Scam Alert

From Schodack eNews - Maple Hill High School
Warning to Community About Scam

The Schodack CSD would like to let our community know about a scam we learned about today. A resident let us know that they received a phone call asking the individual to take an ad out on posters that will be put all over the area for Maple Hill High School. The district does not support any such effort and residents are warned not to provide any information to anyone calling for such a reason. 

Thank you to the community member who let us know about this so we could share it with our community.

Choices not easy in school mergers

Schodack, Ichabod Crane in talks as state leaders continue their push 

School district consolidation is touted as a way to save money at a time of shrinking education aid. While joining schools together can bring back programs by putting more students in classrooms, it can also mean some schools will be left vacant and that a community loses part of its identity. 

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Dessert Night 2012

Check out the slide show from the 2012 Dessert Night at Maple Hill Middle School.  A much smaller crowd but plenty of great desserts and music.


Photos at the bottom of the home page.

CES Agricultural Project

(CESAP) Meeting - Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Interested community members, parents and faculty are needed to help CES develop an agricultural project on the grounds which will include vegetable and flower gardening, outdoor classroom learning, butterfly gardening, and much more. 

This service learning project has the potential to grow food for the school, local food pantries, and community. The project is in the designing stage and you can help! 

Please attend the next meeting in the CES library (2nd floor) on Tuesday, January 17 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Free childcare provided on site. For more information, e-mail Christine Charsky or Susan Penn. Posted 1/09/12.

A Heartfelt Thank You

January 6, 2012

Dear Friends:

    Happy New Year and many thanks, once again, for your generosity with our Adopt-A-Child Program. 

Letters to the Schodack SCENE

Please Note: All letters to the Schodack SCENE are subject to editing for length, taste and accuracy. Only letters submitted exclusively to the Schodack SCENE will be used, and only if the writer's name can also be published. To be considered for publication, letters must include the writer's name, address and daytime phone number. Letters published on the Schodack SCENE be posted as a new post.  Letters to the Schodack SCENE do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor.

~Below is a letter from resident Leonard Bates to the Planning Board and Town Board Members

He has questions  ~ 

I am writing to you as part of the open public comment period and wish to express some views that you may have already heard, but also things that you may not have. My name is Leonard Bates and I am a resident and taxpaying voter at 1684 Julianne Dr., Castleton, NY. I bought my home in July 2001 with my wife and 5 month old son. Since then, we have added a daughter to our family. I have been a life long resident of Schodack which spans 37 years. I attended Schodack Central Schools and worked my first few jobs in various Schodack businesses. Growing up in this town, I always knew I would most likely end up raising my own family here. What kept me in this town was the community and the semi rural nature of town. You are secluded and away from the hustle and bustle of city life, but yet still close enough to all the things you need (stores, shopping centers, gas stations, etc). When my wife and I set out to buy our first home, we wanted to find a home and neighborhood we could settle into and live a life like you would see in a TV Land sitcom from the 50's. Kids running around and riding their bikes with their friends. Adults walking up and down the road, stopping to chat with their neighbors. Multi-family BBQ's in someone's backyard. The list can go on and on. Well, Julianne Dr. and the Richwood Dr area, for us, was that neighborhood! It wasn't soon after we moved in that we hosted our first house party with some neighbors. We just knew we made the right choice. We never regretted our decision...until now.