Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:03 pm
Investment plans for new technology for five St. Lawrence County school districts have been approved under the the state’s Smart Schools program.
According to a press release from the governor’s office, the four plans are among 78 plans approved from school districts statewide which total $59.9 million. Presumably, the plans are to be funded through the state’s $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Act.
The local schools with approved plans include:
• Gouverneur Central School, $334,886 total plan cost, of which $331,200 will be used for classroom technology and $3,686 for non-public schools programs;
• Heuvelton Central, $195,371 total cost which will go classroom technology upgrades;
BRASHER FALLS â The St. Lawrence and Heuvelton school districts have joined other local districts in switching to remote instruction this week after positive cases of COVID-19 were identified in their buildings.
In a Wednesday night Facebook message, St. Lawrence Central School Superintendent Christopher Rose said they were notified at 5 p.m. that they had a positive case of COVID-19 in the high school, and middle and high school students would pivot to remote instruction for Thursday and Friday to give them time to coordinate contract tracing with the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department.
âThe person that tested positive has not been in school since last week but the timeframe falls within the ten days of mandatory quarantine for those who may have been exposed,â Mr. Rose wrote.
YORKTOWN James Gilbert “Jim” Kelly, 75, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, after a brief illness. Jim was born in Yonkers, New York, to Clare and Edward Kelly and was the eldest of seven children.
Jim grew up on the family dairy farm outside Heuvelton, New York, and had fond memories of working on the farm alongside his father and uncles. Jim had a special bond with his Uncle Hugh, who mentored him in his teenage years. Jim enjoyed hunting and trapping on the farm. He first attended school in the one-room schoolhouse at the end of his dirt road and later graduated from Heuvelton Central School.