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Nov 14, 2018, A vote to merge Canaseraga Central School District and Arkport Central School District failed on Tuesday evening. The vote finished with 193 yeas to 285 nays, but 65 percent of Arkport voters voted in favor of the merger,but residents in Canaseraga rejected the merger by a margin of 59.6 percent. View Article

Canasereaga and Arkport Merger Status

The Canaseraga Board of Education passed a resolution on August 24th that authorizes the District to move forward with a merger study with the Arkport School District under the merger method of annexation. The resolution, matching the one approved by the Arkport BOE, does include assurances related to the name of the combined district, academic programs, faculty & staff job retention, Canaseraga building use, mascot & colors, and board member seats. After numerous months of discussion, the two boards realized that some type of closure needed to occur -- either move forward with a study or determine it was not the right time.

Now that each Board has approved the resolution to move forward, the study consultants will be contacted to arrange for the study to take place when their schedule will permit them to do the work. Each Board agrees that any merger of the districts would not take place until July 1, 2019, at the earliest. This time line will allow for the study phase, NYS Education Department review and approval, the required votes, and potential preparations prior to coming together.

We want to thank those who have come to the various meetings over the course of the discussions to express your opinions and thoughts. We also want to thank our community for your patience as we contemplated all of the aspects related to this decision.

Source: www.cssdny.org