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The Corning-Painted Post school district began its 2025-26 fiscal year by swearing in new board members and new board leadership. The board’s business also included a $600,000 legal settlement payment approval for a sexual misconduct case.

Corning-Painted Post school officials approved an $8.7 million increase from last year’s budget. Now, they must get 60 percent of voters to agree with them at the polls in May in order for the budget to pass.

WSKG Morning Edition host Brent Fox talks with education reporter Megan Zerez about a potential elementary school closure in Binghamton.

When pressed, school board President Brian Whalen said there will be a temporary hold on any closures until the district has exhausted other options.

The district has proposed shuttering the aging school in order to cut costs and address a decline in projected enrollment across the district.

The district is now considering renovating the aging schools and keep them all open.

A school district in Lancaster County is considering a policy to bar transgender students from competing in teams that correspond to their gender.

The school board at Chenango Forks Central School District voted unanimously to end the district's mask requirements as soon as the statewide mandate is lifted.

"I'd love to be able to [test] our whole school, but you're talking, you know, 5000 tests a week. We do not have that capacity."

The capital project plan was one of three propositions on the Ithaca ballot. All three passed with over 80% of the vote.