There is an article in the November 20 Times Herald-Record, Initiative program helps needy schools, which discusses new New York State funding that will be awarded to selected school districts for the 2007-2008 school year. Newburgh schools will be receiving about $8 million under the plan. Not much detail is provided about the Newburch School District plan in the Record.

More detail can be found in the documents submitted by the Newburgh Enlarged City School District which are available through this New York State Education Department web site. Here is a direct link to the Newburgh Schools documents.

In the "Needs and Strategies" document submitted by the district, Newburgh schools administrators made the unfortunate decision to describe "Student achievement need" using a laundry list compilation of the NCLB deficiencies of schools in the district. All other school districts receiving C4E funding at least attempted to use sentences to describe Student achievement need. Subjects, verbs, stuff like that.

Contract for Excellence Needs and Strategies 11/8/2007
(snapshot: 11/06/2007)
NEWBURGH CITY SD SUPERINTENDENT ANNETTE SATURNELLI
Student achievement need
NECSD ?Status for 2006-2007
I. DINI 3 for Elementary/Middle Level and Secondary ELA
A. Elementary/Middle
SWD, LEP
B. Secondary
All, B, H, SWD, ED

II. Elementary/Middle Level
A. Temple Hill Academy?SINI 2 for ELA for SWD
B. Meadow Hill Schools??--SINI 2 for ELA for SWD

C. Heritage Junior High
a. Restructuring Year 1 for Math for SWD
b. Planning for Restructuring in ELA for B, H, SWD, ED

D. South Junior High
a. Restructuring Year 1 for ELA for LEP, and Participation for SWD
b. Planning for Restructuring in Math for SWD

E. North Junior High
a. Planning for Restructuring for ELA for B, SWD
b. Corrective Action for Math for B, SWD

III. Secondary-Level
A. Newburgh Free Academy?
a. Corrective Action for Secondary ELA for All, SWD, B, H, ED
b. SINI 2 in Math for SWD
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