The district welcomed a new assistant principal for the Middle School as the search beings for a new principal for Duzine Elementary.

The new principal of the New Paltz Middle School students, Ann Sheldon, assumed the school’s top leadership position on July 1. She previously served two years as assistant principal. Sheldon replaces Dr. Richard Wiesenthal, who retired at the end of the present school year.

Several community members objected to the unexpected resignation of the middle-school principal and quick appointment of a successor, which one said was “shrouded in mystery.” Specifically, they said the appointment was a missed opportunity to increase diversity among administrators. There was talk of a lawsuit.

Last week, leaders of the town and village of New Paltz learned that $200,000 in what’s called SUNY impact aid is headed this way. The aid helps defray the costs incurred by the town servicing the college.

New Paltz High School’s Class of 2018 graduated last Friday, so Cameryn Lesko-Jelley’s days of profiling her fellow seniors for the New Paltz Times on a weekly basis are done. But one story remains to be told in these pages: Lesko’s own.

Thoughts of the classmates who didn’t live to don the cap and gown mingled with the usual feelings of joy and accomplishment at this year’s New Paltz High School graduation.

Highland High School’s class of 2018 received their diplomas yesterday evening at a ceremony at the school.

Voters in the Highland Central School District went to the polls today and approved a budget of $45.3 million for the 2018-19 school year, as well as an $8 million capital improvement project. Michael Bakatsias, Camille Adoma and Edward Meisel were elected to the school board.

Heading to the polls in one of these two districts? Here’s what you need to know.

The reference to a higher power and the nation’s failure to live up to its ideals were cited among the reasons.