CANTON â Superintendent Ronald P. Burke learned how to swim at the Canton Central School District pool in 1976.
Small leaks have been bandaged â as have similar âleaksâ across the districtâs three buildings, parking lots and critical infrastructure â but district voters on Tuesday approved a multi-million dollar, multi-year revival.
One incumbent and four newcomer Board of Education members were elected from seven candidates, and all four ballot propositions passed, including a $33.1 million spending plan for 2021-22 with a 2.9% tax levy increase.
Less than an hour into Tuesdayâs noon to 8 p.m. voting window, about 70 people had stopped by the Hugh C. Williams High School Learning Resource Center to vote in person. With absentee ballots, vote tallies concluded shortly before 10 p.m.
CANTON â Four propositions and seven Board of Education candidates are up for approval from Canton Central School District voters Tuesday.
School districts statewide have been preparing for May 18 votes for months, and Canton Central taxpayers will be asked to consider annual bus and library propositions, a $33.1 million budget for 2021-22 and a $27.5 million, multi-year capital project.
This yearâs total $33,107,411 proposal, an increase of about $2 million from 2020-21, breaks down into $3 million in administrative costs; $5.2 million in annual capital costs, separate from the capital project; and $24.8 million in program costs.
A proposed 2.9% tax increase, which is under the districtâs 3.5% cap, amounts to $294,219, for a total tax levy of about $10.4 million to be collected from taxpayers. Initial budget figures drafted in February calculated a 3.5% levy, but with state aid announced, Superintendent Ronald P. Burke said during the boardâs April 19 meeting,
DBS is working with JobsAware to raise awareness of job scams
Our aim is to raise awareness of scams and employment fraud among job seekers.
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10 May 2021
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is running a campaign to raise awareness of job scams and employment fraud among job seekers. DBS is working alongside JobsAware, Disclosure Scotland and AccessNI.
JobsAware is a non-profit organisation, with cross-government support, that informs people of how to avoid job scams and unfair working practices, and supports job seekers with suspected fraud, malpractice and other poor experiences.
Job scams are extremely prevalent in the current job market. During the pandemic, almost three in four job seekers (74%) applied for jobs that were not genuine.
Warning over fake job scam that can give fraudsters access to your personal details
Fake jobs can give scammers access to your personal details and they can steal your identity and drain your bank accounts
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A warning has been issued over fake job scams as almost three-quarters of people have applied for a position that is not genuine during the pandemic.
People are being urged to beware of job scams (Tim Goode/PA)
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People looking for work are being urged to beware of job scams following an increase in cases of exploitation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Disclosure Scotland said that latest research found nearly three in four jobseekers (74%) applied for jobs that were not genuine during the pandemic.
Some jobseekers even paid money to companies for disclosure checks only to discover the job they had been offered was not real when the check never arrived.