Poughkeepsie Sets 'Mission Literacy' Goal, Unveiling At City Hall
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- The Poughkeepsie City School District is striving to reach its goal of ranking in the top 10 percent of the 700 school districts in New York State by 2020, according to an announcement.
Mayor Rob Rolison and the members of the Common Council will soon unveil the Mission Literacy framework at City Hall.
The initiative is to improve student achievement, graduation rates, college placement, and career readiness, the announcement said.
It includes Book Baskets, summer reading logs, and Summer Pak, a reading program designed to decrease “summer learning loss.”
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East Fishkill Boy Writes Apology To Police For Mistaken 911 Call
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. -- An East Fishkill boy, 9, mistakenly called 911 out of curiosity recently, reaching Dutchess County dispatch, which led police officer Austin Nicholas to respond to the boy's house, the East Fishkill Police Department reports.
"When I got there, I knocked on the door (and) saw Nicholas and his brother running around the house,” Nichols told Time Warner Cable News.
Initially apprehensive, the boy, coincidentally named Nicholas, admitted he made the call "on accident," said the report.
He later wrote an apology letter to Officer Nicholas you can see above…
