Thursday, August 7, 2025

HCSD News

Although there has been no official announcement, it appears that Dr. Juliette Pennyman has resigned as superintendent of the Hudson City School District.

In Lance Wheeler's video of the groundbreaking yesterday for a greenhouse to be constructed on the grounds of Hudson High School, Pennyman says, "I am so excited that I am part of this legacy." Legacy appears to have been a rather revealing choice of words.  


Tonight, at a special meeting of the HCSD Board of Education, the board voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Brian Bailey, Ed.D., interim superintendent of schools. Bailey, who is now retired, was formerly the superintendent of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District. His appointment takes effect on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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2 comments:

  1. Union JackAugust 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM

    At this point, Hudson City School District is churning through superintendents faster than the Cleveland Browns went through head coaches.

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  2. Hudson Common SenseAugust 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM

    Two questions re: Greenhouse at HCSD

    1. Isn't this duplicative with Kite's Nest?

    Both HCSD and Kite's Nest now have NY State grants for these agriculture-education programs.

    2. In the video Pennyman mentioned "hydroponics" as part of "my vision", and mentions that this greenhouse was initiated as part of a broader strategy to integrate with the _local_ economy.

    Is HCSD the new Wally Farms?

    Hydroponics, arguably, does not make sense for Hudson Valley. The valley has ample fertile soil, a long and mild growing season, and is not as dry and variable as California etc.

    Why are Hudson tax payers subsidizing both a failing school system, and hyper-political-as-a-goal local 501c3s (via State grants and voluntary donations), that overlap in work?

    If Hudson really cared about "the youth" the City would not spend more money (clearly this is making things worse) but adopt tried and tested, decades old practices.

    Florida (!) spends almost $20k less per student and their students are top quartile by national assessments. Even low-income fourth graders from Florida top the nation:

    https://reason.org/k12-ed-spending/crossroads-report/

    See how Mississippi is now outperforming New York towns like Hudson:

    https://www.thefp.com/p/mississippi-cant-possibly-have-good

    Is the goal of HCSD and the dozens of Hudson based youth programs to create jobs for adults or to improve the life outcomes of the youth?

    Right now it seems the former.

    Please share any evidence to the contrary.

    HCSD did not answer FOILs about National Merit Scholars and other objective data about student performance.

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