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  • Board of Education Meeting July 2

    The Board of Education will conduct its reorganizational meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, in the JHS Lecture Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend the board meeting in person, or to view a livestream on the District’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHNdSrBUjpzHtGXAxA2DYA. The July 2  meeting agenda is anticipated to be released on Monday, June 29,…

  • Update to District-wide School Safety Plan

    The Board of Education’s December 18, 2025 business meeting included a Public Hearing on GJSD’s Amended 2025-26 School Safety Plan (see appendix 7 beginning on page 48 for updated language addressing sudden cardiac arrests). For 30 days following that hearing, members of the public may submit written comments on the amended 2025-26 District-wide School Safety Plan…

  • September Board of Education Meetings

    The GJSD Board of Education has scheduled the following meetings for the month of September: Staff, students and community members are welcome to attend board and committee meetings in accordance with NYS Open Meetings Law. The monthly business meeting & public forum will be livestreamed via the District’s YouTube channel. Board meeting agendas are released via…

  • June Board Meetings & Public Hearings Scheduled

    The GJSD Board of Education has scheduled the following meetings for the month of June: Staff, students and community members are welcome to attend board and committee meetings in accordance with NYS Open Meetings Law. The Board’s monthly business meeting is livestreamed via the District’s YouTube channel. Board meeting agendas are released via the BoardDocs website at least…

  • GJSD Community Passes School Budget

    Kline and Stock re-elected to Board of Education On Tuesday, May 20, the Greater Johnstown School District community approved the district’s $45,156,817 budget proposal for the 2025-26 school year by a vote of 350-151, a margin of 70%.  The plan represents a spending increase of 3.84% ($1,667,842) and called for a 2.99% tax levy increase…

  • Work underway for new pickleball and basketball courts at JHS

    Traffic patterns and parking may be disrupted through end of summer Work has started on a new multi-purpose outdoor Instructional area at Johnstown High School that will include three pickleball courts and two refurbished basketball courts. The overhaul is part of the capital improvement project that was approved by voters in November of 2022.  Work…

  • Calendar Change: School closed May 23

    Barring any unforeseen emergency situation that necessitates closing school in the interim, the one (1) remaining snow/emergency day for the 2024-2025 school year will be “given back” on Friday, May 23, 2025 and the District will be closed that day. However, if an additional snow/emergency day is used between now and then, the May 23 “give…

  • JHS Honor Roll Second Quarter 2024-25

    Congratulations to the following Johnstown High School students who achieved High Honor Roll and Honor Roll status for the second quarter of the 2024-25 school year: High Honor Roll 90+ Eighth Grade High Honor Roll Neo BakerJenna BerjuLandon BettsSkyler BettsAnthony CaputoAustin CasaleWyatt CoxSophia Lily CozzolinoDominic CzelusniakEsmeralda Dominguez CruzSophia Edel ConyneMadelyn Feehan MeliousNina FergusonDrew HaleLindsey HarveyJuliana…

  • 2024-25 WAC Champions: GJSD Varsity Bowling

    In their first season in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), GJSD’s varsity bowling team with coach David Hayward has found tremendous success. Leading up to this week’s WAC Championship Tournament, our Sir Bills were undefeated with a record of 56-0. The winning streak continued at Monday’s WAC Championship Tournament, with our team winning the Division…

  • GJSD initiates a District-wide “Bell to Bell, No Cell” plan for students

    Implementation to start Monday, January 27, 2025 At this evening’s monthly Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Dr. William Crankshaw outlined clarifications being made to the District’s student cell phone policy, which will be implemented at the start of the second semester of this current school year, beginning Monday, January 27, 2025. The current…