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Hoosick School Dist.

Acceptance Of Non-Resident Students Approved By HFCS Board

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by Alex Brooks
At its meeting on Thursday, February 16, the Hoosick Falls Central School District Board gave unanimous final approval to a policy which allows the District to accept non-resident students on a tuition basis when it has the capacity in its existing programs to do so. Any requests from the parents of non-resident students under this policy will be handled on a case by case basis.
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Panthers Fall In Heartbreaking One Point Class C Final

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by Ryan Mosher
It was 11½ weeks ago, or 81 days to be exact, before the Class C Sectional game on Saturday, March 3, that the Hoosick Falls boys basketball team lost to Greenwich in just their second league game of the season. Losing was not something this Panther team liked though, so off they went on a 17 game winning streak, bringing them to this championship game.
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HFCS To Present Into The Woods

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by Bea Peterson
The cast and crew of the Hoosick Falls Central School Drama Club have been working since January on their spring musical presentation, Into the Woods. Director Rob Allen said, “It’s a brilliantly written show, both very funny and also very touching. It’s an incredibly deep show, full of very thought provoking symbolism and life lessons that connect to people at any age.”
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Panther Wrestlers On The Podium At Wrestling States

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by Ryan Mosher
For the second year in a row Brad Burns and Luis Weierbach highlighted their wrestling seasons with hard earned trips to the New York State Wrestling Championships at the Times Union Center in Albany this past weekend. After neither of them placed last year, the goal this year was to end the weekend on the podium.
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Panthers Fight Off Upset Bid By Rensselaer

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by Ryan Mosher
While Hoosick Falls was talking about upsets following the 13th seeded girls basketball team’s back to back upsets in their sectional tournament, the boys team had to work especially hard to avoid becoming a victim of the upset as well. The Panthers played a pesky Rensselaer team, seeded 9th, at Hudson Valley Community College on Saturday afternoon.
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Panthers Headed To Class C Final

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by Ryan Mosher
The Hoosick Falls boys basketball team took one step closer to a Class C Championship on Tuesday night, beating 4th seeded Lake George 55-41 in their sectional semi-final game at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The win sets up a title game clash with 3rd seed Mechanicville, who knocked off the 2nd seed, Greenwich, on Tuesday as well.
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After Two Upsets The Panthers’ Sectional Run Ends

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by Bea Peterson
The HFCS girls basketball team’s Cinderella run in the sectionals came to a screeching halt in the second half of the semi-final game against Hoosic Valley on Tuesday evening, February 28. The Panthers, seeded #13 in the WASAREN league, held their own against the #1 seed through the first two quarters. [Read more…] about After Two Upsets The Panthers’ Sectional Run Ends

HFCS To Appeal Disqualification Of Bowling Team From State Tournament

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by Bea Peterson
On Friday, February 17, the Times Union reported that the Hoosick Falls Bowling Team had been stripped of its Section II Class C-D Bowling Championship and its place in the March State Tournament because it did not complete the paperwork required when seventh or eighth grade students compete in a varsity sport.
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HFCS Presents First Draft Of Budget

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by Alex Brooks
The first draft of the Hoosick Falls School District budget was presented last week. Superintendent Ken Facin called the situation “challenging,” but he set a goal of developing a budget that does not exceed a 2% tax levy increase, with minimal impact on staffing and student programming. He said, “We have some work to do, but we will find a way to reach our goal.”
The budget as presented showed a tax levy increase of 8.19%, but no one expects it to stay that high. The Board’s intention is to work that down to 2% or less before it adopts a budget on April 19.
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