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.

Please read through the presentation below to see what would be included in Phase 3, and watch a presentation given to the Board of Education on March 5 here. To comment on the proposal, email Interim Assistant Superintendent for Business Margarita Lekaj at mlekaj@poughkeepsieschools.org using a subject line of "Smart Schools Phase 3 Comment." All comments must be submitted by April 6, 2025.