Avenue project eyed amid Syracuse enrollment decline
Syracuse officials warn city enrollment may fall by about 2939 students by 2011, shrinking to 13 percent of the current K-12 population and potentially easing the demand for three new leasehold classrooms under the Avenue of the Arts plan. Opponents say space is unnecessary with declining rolls. Supporters argue pre-K expansion smaller class sizes and more special education offset the drop. The plan renovates McKinley Brighton and Dr Martin Luther King elementary schools and the Metropolitan School for the Arts building to house a new city middle school focused on the arts.
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Syracuse City
Woulld
State Education Department
Common Council
Pat Kelly
Pat Hall
McKinley-Brighton
Martin Luther Kang
Metropolitan School For the Arts
Montgomery Street
New City
Bail set for man accused of trying to kill baby
Syracuse man Jay E. Rodman, 23, faced a Wednesday bail hearing after his Monday arrest on charges of attempted second-degree murder, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. Bail was set at $10,000 cash or bond with a protection order barring contact with the infant son. He remained jailed at the Justice Center.
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Syracuse
Jay E. Rodman
Winton St. Apt
State Supreme Court
John Brunetti
Brunetti
Rodman
Rod- Toan
Justice Center
Man accused of letting dog mangle duck at pond
Syracuse police say Tyrone LeFlore caused a mallard death when his pit bull attacked a duck at Webster's Pond on Valley Drive. Officers staged a six day probe, traced a car linked to a supposed suspect, then arrested LeFlore after proving he has no brother.
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Syracuse
Tyrone LeFlore
Webster’s Pond
Valley Drive
Terrence McGinn
LeFlore
McGinn
Robert
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Budget cuts hit Syracuse schools with teacher layoffs
The Syracuse city school district began mass layoffs after 6.7 million in budget cuts, sending about 81 teachers five library media specialists and 80 teaching assistants to the unemployment line. Union leaders question seniority handling and state tenure compliance while district officials defend layoff choices as necessary amid restructuring.
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Locaputo
Delaware
Syracuse
McKenna
Randy Williams
Williams
Region readies for the Fourth of July travel surge
Central New York gears up for a busy holiday weekend as schools close and many businesses shutter for a three day break. Greyhound adds 71 buses to the schedule with routes to New York City Albany Boston and Buffalo as travelers head to Independence Day celebrations.
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Phil Franco
Greyhound Lines Inc
New York
Independence Bay
Syracuse
Greyhound
New York City
Albany
Boston
Buf‘a
Parochial Schools Improve Third Grade Reading and Sixth Grade Math
State test scores rose in most local private and parochial schools in 1996-97, mirroring gains in public schools. Private schools were excluded from the state report cards in March. Syracuse papers provide limited data showing rising performance, with Gay Cathedral School in Syracuse highlighting strong gains among low-income families and high percentages meeting state standards.
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State Education Department
Syracuse Newspapers
Living Word Academy
Court Street Road
Tiny Peachtown
Aurora
Nublic Aerianl
Imum
Syracuse
Gaythedral School
Montgomery Street
Village marks life of a legend David Harum author Westcott
A centennial observance spreads across Syracuse Homer Cortland while locals claim Edward Westcott based David Harum on real Phine-nehattan trickster David Hannum. His denied link contrasts with textual hints and local lore about Homeville and names like Sychester Peeble Buxton Hill.
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David Harum
Edward Noyes Westcott
Syracuse
New York
David
Edward Westcott
Onondaga County Public Library
Cortland
Homer
David Hannum
Neenehantine
Cortland County
Homeville
Sychester
Peeble
Buxton Hill
Amos
Meena Mane
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Taunton
Mike Huppman
Onondaga
Joanne Giambrone
Newport Road
Camillus
Anthony
West Seneca Turnpike
Broad Road
Onondaga County
Mike Waters
D’eredita
University Hospital
Anthony Giambrone
Douglas Cornwell
S. Onondaga Road
Nedrow
Cayuga
Madison
Oswego
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Pac Hum Yoo Ad
Amos Angun
Mary Jane Wilcox
Cathedral School
Grete Kelsey
Barbara Lyons
Kathleen Cevelle
Viola Paris
Westcott
Syracusan
Forbes Heermans
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