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Good Afternoon- January 20, 2025

If you are a Syracuse or Buffalo Bills fan, you had a good weekend. Congratulations to our Winterguard for putting on a wonderful "Home Show" on Saturday night. Several schools from around the area come to Marcus Whitman to compete and the event was very will organized and executed. We are looking forward to next year!

New York State requires that every school Board of Education have a student board member. That member will attend the meetings and participate in the reporting portion of the meeting, and will be able to give input on policies. They will not be able to attend Executive Sessions or participate in any confidential meetings. A student Board of Education member needs to be in place by the reorganizational meeting held by the board in July.

The position is open to students who are currently in grades 9-11. We will be speaking to students in their social studies classes in the coming weeks, as well as writing to them through this program, as well as talking to them whenever we can. I have attached the presentation I will be using with them in case you want to have a conversation with them at home. I feel this is a GREAT opportunity. Interested students will be interviewed and selected by the current Board of Education. As parents who are wondering what the time commitment will be, the Board of Education meets one time per month, on Monday's (and sometimes Tuesdays), and the meetings last about an hour and a half at most.

The next two days are going to be cold. The state wants us to consider closing or delaying if the "Accu Weather" (an application you can download or find on the Internet) displays a regular temperature of -5 degrees, or a "Real Feel" of -25 degrees (basically the windchill). We should "only" get to about -20 degrees (with the windchill) tomorrow, so unless something changes, I expect to have school tomorrow. Wednesday COULD be a different story, but again, I am hopeful to be able to have school. If we can't, I will let you know as early as I can. Bundle up!

Thanks for reading, and have a great week.

Thank you,

Christopher R. Brown, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools