Poughkeepsie City School District

The Poughkeepsie City School District is moving into the third phase of utilizing its Smart Schools Bond Act allocation. The district is proposing a plan in which it would use its remaining roughly $1.2 million to install new classroom and hallway clock and speaker displays and other classroom technology upgrades.

In January 2014, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for New York State to invest $2 billion in its schools through a Smart Schools Bond Act. Voters approved the Smart School Bond Act in November 2014 and as a result, the Poughkeepsie City School District was allocated to receive $5,708,639.

Through the first two phases, Poughkeepsie invested roughly $4.5 million in district-wide safety and security upgrades, such as security cameras, upgraded access and lockdown systems and video server rooms; and technology upgrades such as interactive Promethean Boards and laptops and Chromebooks for teachers and students.