Superintendent John Bell (dvsd.org) John Bell leaving DVSD to head Port Jervis schools At their meeting on Tuesday, July 19, the Port Jervis Board of Education appointed John Bell as the district’s new Superintendent... Local News 26 Jul 2022 | 04:12
Approximately 50 people attended the curriculum committee meeting in the media center on March 17. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) School board members give primer on filling out DV’s new curriculum complaint form The Delaware Valley Curriculum Committee meeting on March 17 was all about how to fill out a form. The school district’s new... Local News 23 Mar 2022 | 06:48
Outstanding wrestlers were introduced with their coach, Lou DeLauro: Landon Machado, Zac Jacaruso, and Aiden Black. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Wrestlers of high academic achievement introduced at school board meeting Three outstanding wrestlers of high academic achievement were introduced at Delaware Valley’s March 17 school board meeting.... Local News 23 Mar 2022 | 06:31
Gretchen Pollack had to put away her signs (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Book defenders and detractors take the floor as board grapples with lack of high school librarian At a time when parents and members of the public are challenging the books on school library shelves, Delaware Valley High... Local News 17 Mar 2022 | 08:14
From left: Board members Felicia Sheehan, Pam Lutfy, Jessica Decker, Jack Fisher (president), Corey Homer, Derek Smith, and Brain Carso, and solicitor Ashley Zimmerman (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Parents ask school board about sex questions on surveys, books on library shelves, and burdensome quarantines After routine housekeeping tasks, including the appointment of Christopher Lordi as the Delaware Valley School District’s... Local News 16 Feb 2022 | 08:51
Nine people attended the work session. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Time’s not up: Limiting speakers limits ideas, school board decides Dr. John Bell suggested that the Delaware Valley school board limit each public speaker at meetings to five minutes, which... Local News 23 Jan 2022 | 04:35
The audience at the Dec. 9 school board meeting (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Covid continues to dominate the conversation at DV school board meeting, bus drivers still out There was tenure to grant and work sessions to schedule. But at the Dec. 9 Delaware Valley school board meeting, Covid-19... Local News 22 Dec 2021 | 09:49
Delaware Valley High School (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Covid outbreak among DV bus drivers shuts down school Delaware Valley parents learned in an emergency message sent at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday that all schools in the district would... Local News 08 Dec 2021 | 07:09
Delaware Valley High School (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) School board adjourns after member of the public compares teachers to gestapo Matthew Contreras had a lot to say at the Nov. 18 Delaware Valley school board meeting before one of his remarks brought... Local News 29 Nov 2021 | 01:17
‘Thank you, Jessica, for eight wonderful years’ Milford. Delaware Valley superintendent of schools John Bell presented Jessica Decker, school board vice president, with... Local News 27 Oct 2021 | 02:04
Duke Schneider (left) with Dr. John Bell (Photo provided) Riverfront gift to DV will grow a passion for woods and waterways “Our community is our home. If we don’t take care of our home, we can’t expect others to do it for us.” Those are the words... Local News 27 Oct 2021 | 01:23
The school board at its Sept. 28 meeting, from left: Ashley Zimmerman, solicitor; Dawn Bukaj; Felicia Sheehan; Pat Lutfy; Jessica Decker, vice-president; Jack Fisher, president; Corey Homer; Rosemary Walsh; Dr. John Bell, superintendent; Julie Ewald, recording secretary. (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Federal judge sides with DV parents suing for mask mandate A federal judge has ordered the Delaware Valley School District to comply immediately with the health secretary’s mandate... Local News 21 Oct 2021 | 10:49
Janeace Valle and her daughter Hazel Gomez (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Mother and daughter say school never responded to their sexual harassment complaint A Delaware Valley High School student says a male student repeatedly sexually harassed her and about 20 mostly freshmen students... Local News 08 Oct 2021 | 03:43
People without masks were asked to sit on the right side of the high school auditorium during the meeting. Several unmasked attendees wore tees that said, "NO MASK, NO CONTACT TRACE, NO VACCINE, NOT AFRAID." (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Let’s wait for court decision on mask mandate, school board says As people approached the doors to enter last Thursday’s Delaware Valley school board meeting, a police officer asked those... Local News 21 Sep 2021 | 10:43
Delaware Valley High School (Photo by Pamela Chergotis) DV’s new mask exemption form requires doctor’s signature There’s a new mask exemption form on the Delaware Valley School District’s website. “The temporary form came off the website... Local News 16 Sep 2021 | 10:06
