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Orange County School District To Host Forum After Student Overdoses Orange County School District To Host Forum After Student Overdoses
Orange County School District To Host Forum After Student Overdoses An area school district is hosting a community forum after several students overdosed on drugs. The overdoses took place in Orange County at Pine Bush High School, according to Donna Geidel, interim superintendent of the Pine Bush School District. "Unfortunately, several students were transported to the hospital this week due to drug use," Geidel said in a statement to the public. "The health consequences were serious, but they have recovered and are getting support from their families." Geidel went on to say the district is working with police who are conducting an investigation into the …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
School Districts In Orange County Struggling With Bus Driver Shortage School Districts In Orange County Struggling With Bus Driver Shortage
School Districts In Orange County Struggling With Bus Driver Shortage Several Hudson Valley school districts have been left scrambling at the beginning of the school year as they contend with the national bus driver shortage. The East Ramapo School District in Rockland County, and the Pine Bush and Newburgh school districts in Orange County began the new year with a lack of drivers to pick up students, forcing parents to make adjustments on the fly and the cancellation of some classes. Related story - Bus Driver Shortage To Affect Large Westchester District On First Day Of School In those districts, parents have been asked to drive students to school or…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Orange County Votes On School Budgets, New Buses, Capital Reserves Orange County Votes On School Budgets, New Buses, Capital Reserves
Orange County Votes On School Budgets, New Buses, Capital Reserves As Orange County residents go to the polls on Tuesday, May 15, they'll be asked to OK a number of school budgets that seek to spend close to the state-imposed tax cap. Other school districts, meanwhile, have proposed creating "capital reserve funds," or so-called "rainy day" accounts for repairs or other emergency expenses. And several school districts seek taxpayer approval to buy new school buses. Here is a summary of major budget and ballot issues, in addition to school board elections: Chester School District proposes a $27.6 million budget. Cornwall School Distric…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Bus Company To Lay Off More Than 160 In Orange County Bus Company To Lay Off More Than 160 In Orange County
Bus Company To Lay Off More Than 160 In Orange County More than 160 jobs face elimination at the end of June following the announcement that First Student Bus Company had lost its contract with the Pine Bush School District. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification on April 3, which notified the state that 166 employees would be laid off as of June 29. The notice also said the Depot Street plant would close. First Student listed the “loss of Pine Bush School District contract to Birnie Bus” as the reason for the elimination of jobs. A media spokesperson for neither First Student or Birnie Bus were not available for co…

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by Kathy Reakes