T IMES
WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 35, No 51 3 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2017
The Valley Central School District
administration is taking the initiative
to try to get a traffic light installed at
the Middle School/High School campus
on Route 17K after the district learned
that the project was not included on the
state’s priority list for this year or next.
While the New York State Department of
Transportation has already studied the
issue and approved a light at the school
complex, the funding for the project has
been delayed indefinitely.
The state has also informed the
district that it must prepare a study on
the traffic flow in the high school parking
lot before the light project can move
forward. In hopes of procuring the money
for the project, the district has posted
a template letter on its website, and is
asking residents to send the note to their
representatives (including New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo, Assemblyman Brian
Miller and New York Budget Director
Robert Mujica) requesting that the state
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Valley Central pushes for 17K traffic light
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fund the traffic light.
“They approved it but it’s not in
this year’s budget,” Valley Central
Superintendent John Xanthis said of the
project. “The timing of this is critical,
because now they’re going to start doing
a new budget and we’re trying to put
pressure on and write letters to let them
know this is still a huge problem down
here and hasn’t gotten better over the last
couple of years. It’s gotten worse. Cars are
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W interscape
Community
partnerships
Pine Bush principals
discuss outreach
programs
By JASPREET GILL
[email protected]
Pine Bush school district principals
spoke about their family engagement and
community outreach programs during
last week’s board of education meeting.
“What we do can’t be wrapped in a box
and doesn’t have a pretty ribbon on it,”
said Circleville Middle
School Principal Lisa
Hankinson. “It’s just
people everyday doing
what we do so well.”
H a n k i n s o n
spoke
about
the
various community
partnerships
the
Circleville
Middle
School is involved TIMOTHY MAINS
with, including Orange SUPERINTENDENT
County Mental Health,
OF SCHOOLS
Boys and Girls Club
and Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council.
This year, 39 families were helped
on Thanksgiving by the school. The
school’s health office and student council
members collected food from community
providers, staff and students. Hankinson
said that 90 students will receive toys for
the upcoming holidays and a total of 52
families will be helped with a food basket.
Donations run yearly for Circleville
Middle School.
“ A ll of this
doesn’t
happen by
accident”
Photo provided
Wallkill resident Michael Brown shared this photo he took of the new Stewart Crowell Bridge in Wallkill after a recent snowfall.
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