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Vol. 15, No. 8
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Parting of the ways
Ward declines to sign ‘last chance agreement’ offered by district
Community
College nixes
expansion in
Marlborough
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last
week
Marlboro
School
Superintendent
Michael
Brooks
announced that
after a year in
discussions with
SUNY
Ulster
the community
college
has
decided
not
to
establish
a
southern
campus
in
M a rl b o ro u g h .
The college had
been considering
moving into the
school district
side
of
the
Marlborough
town
offices
and the district
offices
would
then move into
the Middle Hope
School building.
SUPERINTENDENT
“It was really
MICHAEL BROOKS
a
fantastic
opportunity
to bring a college satellite campus
to
Marlborough,”
Brooks
said.
“Unfortunately tonight I am announcing
that the college has notified the school
district that they are not going to be
moving into the southern section of Ulster
” T hey don’t
feel that they
can compete
with the
offerings
of SUNY
Dutchess
and SUNY
Orange just to
our south in
Newburgh.”
Football player Matt Jackson said Coach Ward and his players are like a family.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Last week the Marlboro School
Administration and Board of Education
officially parted ways with Rich Ward,
who has been the district’s Varsity
Football Coach for the past eight seasons.
Previously, the district indicated that
they were not going to rehire Ward
for the upcoming fall season, citing
an incident of unprofessional texting
behavior in December with a parent
of one of his football players. This all
played out against a lawsuit that was
filed against Ward in 2014, alleging
inappropriate actions and language that
he used against his players. The lawsuit
was eventually tossed out.
Several weeks ago, after again
listening to nearly unanimous positive
comments from the public about
Ward, the district decided to give him
another shot and offered him a four-
page, “Last Chance Agreement” on
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