Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District

Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District (HFFMCSD) is a school district headquartered in Highland Falls, New York.^[1]

History

After 1997 the district educated students at Saint Basil Academy in Garrison after that institution stopped in-house instruction. In 2003, Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery stopped allowing St. Basil students to attend classes at Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery because St. Basil was not paying tuition for the students.^[2] Saint Basil had failed to pay $237,000 to HFFMCSD.^[3] In 2004 the New York State Education Department decided that in the meantime, the Garrison Union Free School District (which sends high school students to Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery) would be the school district for Saint Basil Academy students who originated from households residing in New York State, although the Garrison district operated in a manner that the order did not require them to pay for the education of high school students.^[4]

Frank Sheboy began his term as superintendent circa 2015.^[5]

In 2021 the agency at West Point announced that the bid to educate West Point High School students would be competitive.^[6] In March 2022 the O'Neill contract was renewed.^[7]

In 2022 Sheboy decided to leave his position.^[5]

Service area

The district includes most of the town of Highlands and portions of the town of Woodbury. It includes the village of Highland Falls and the hamlets of Fort Montgomery and West Point.^[8] HFFMCSD's James I. O'Neill High School is one of two high schools taking students from the Garrison Union Free School District (GUFSD) as that district only educates up to 8th grade and pays to send its students elsewhere for high school.^[9] GUFSD includes sections of Philipstown and Putnam Valley towns, with the former portion including Garrison hamlet.^[10] United States Military Academy sends high school aged students who are dependents of on-base military personnel to O'Neill under contract.^[6]

Schools

• James I. O'Neill High School
• Highland Falls Intermediate School
• Fort Montgomery Elementary School

References

1. "Home". Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
2. Fuchs, Marek (2003-11-02). "COMMUNITIES; Home for the Troubled At Odds With a School". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
3. Fuchs, Marek (2004-04-11). "A Refuge for City Children Faces Problems of Its Own". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
4. Fuchs, Marek (2004-09-05). "EDUCATION; Last-Minute Ruling for St. Basil". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
5. Wang, Helu (2022-03-08). "The superintendent shuffle: Retirement, resignation, scandal, sudden death lead to openings across the region". Times Herald Record. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
6. Wang, Helu (2021-09-27). "Could Highland Falls lose its West Point students?". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
7. Randall, Mike (2022-03-21). "Highland Falls' contract to educate West Point high school students is renewed". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
8. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
9. Prentice, Anita (2004). "Garrison Union Free School District: A History Primer". Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-01-24. When children graduate [...] and GUFSD pays tuition to those districts.
10. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Putnam County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-05.

External links

• Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District