Opinion

One of the most important tools for student safety is communication. Dangers can’t be locked out of schools — no matter how many security cameras or safety vestibules or locks are installed — if the problem is within.

Each of the steps in the Title IX guidance involves communication: clear written policies, discussion of difficult issues; training of not just staff but students and parents; reporting clearly any incidents; communicating well with law-enforcement and child-welfare agencies; and responding to the community and media as well as to students, parents, and staff.

Guilderland

Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber, in his 10th year as supervisor, spoke for about three-quarters of an hour at the town hall to a crowd made up primarily of town employees, whose work he praised along with the work of the town board.

Sports

On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Guilderland wrestling team competed in the Section 2, Division 1, Class 1 sectionals at Niskayuna High School. Guilderland finished seventh with 99 points and will send seven to Sunday’s Division 1 state qualifiers.

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Regional

Only one death has been associated with bird flu in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although there have been 67 confirmed human cases of the disease.

Hilltowns

Berne-Knox-Westerlo chemistry teacher Brian McCoy resigned from the district following an investigation that involved the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

 

 

 

 

 

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