T IMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 16, No. 12
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MARCH 20 - 26, 2019
It’s been a long time coming but after
four years in the queue the Marlboro
School District was approved this month
to receive $1.2 million from the Smart
Schools Bond Act. Mike Bakatsias,
Assistant Superintendent for Technology
and Personnel, said this amount is
Marlboro’s share of this particular state-
wide bond.
“We’re at about a 55/45 split, where
55% or that is for Network Infrastructure
and upgrades in each building to their
UPS [uninterruptible power supply],
rotating out all of our switches and also
for one cohesive system in the security
surveillance cameras. The other 45% is
for learning technology; replacement
of our existing Smart board fleet, new
presentation stations that are linked to
the Smart boards and replacement of our
entire chrome book fleet. Right now we
have chrome books distributed in grades
6 through 12 and eventually those will
age out and this money will replace those
units.”
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Marlboro gets $1.2M of Smart School money
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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Bakatsias pointed out that after about
6 years computer companies stop issuing
updates.
“You can’t push out updates anymore,
you can’t push out software that they
might need; that ability stops,” he said.
Bakatsias said the chrome books that
graduating seniors have used this year
get recycled and the incoming 6th grade
class gets a new one that they carry
through.
Bakatsias explained that with this bond
approval the district can begin purchasing
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Dollars for
scholars
Highland hosts 60th annual
scholarship concert
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
The Highland Central School District
Music Department held their annual
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Mark Reynolds
Mary Poppins comes to the stage at Marlboro High School this weekend. Story, photos on page 18-19.
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