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Boil water notice for East Olean after water main break

By JIM ECKSTROM jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

August 18, 2026

OLEAN — Mayor Amy B. Sherburne advised Tuesday afternoon that East Olean residents boil their water for consumption until further notice after a water...

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NY Regents want free preschool for all 3-, 4-year-olds

KATHLEEN MOORE Times Union

Dec 15, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — The Board of Regents wants all 4-year-olds to have free preschool by 2030 and then expand that to all 3-year-olds by 2035. In a budget ...

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NY Board of Regents approves new private school regulations

KATHLEEN MOORE Times Union

Sep 14, 2022

ALBANY (TNS) — The Board of Regents approved new regulations Tuesday that require private schools to prove they are teaching the same core subjects, i...

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Rosa elevated to permanent New York education commissioner

Feb 08, 2021

ALBANY (AP) — Interim New York Education Commissioner Betty Rosa was given the job permanently Monday in a unanimous vote by the policy-setting Board ...

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Indigenous programs, policies continue to progress in Salamanca schools

KELLEN M. QUIGLEY kquigley@oleantimesherald.com

Jan 19, 2021

SALAMANCA — The future of Indigenous programming and policies at the Salamanca City Central School District continues to improve after recent actions ...

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Seneca Council calls for Indigenous curriculum in NY schools

Olean Times Herald staff

Jan 18, 2021

IRVING — Stressing that education is the best tool to "combat entrenched racism and change long-standing misunderstandings and prejudices regarding In...

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Stimulus dollars are headed to New York schools, but will it be enough?

RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union

Dec 28, 2020

ALBANY (TNS) — President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law the $900 billion pandemic relief package that includes $5.8 billion for New York schoo...

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NY Regents adopt computer science, digital literacy standards

RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union

Dec 15, 2020

ALBANY (TNS) — The New York Board of Regents on Monday adopted New York’s first-ever K-12 learning standards for computer science and digital fluency....

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Cuomo outlines the when and hows of a return to school

SOPHIE GROSSERODE and DAVID ROBINSON Gannett New York

Jul 13, 2020

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday revealed new details of the state plan for reopening schools this fall in regions with low COVID-19 infecti...

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Regents to hold regional meetings on reopening schools

SOPHIE CROSSERODE Gannett New York

Jun 08, 2020

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Board of Regents will hold four regional meetings this month, all virtual, to discuss what it will take to reopen schools in ...

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NY Regents tests canceled amid pandemic

RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union (TNS)

Apr 07, 2020

ALBANY — This June’s Regents exams were canceled Monday as questions continue to swirl about when classes in New York’s schools will be able to begin ...

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NY seeks compromise on private school equivalency guidelines

RACHEL SILBERSTEIN Times Union

Feb 12, 2020

ALBANY (TNS) — The State Education Department will return to the table with stakeholders who flooded the department with an “unprecedented” volume of ...

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New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to resign

TOM DINKI, Olean Times Herald

Jul 16, 2019

ALBANY — New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will step down at the end of next month. Elia made the surprise announcement during Mond...