When I was growing up, students at my local high school went viral on the internet for a song parody (seen below) they created. It was so big, in fact, that thousands of people suddenly wanted to move to the area.
Because of that population boom, our school district had to be rezoned to to accommodate all the new students. Now, a Capital Region school district is facing the same issue.
Changes Coming to Bethlehem School District
At the moment, Bethlehem School District is home to five elementary schools. Unfortunately for some students, these schools are not equally split. Problems have begun arising with class sizes becoming too large, and the district wants to change that.
The hope is to even out class sizes across the district so that every student can get the same amount of attention and care put into their education, but the path forward isn’t an easy one.
How Will the District Rezone?
Mapping consultant Tyler Technologies came up with four separate rezoning plans that the district could pull from. After weeks of deliberation, it’s been narrowed down to two choices.
Option 3-A is the first, moving 145 students:
NPU 8: From Glenmont to Hamagrael (40)NPU 16: From Glenmont to Hamagrael (35)NPU 40: From Slingerlands to Elsmere (15)*NPU 53 From Eagle to Slingerlands (0)NPU 54 From Eagle to Slingerlands (33)NPU 57: From Eagle to Hamagrael (8)NPU 58: From Eagle to Hamagrael (1)NPU 89: From Eagle to Hamagrael (11)NPU 90: From Eagle to Hamagrael (2)
Credit: Bethlehem School District & Canva
Credit: Bethlehem School District & Canva
The second is Option 3-B, which moves 154 students:
NPU 8: From Glenmont to Hamagrael (40)NPU 16: From Glenmont to Hamagrael (35)NPU 40: From Slingerlands to Elsmere* (15)*NPU 51 From Eagle to Hamagrael (31)NPU 53 From Eagle to Slingerlands (0)NPU 54 From Eagle to Slingerlands (33)
The decision goes to a final vote at 7p.m. on January 21st.
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LOOK! Before Sold-Abandoned Orange County Chopper HQs in Newburgh-TLC’s ‘American Chopper’
In 2003, a father-son business reality show hit the Discovery Channel. It was called American Chopper, and it followed the custom motorcycle-building business of the Teutul family out of Newburgh, NY. Paul Sr. owned the shop, with sons Paul Jr. and Mikey working in the business. There was a slew of cast and characters. The center of the show wasn’t just the amazing custom motorcycles built for celebrities and others; it was the volatile relationship between Sr. and Jr. The show ran for 12 seasons before the two could no longer get along. It ended up in lawsuits, and the two not talking for ten-plus years. In the past few years, the business moved to Florida. This left the 61,000-square-foot headquarters for sale and abandoned. Take a look at what remained of Orange County Choppers.
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