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Board approves one-year DCC college-credit pilot course funded by DCC Foundation grant
Summary
The board unanimously approved a pilot college-and-career planning seminar for 2026-27 that will offer optional Dutchess Community College credit; the first year is grant-funded (DCC Foundation donation of $50,000) and trustees asked how the program would be evaluated and funded after the pilot year.
The Wappingers board approved a new college-and-career planning seminar for the 2026-27 school year that will allow high-school students to earn optional Dutchess Community College (DCC) credit during a pilot year.
Trustee Meggitts said the course supports the state's evolving "portrait of a graduate" requirements and will give students a way to demonstrate postsecondary skills through college-level coursework. The board learned the…
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