Tim Tulloch reports in The Altamont Enterprise that voters in the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District in southern Albany County may see a multi-million-dollar bond issue for upgrades to the elementary and secondary school buildings. The “very preliminary figures” announced so far range from $16.035 million to $17.035 million. The improvements include a new hot-water heating system, and moving the district’s administrative offices onto the campus. Currently, they are across the Helderberg Trail from the school. The school board was mostly silent during the Dec. 12 presentation of initial plans, but former school board member and current Knox town supervisor Vasilios Lefkaditis was loud about his disapproval. He said a similar $12.7 million bond issue in December 2007, was approved quickly, but did not improve education at the school. He said the board then, “spent $12 million on a gym and showers for the coaches,” and while that work did put the school into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, “compliance could have been done, a lot more cheaply,” Lefkaditis contended. Read the full story in The Altamont Enterprise.