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Hudson City School District voters have approved a budget for the next fiscal year — increasing the district’s funding by just over 1%. Meanwhile, Kingston City School District also passed a larger budget than last year, but will still lose nearly 60 staff members, including teachers.

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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Former NY elementary teacher and now 2nd year PhD student at RPI Sophia Acquisto, Former U.S. Army officer and State Department Diplomat who taught at Bard College for six years and is now a Senior Fellow at Bard's Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Fred Hof, and Wall Street Investment Banker Mark Wittman.

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