Southern Ulster Times May 31 2017

T IMES SOUTHERN ULSTER Vol. 14, No 22 3 MAY 31 - JUNE 6, 2017 Though a driving rain on Monday forced the cancellation of the Town of Lloyd’s Memorial Day parade, it did not prevent residents, elected officials and members of the Fire and Police Departments from gathering to honor those who fought and died for the United States of America in a moving ceremony that was held inside the American Legion ONE DOLLAR Lady Dukes repeat as Section 9 champions Page 40 SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL Lloyd honors fallen heroes By MARK REYNOLDS [email protected] 3 Hall on Grand Street. Fr. Thomas Lutz opened with a prayer, noting that Memorial Day is a time to recall the sacrifices of those who gave their lives to ensure our freedom. Continued on page 2 Three-peat! Not good to opt out Marlboro issues district report card By MARK REYNOLDS [email protected] Bond Brungard Highland celebrated its three-peat after routing Red Hook, 10-1 last week for its third consecutive Section 9 championship. Story on page 38. WWW.SOUTHERNULSTERTIMES.COM The Marlboro School district recently compiled data, assessments and initiatives to create a report card for the 2015-16 school year. The district’s Director of Curriculum & Instruction Robin Hecht along with Marlboro Elementary School Principal Patricia Walsh, Marlboro Middle School Principal Debra Clinton and Marlboro High School Principal Ryan Lawler compiled the report. Hecht said they brought together data going back 8 years on such items as student enrollment, student-teacher performance and graduation rates. “We use this data to develop programs and services for the schools,” she said. Hecht pointed out that although the data is about state results, Marlboro uses the information to help within the district. Since 2009 enrollment has hovered around 2,000 students and at the end of the 2015-16 school year it stood at 1,940. The district has 1,400 white students [72 percent], 129 African American students [7 percent], 337 Hispanic students [17 percent], 27 Asian students [1 percent] and 47 multi-racial students [2 percent]. The data also revealed there are 701 economically disadvantaged students, 45 English language learners, 338 who receive Special Education Services and 66 Continued on page 4