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MARCH 6 - 12, 2019
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Standing in solidarity
Teachers express concerns for their own safety
Newburgh
prepares
to oppose
Danskammer
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
Teachers walked in at NFA Main together to express their solidarity and unity.
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
The Newburgh Teachers Association
(NTA) took to the microphone at the
last Board of Education meeting to
express their concerns with safety in
the Newburgh Enlarged City School
District.
On February 21, teachers walked
into Newburgh Free Academy, Main
Campus to stand together in solidarity.
The walk in did not disrupt the schools
in any way assured Stacy Moran,
President of the NTA.
“When we walked in it was in
solidarity,” said Moran. “We didn’t
disrupt schools as a sign of unity and
solidarity because we really feel like
we aren’t having enough conversations
around school safety and we just wanted
to make that a point.”
Some of the concerns included
broken scanners in two high school
cafeterias, the lack of protocol to alert
teachers to emergency situations within
their buildings, and the need for more
security guards.
The walk-in comes after a teacher
was assaulted by a student at Newburgh
Free Academy campus on February 8 in
the cafeteria.
“I am speaking tonight because there
appear to be gaps in communication
within the chain of command,” said
Moran at the meeting. “I want to ensure
the voices of the members of the NTA
are heard despite the gaps.”
Moran feels the infrastructure in
the school needs to be addressed. She
is looking to have a conversation going
forward to create a more safe and
welcoming learning environment for
students.
“I
want to make sure people
understand
that
our
working
environment is literally the learning
environment of the children. We can
make them as welcoming and productive
and safe as possible,” said Moran. “It
affects the children and it affects the
members and it affects everybody. So
we listen to the concerns of the parents,
students and everybody and we relay
them as best we can to make sure that
everyone is safe, happy and learning.”
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The City of Newburgh looks to join the
Article 10 process for Danskammer Energy
Plant by beginning the application for
intervenor funding. Intervenor funding
can be used to pay for expert witnesses,
consultants, administrative costs and
legal fees associated to information
submitted for the sitting board in the
Article 10 process.
Danskammer Energy Plant is not
located within city lines, but its proximity
to the border of the city qualifies the
municipality for intervenor funding. City
council members and members of the
community have spoken out against the
plant because of the fear that pollution
that will be pushed into city air.
The Energy plant must follow Article
10 of New York State Public Service law,
which calls for the review of new, and
repowered or modified major electric
generating facilities in New York State by
the Board on Electric Generation Siting
and the Environment Siting Board in one
proceeding.
The plant is already running on
natural gas for minimal periods of time.
Danskammer Energy plans to repower
the old plant with a more energy efficient
structure. According to Michelle Hook,
Representative from Danskammer
Energy, the new plant will not use fracked
gas. Hook states the new plant will use
the same natural gas used in residents’
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