Schumer visits Fort school
Standing at the Fort Montgomery Elementary School, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today launched a major push to reverse proposed cuts to the federal government’s Department of Education Impact Aid Program, which provides millions of dollars in critical aid funding to Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District. Schumer said “the heartless slashing of the Impact Aid budget would be catastrophic to the HF-FMCSD”, which receives the lion’s share of the Impact Aid funding going to New York, and would reduce quality of learning for students and decrease teachers across the district.
More in the April 5 issue of The News of the Highlands.
