A History of the Wallkill Central Schools

When the Borden family arrived in the nineteenth century, educational opportunities in Ulster County were limited; classes rarely extended beyond the eighth grade. This changed when the philanthropic Bordens established their Borden Condensed Milk Company and gave Wallkill the means to construct one of the area's first high schools. In 1938, Central School District No. 1—incorporating the towns of Shawangunk, Plattekill, Gardiner, Marlborough, Newburgh and Montgomery—was formed after reside...