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Newburgh schools get $2.5 million grant
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The Newburgh school district will get a $2.5 million grant to increase college graduation rates among high-risk students.
The state Education Department announced Friday that Temple Hill Academy, a school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, will recieve the money from the state's federal Race to to the Top grant.
The Newburgh school district has one of the area's lowest graduation...
