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Two run for BOE

April 29, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Incumbents Anne Lawless and Gus Koutsourades are the only two community residents who submitted petitions to run for two seats about to become vacant on the Board of Education.

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School budget adopted; vote is in May

April 12, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Board of Education adopted a $32,087,219 budget on April 4; the public vote on that spending plan will take place on Tuesday, May 21.

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With the passage of the New York State budget on March 31, the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District ended up with $141,055 more in state Foundation Aid (general aid) than it received in 2018, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Sheboy said.

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Expenses continue to increase for HF-FMCSD

March 22, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Fifty-five point three percent of the proposed 2019-20 school year budget for the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School district directly pertains to student instruction.

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School personnel …

March 22, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

At the most recent meeting of the Board of Education, a new executive secretary for Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Sheboy was hired.

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School budget work underway

March 15, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Board of Education of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District has started its annual task of going line-by-line through the proposed budget for the next school year.

HF-FMCSD lobbied for full funding

March 8, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

It was called ‘Lobby Day’, and that’s just what 25 representatives of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District did at the New York State capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

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Bids okayed; work set to start in May

February 15, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

The Board of Education has awarded six contracts totaling almost $17 million for the capital project set to start at O’Neill High School in May.

Marzella Rhodes spoke to the Board of Education

Learning about one another

February 14, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

On January 18, Highland Falls Intermediate School seventh and eighth graders — in an activity planned relating to Martin Luther King Day — spent a day participating in activities about different forms of prejudice.

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Sheriffs will provide security

February 1, 2019 Mary Jane Pitt

Starting in early February, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be providing full-time security in each of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District’s three schools.