On the Newburgh School District's website you can read this letter:

Dear Parents,

Unfortunately the extraordinary economic times that we live in require us to make decisions which we might otherwise not be required to do. I am sure by now that some or perhaps most of you have heard that there is a possibility that the Heritage Junior High School Campus at Stewart may be discontinued for the 2009 - 2010 school year. I would like to inform you of what is fact at this particular time.

* The school district is facing some very substantial losses in aid.
* The Board of Education has agreed in concept that it may be necessary to discontinue the program at Stewart due to economic reasons only.
* There has not yet been a final decision by the Board of Education to discontinue the program. That decision may or may not be reached in the coming weeks or months ahead.
* Should there be a decision to discontinue the program at the Stewart Campus all students presently at that campus will begin grade 8 at the Union Avenue Campus. Stewart students are part of the Heritage Junior High School family and will join their school mates here on Union Avenue. Requests by parents to attend South Junior High will also be honored. (The Superintendent responded to a question regarding this at the most recent Board of Education meeting held Tuesday night.)

If you have any questions or concerns at this time please feel free to contact me, I am always most accessible to you and will provide you with answers to your questions as I know them to be at the time we speak. Unfortunately the severity of the times requires us to make decisions which may be unpopular to some but favorable to others. This certainly is at the top of our list; however, I feel you should know what we know in a timely way so that you can have confidence in what we have to tell you.

Sincerely,
Joseph W. Raiti
Principal

Principal Raiti has inadvertently written a very interesting sentence.

Unfortunately the extraordinary economic times that we live in require us to make decisions which we might otherwise not be required to do.

That is a sentence with some truth in it. Ordinarily, we might not be required to make decisions at all.

On to the rest... The Board has "agreed in concept" to closing Heritage at Stewart. Have they made a "final decision"? No. Will they make a final decision in the coming weeks or months? Maybe, maybe not.

Perhaps decision making is not yet required.