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Three Candidates Running For School Board In May 19 Budget Vote

District voters will have the opportunity to approve the Jamestown Public Schools budget and vote for three members of the district’s board of education on Tuesday, May 19. On Tuesday, April 14, the Jamestown Public Schools Board of Education approved the district’s proposed $120,898,274 budget for the 2026-27 school year, which includes a 0% increase to the tax levy. The plan reflects a continued commitment to supporting students through strategic investments in instruction, student services, the arts, and school safety — while remaining mindful of the community’s ...

Budget Vote Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is on the May 19 ballot? The community will be voting on four items: the 2026-27 School Budget, a proposition to approve the sale of district property on Harrison Street to the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, a proposition for the James Prendergast Library to increase funding by $70,000 annually, and three Board of Education seats for three-year terms to commence in July 2026 expire in June 2029. Q. How will the proposed 2026-27 JPS Budget affect my taxes? There is no increase in the School Tax Levy. In fact, the levy is at the same level as it was in 2010-11, which ...

2025-26 JPS Highlights

Learning & Leading Students rising as scholars, speakers, and future changemakers. Eligh DeLeon (1st), Mia DelPozzo (2nd), and S’miya Kingsbury (3rd) placed in the VFW Voice of Democracy contest. Peyton Joly earned first place at the NYNE Optimist Zone 2 Oratorical Contest. Ten JHS students attended the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute in Albany. NYSED Com. Betty A. Rosa visited JHS and met with student leaders. She also toured the aviation program. C.C. Ring and C.V. Bush were named Apple Distinguished Schools. Bush Elementary School’s garden earned a ...

Mother’s Day Has Some Competition

Today is Mother’s Day. As I write this, on May 10, I’ve learned it’s also National Shrimp Day. Wh-a-a-a-t? Today is Mother’s Day. Period. How can it be anything else? Turns out it’s the date that determines these festive days. Every second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. But every May 10 is National Shrimp Day. It also happens to be National Idaho Day, National Washington Day, National Cherry Cobbler Day, National Rescue Dog Day, and last, but not least, National Clean Up Your Room Day. Whoa… that has to be hooked to Mother’s Day somehow. Who decides these things? ...

Shore-ly You Can Walk On Water

In the 1980s, the dream of strapping on shoes and walking on water was alive or so it seemed. An invention emerged that promised this modern day miracle, but it was less a pair of “shoes” and more a set of “personal styrofoam rafts that required professional-level core strength” to navigate. Forget your imagined size 8-10, high-tech sneakers; these things were a comedic masterpiece of engineering (or lack thereof). Imagine if you can a modern stand-up paddleboard—the length, the width—then add two feet of thickness. Now double that (because you need a pair), make both of ...