The district has faced intense, back-to-back criticism this month about how it handled the violent altercation among teens outside of Newburgh Free Academy’s main campus and a forensic audit.

Newburgh Free Academy's Student Council president is calling out a sharply divided school board, imploring its warring five-member majority and four-member minority to behave like adults.

A handful of Newburgh Free Academy sophomores dug deep into issues like urban renewal and gentrification, and legends like George Alsforf.