This week, the Express gets to know Keshequa's new superintendent.
Student scores on state Math and ELA results is intended to be a reflection on the teaching standards for a local school district.
For districts across New York state, scores came in lower than last year due to a drastic change in the scoring method — after students had already taken the test.
Coach Gerald “Pete” Goho has plenty to be pleased with over his previous three years as Keshequa girls’ varsity soccer coach. The team has a 45-10-7 mark over that time and the Indians are coming off of a campaign which found them falling to the eventual New York State Champions from Marion. In 2010 the Lady Indians were 15-4-2 overall and took the Livingston County Division III top spot with a mark of 8-1-1.
Now that fall 2011 is rolling around, Goho still has a big smile on his face as the Lady Indians return 10 of the 11 starters from a year ago.
The end of an era brings the beginning of a new one. That was the common thread spoken during graduation ceremonies last weekend.
The Keshequa Board of Education unanimously passed an $18,251,276 budget April 14, a $110,000 reduction from the current school year.
The governor’s proposed cut for Keshequa is roughly $983,000.
With health insurance and retirement expenditures increasing for next year, just as Dansville and Wayland-Cohocton, Aloisio said Keshequa is looking at a gap likely in excess of $1 million, but will be solidifying that number within the next week or two.
While they wait for Superintendent John Allman to recover from a stroke, the Keshequa Central School District is moving forward with Dominic Aloisio as acting superintendent.
