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Newburgh charter school 1 step from approval

Originally published: December 10, 2012 4:03 PM
Updated: December 10, 2012 4:28 PM
By MEGHAN E. MURPHY  meghan.murphy@cablevision.com

A file photo of a teacher in a

Photo credit: Getty Images | A file photo of a teacher in a classroom. (June 16, 2006)

A Board of Regents committee on Monday approved the Mid-Hudson Valley's first charter school, a program targeting Newburgh dropouts.

State Education Department Commissioner John King Jr. dubbed the school's concept an "important innovation."

The charter school will be the first in Orange County and the only charter school in the 140-mile swath between southern Westchester County and...

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