Southern Ulster Times June 19, 2019

T IMES SOUTHERN Marlboro considers live streaming of sporting events ULSTER Vol. 16, No. 25 3 JUNE 19, 2019 3 ONE DOLLAR Jr. Nukes off to fast start Walk down memory lane Page 43 Page 19 SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL Wrapping things up Highland awards tenure, hails achievements at end of year By ALLY TURK The Marlboro School Board is considering teaming up with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) network to install cameras and begin live streaming sporting events. Michael Bakatsias, the Assistant Superintendent for Technology and Personnel in Marlboro Central School District, brought up the new opportunity at the school board meeting on Thursday night. The NFHS is the organization that writes the playing rules for most high school competition sports in the United States. The NFHS network is a school broadcasting program in charge of delivering live high school sports to the country. The service will give the school board two free wireless cameras and be in charge of managing broadcasts of the events remotely. Subscribers can view the sporting event live for $9.95 a month, and the event will be free to the public three days after it takes place. The events are streamed through the NFHS network website which also gives you an option to buy a DVD of an event. 43 other states use the streaming service and 53 schools in Continued on page 11 Highland’s Top 10 students in the class of 2019 pose with administrators. Pictured: Teresa Mazzella: Attending Marist College, majoring in business, minor in political science, Megan Finn: Attending Coastal Carolina University, majoring in biology;, Nicola Wilk: Attending the University of Connecticut, major is undecided, Tanmaye Hulgundi: Attending Binghampton University, majoring in engineering, Jasmin Akter: Attending SUNY New Paltz, majoring in biology, Rylee Montelione: Attending Hofstra University, majoring in marketing, Cassidy McMann: Attending SUNY College of Environment Science and Forestry, majoring in Environmental Science. Salutatorian- Marie Ling: Attending Colby College, double major in psychology and spanish. And Valedictorian - Carlie Relyea: Attending Drexel University, double major in biology and psychology. Not pictured: Sofia Crimivaroli: Attending University of Notre Dame, majoring in architecture. By STACIA DONALDSON The last meeting of the academic year for the Highland Board of Education was an end of year celebration, bringing together friends, family and students from throughout the district. The first order of business was a motion, carried by board Trustees that awarded tenure to four very deserving Highland educators. Kevin Brennie, a social studies teacher at Highland Middle School, and Highland High School english to speakers of other languages teacher Dana DiStasi and math teacher Peter Forman were awarded tenure status as of September 1, 2019. For her contribution to the Board of Education, student representative CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE - WWW.SUTIMESONLINE.COM Christine Poluzzi was honored by the board for her dedication and insights into the lives of Highland students. Ms. Poluzzi will be graduating at the end of June, and will attend Marist College this fall. To show their appreciation, Superintendent Thomas Bongiovi presented Ms. Poluzzi with a gift bag Continued on page 2