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Seleda Simmons is used to making things happen, even when the money isn’t there.Simmons said her two-year old nonprofit has put its energy into the community rather than obtaining grants. And whenever her group came up short, she put her own money into the effort because it was always worth it.

The district is now considering renovating the aging schools and keep them all open.

The land bank will use the money to save roughly a dozen properties on Broome County’s tax foreclosure list.

School districts got a big lifeline during the pandemic — an influx of federal COVID aid and more state aid.

Last week, council moved to hold over several resolutions to next week’s meeting where they may receive a vote.

Democrats on the council said they wanted a clearer plan of where the plans would be allocated.