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
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Lloyd honors fallen heroes
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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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.
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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.
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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
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