Mike Flannery, a mathematics teacher at Cornwall High School, applied to become a Master Teacher prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that he received an e-mail announcing his acceptance.
The district wants to maintain its programs and current staff levels. You’ve heard that before. What you haven’t heard in the past is a plan to have a tax levy increase of zero percent.
The door to the school district’s administrative building is always locked. When the fourth-graders tapped on the door, they didn’t have to wait for a response. The superintendent opened it and welcomed them with a smile.
As school districts around the county prepared to close in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Cornwall High School senior Sydney Nichols joked with her friends saying if the district isn’t prepared with an at-home curriculum for students, her mother is certainly prepared.