The general calendar for the 2025-26 academic year was adopted by the Guilderland Central School District Board of Education on February 11, 2025. Download a PDF copy of the 2025-26 academic general student calendar here. This calendar lists the following conference days and holidays: July 4, 2024: Holiday for Employees Sept. 1: Labor Day (Closed) …
A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, Earlier this week, at the Feb. 11 meeting of the Guilderland Central School District board of education, I presented the details of a $57 million proposal for capital improvements to the district’s facilities. The proposal is the result of a year-long effort by the district’s Future Ready …
Once accepted by the board, a referendum would go to voters on May 20 At the Feb. 11 meeting of the Guilderland Central School District board of education, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marie Wiles presented the details of a $57 million proposal for capital improvements to the district’s facilities. The proposal is the result of …
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. there will be a meeting of the board of education. This meeting will be held in the Large Group Instruction (LGI) room at Guilderland High School and is open to the public. Members of the GCSD community are welcome and encouraged to voice ideas, questions and concerns. The …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, This Wednesday, Jan. 22, was a very busy day at Farnsworth Middle School! In addition to hosting a Lunar New Year student assembly, facilitated by performers from the Chinese Community Center, FMS also had the honor of a visit from Gov. Kathy Hochul. The governor visited FMS …
On Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Farnsworth Middle School to unveil a plan to make distraction-free learning environments by restricting smartphone use in K-12 schools statewide. Before an audience of Guilderland Central School District students, teachers, administrators and board members as well as local, county and state elected officials and education leaders, …
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At the Dec. 10 board of education meeting, Assistant Superintendent for Business Andrew Van Alstyne gave a presentation about the rollover budget for the 2025-26 school year. This presentation is the first of several budget presentations to the board and is typically conducted early in the budget development process for the Guilderland Central School District. …
All members of the community are welcome to participate in a group that fits their demographic. Please note, virtual meetings require an RSVP with a valid email address, as they are held on Zoom. A Zoom meeting link will be shared to the email address at least four hours prior to the meeting. The schedule …
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A message from Dr. Wiles: Dear GCSD Families, One of the goals Guilderland Central School District leaders set for the 2024-25 school year is to strengthen connections and relationships among students, teachers, staff, families and the Guilderland community. Here are a few examples of how we’re making great progress towards that objective. Distraction-free Schools Panel …
The Guilderland Central School District Technology Department has recently been informed by the New York State Education Department that we are required to make some changes to the way students use Google services. This is a change being made statewide because of the constraints of NYS EdLaw 2-d as well as Google’s inability to meet …
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