Students Expected to Mask When Symptomatic When students return to school next week, pandemic mitigation practices will no longer be required for healthy individuals.  Following the State Department of Education’s most recent guidance, masking will be by and large a choice, except for those who just suf...

When residents voted down the Amity School District budget twice this spring, the fact that the District has been carrying vast surpluses seemed to rub many people the wrong way, even if long-standing practice was to return some 80% of the surplus to the three member towns. Last year, for instance, afte...

The Amity Board of Education in a last-ditch effort managed to convince enough voters — at least in Woodbridge and Bethany — to pass its 2022-23 budget in a third referendum on June 14.  In Orange, the budget was voted down, 1,168 to 1,094. The referendum result in Woodbridge was 792 in favor and 625 .....

The Amity Regional School District will have a new leadership profile with the hiring of an assistant superintendent.  The Board of Education voted unanimously on May 9 to hire Frank A. Purcaro to fill the new role at a salary of $186,668. The District, under the leadership of School Supt. Dr. Jennifer...