular meeting was held in-person in the GFHS auditorium, for social distancing. It was also live-streamed for members of the community. The meeting began at 7 p.m. and can be viewed below.
Dear Families: As announced last week by the state and local departments of health, COVID-19 booster doses are now required to be considered completely vaccinated, for all eligible people age 12 and up. Your child’s booster status now determines whether or not they quarantine after close exposure to a COVID-positive person. (See details here.) To help families …
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Looking for COVID case/quarantine data or current protocols? Click the link below to get to the Pandemic Response page for 2021-22: Pandemic Operations for 2021-22
Dear Families: Warren County Health Services has implemented New York’s January 4th guidelines for isolation and quarantine in COVID-19 cases. New York’s full interim guidance can be found online at: https://on.ny.gov/3HFu50Z KEY POINTS: Most isolations (you’re positive) and quarantines (you’re exposed) are decreasing to five days, as of today. You must be asymptomatic/feeling better on Day 5 to release. If you are currently …
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The Board of Education’s December 29, 2021 special meeting to discuss superintendent search parameters was live-streamed for members of the community. The virtual meeting can be viewed below.
