utica school board

Utica School District Superintendent Bruce Karam, who is now on administrative leave, has withdrawn a lawsuit against the four board members who voted to place him on leave, according to Attorney Michael Arcuri.

Utica attorney and school board member Joseph Hobika Jr. was elected Utica School Board president on Tuesday night at the board's organizational meeting. Danielle Padula was elected Vice President.Hobika replaced retiring President and former Utica Mayor Louis LaPolla.

With two newly elected Utica School Board members getting ready to take their seats on the district's board of education, a new opening has suddenly and unexpectedly popped up.

The Utica Teacher's Association is weighing in on who they'd like to see elected to the Utica School Board next month.

Another candidate has thrown their hat into the ring for a seat on the Utica School Board.

A longtime member of the Utica School Board and its current president says suggestions of wrongdoing being made against him by a candidate for the school board are false.