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Watertown board reviews NYSERDA grant, transportation study and approves calendar, personnel and donations
Summary
Superintendent reported a pending NYSERDA grant and a transportation feasibility study while the board approved the 2026–27 academic calendar, multiple personnel actions, several donations, a superintendent pay increase, and moved into executive session on personnel and real property.
Superintendent Dr. Larry Schmeagle told the Watertown City School District Board of Education that a Watertown-related NYSERDA grant of $2,500,000 was reported in local media but clarified there had been miscommunication between NYSERDA and the governor’s office about that award and how the funds would be routed. He said the district is awaiting a transportation feasibility study on whether the district should operate its own buses and noted that, if contractor First Student secures grant funds, the financial benefits would flow through contractual arrangements rather than direct district receipt.
"Even if a district does not own their own buses, the contractor…is legally able to apply for the same grant money that a school…
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