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Batavia school officials should find teacher for Spanish class, culture

By Staff Writer

 My, my, my!  Kate Long, a local Batavia parent (charged with harassing the Batavia Board of Education and Batavia schools superintendent with e-mails and correspondence over the lack of a satisfactory, according to her, Spanish language teacher at the Middle School), is resurrecting shades of the "N.Y. Times" newspaper, the

Letter to the Editor: No changes to Regents

By Staff Writer

Letter to the Editor from Donald Weyer:

I achieved a "Regents diploma" in the mid-1960s upon graduating high school (additionally, I won/was awarded a Regents college scholarship at the same time, and later, in the early 1970s, a Regents war-service scholarship, so I'm not exactly a neutral observer). The "Regents,"

A Matter of Choice

By Robert Brown
On November 5th, Genesee County residents will have the opportunity to elect the entire County Legislature body.  Of the 9 seats that are up for election, only 4 are contested.  It's disappointing to have the majority of our County representatives ushered into office without choice, not because those 5 people

BCSD capital project hearing draws a party of one with many questions

Architect Brian Tott with Herb Schroeder
By Joanne Beck
Architect Brian Tott with Herb Schroeder
Architect Brian Trott explains the artificial turf as Batavia resident Herb Schroeder listens during the city school district's capital project hearing Thursday at Batavia High School. 
Photo by Joanne Beck

Of the nine people at Thursday’s Batavia City Schools capital project public hearing, only one was a district resident who came to hear the presentation.

The remaining people in the auditorium were district staff, board members and an architect from the project design team. Although Herb Schroeder was the lone attendee, he came armed with a list of questions about the $45 million district-wide project.

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