The Times Herald-Record reported on December 11 that the Newburgh School District may be interested in buying the McQuade campus.

Newburgh district might want to buy McQuade facility

By Michael Randall

NEW WINDSOR - Newburgh Superintendent of Schools Annette Saturnelli hinted Thursday the district might be interested in acquiring McQuade's New Windsor campus once it becomes vacant.

"It's such a beautiful facility," Saturnelli said.

But first, Saturnelli and officials in other school districts and social service agencies are scrambling to find alternative programs for the students they've placed there now that McQuade's shutting down its Kaplan School for Special Education.
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At the December 15 BOE meeting Asistant Superintendent of Finance Pacella said that the Newburgh School District was unlikely to take such a step unless it worked out to be a financial savings (because fewer special education students would need to be acccommodated through external service providers).