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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Stop-the-violence forum set for Thursday
The City of Newburgh will host a second community
forum to brainstorm ways to address violence taking
place in the city. The public forum will be held at 7 p.m.
on Thursday at the Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh on
Liberty Street.
“This is such a critical issue for us,” said Newburgh
Mayor Judy Kennedy on Monday.
Kennedy invited all concerned citizens and members
of the religious community to attend the event.
Brainstorming sessions will focus on coming up with
community solutions, said Kennedy. “How can we come
together and take the city back from criminals?” she
asked. “Bring your ideas so that we can get something
done here.”
A small number of people are committing the
overwhelming share of crimes in the City of Newburgh,
said City Manager Michael Ciaravino at city hall Monday.
“In many instances, we know who committed these
heinous acts,” he said, but people are afraid to come
forward.
A previous meeting, held days following the shooting
death of Glenton Wright on Benkard Avenue, was focused
partly on the community’s role in keeping the streets
safe. At the forum, city police Chief Dan Cameron
discussed community policing, the city’s Group Violence
Intervention Program and a plan to add more surveillance
video cameras to the city’s existing network of cameras.
The police chief said looking the other way and not
reporting crime is the same as accepting it.
The Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh is located at 285
Liberty Street. To provide confidential information about
a crime, call the City of Newburgh Police confidential
tips hotline at 845-569-7555.
Newburgh advances to round 3 of Super School Project
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
The Newburgh Enlarged City School
District has made it to round three of the
XQ Super School Project. The district is
one step closer to winning a $10 million
grant to design an innovative, new high
school.
The school district submitted a project
proposal for a new, high-school model
earlier this year. News of the district’s
advancement to the next level of the
contest was announced last week.
“This was a huge feat and included
hundreds of
stakeholders,” said
Superintendent of Schools Roberto
Padilla on Friday. “We competed against
thousands of school districts and now,
today, we are among a small group of
districts across the country who dare to
rethink education.”
The XQ Super School Project is
a competitive initiative challenging
students, teachers and communities to
re-imagine high schools that are modern,
innovative and able to prepare students
for life, college and the new economy.
The project is funded by the Emerson
Collective, founded by Steve Jobs’ widow
Laurene Powell Jobs. The district’s
redesign proposal calls for $2 million in
funding per year over five years. The next
phase of the project is to develop tangible
high school designs, the district states.
The school district must submit
materials for the “develop” phase of the
project by May 23. To learn more about the
XQ Super School Project, visit the school
district website at Newburghschools.org.
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