Voters approve Orange BOCES center plan in 18 districts
Voters in 18 Orange County school districts approved a $5.9 million BOCES complex for vocational and special education in a 63 percent margin after 4,863 votes. The project, financed by a 20 year bond via the State Dormitory Authority, will raise taxes by about 47 cents per $1,000 of true value and includes a vocational center for 700 students and a second center for hands-on courses.
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Keith McKeown
Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Orange County
BOCES
Grange County
Port Jervis
Newburgh
Gibson Road
Goshen
New Windsor
Food Service
State Dormitory Authority
Washingtonville approves 65 thousand for Borden property
Washingtonville School District voters approved a 65 000 plan to buy eight acres and convert an abandoned creamery into a bus garage. The 342 to 273 vote funds include 40 000 to purchase eight acres and 25 000 for the conversion. A roughly 30 cent per thousand valuation tax increase was projected with state aid covering most costs. Construction to start this summer. The land adjoins eight acres bought by the district in 1962.
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Washingtonville
Borden
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