Could we really see the day when the Kingston High School campus is closed? Somebody pinch me! It’s like someone turned the light on in an otherwise dark and uninterested School Board meeting.The residents in portions of Ward Nine and Five have suffered long enough with the full day of off-campus students wandering around our homes.
Speeding, Parking, Litter and verbal confrontation with local homeowners are common place. Parents of students whom live in Hurley, Zena and Esopus haven’t a clue what their children do off-campus and in our backyards.
Keeping the students on school property will require a bigger lunch facility. At present, juniors and seniors are allowed to eat lunch off campus because the school does not have the necessary cafeteria space to accommodate its student body of more than 2,000. 
This nomadic tribe of hungry students, wander our neighborhoods every school day, bringing the property values down and increasing the driving hazards on our side streets. To the right is a picture of a car wreck on Andrew St from last Thursday around 11am. The young man, speeding, hit his girlfriend’s car and totaled his. The only injuries were to his father’s insurance rates. The main question? Why are they off-campus during the school day?
I agree with all three of them. Get the cafeteria expansion issue out there, get it funded, and get it done. The residents, law enforcement, and us lawmakers will greatly appreciate it and with less opportunity to mix-it-up with the wrong element off-campus, students will learn more.
The Board meeting was Wednesday at 7pm at Zena Elementary.
