Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s school board race will include incumbent Lillian Sisson-Chrysler and Berne Highway Superintendent Randy Bashwinger.

The state budget left the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District with an additional $97,000 to spend, said the superintendent.

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District clerk says that two people — current board member Lillian Sisson-Chrysler, and Martin Szinger — have taken petitions for the school board seat.

A new administrator will work to bring new technology to the Berne-Knox-Westerlo classrooms.

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District held assemblies last week to address any questions or anxieties students may have about school shootings, from teaching how to respond to an active shooter to addressing mental health.

The school board discussed a number of options for students to learn outside the classroom.

A school-district appointment, according to a board member, was not advertised, and there were no interviews conducted.

“It’s something like ‘The Music Man’ to me,” said an audience member in response to a proposed  Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, which a former Army officer said he received 32 signatures of interested students at Berne-Knox-Westerlo.

A proposed JROTC program at Berne-Knox-Westerlo Secondary School would depend on the feedback of the parents and students, as 10 percent of students must participate for federal funding.

Three local runners, two from Voorheesville and one from Berne-Knox-Westerlo, slogged through the mud and snow at the State Cross-Country competition at Wayne High School in Ontario Center in western New York Saturday, racing against the fastest runners in New York. Each ran on the 3.1 mile course.