Sachem School Board News & Notes

Last month New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo set a deadline for Thursday between state officials and the state teachers union on a statewide teacher evaluation system.

As of Wednesday night, according to multiple media outlets, the two sides have not come to an agreement. Cuomo has not issued any recent statements about the situation.

During his state address earlier this year, Cuomo said that any school district which does not implement a new evaluation system by January 2013 could forgo school aid for the school year.

The evaluation system was a main discussion during Sachem’s Board of Education meeting Wednesday night held in the administrative annex at Samoset Middle School.

Sachem Superintendent James Nolan, while not always seeing eye-to-eye with Cuomo and his decisions, will wait to make judgment on the plan until any official announcements are made.

Patch will be reporting on Sachem’s reaction to the final decisions made on Thursday.

Budget Information: Sachem Patch will be posting more in-depth stories about the 2012-2013 budget plan. Stay tuned for coverage with numbers and analysis as soon as later this week.

Community sessions: With a hectic three months ahead for the school district with its budget planning, district administrators will be hosting a series of communication information sessions at various schools and organizations throughout the area. Sachem Patch will provide information on specific meetings when it becomes available.

Next up: There will be a board of education work session on March 7 and a regularly scheduled meeting on March 21.