Twin Towers Middle School

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Twin Towers Middle School
Location
Middletown, NY, USA
Information
School district Enlarged City School District of Middletown
Principal Gordon Dean
Enrollment

775[1]
Faculty 65[1]
Type public
Grades 6-8
Campus Suburban
Homepage Twin Towers Middle School

Twin Towers Middle School is one of two middle schools in the Middletown City Schools in Middletown, New York, USA. It is located at the intersection of Grand Street and Wisner Avenue in the northern section of the city. Completed in 1940, it was used as Middletown's high school until 1976. It gets its name from the two ornate towers at the front of the building.

In recent years the school has been at the center of some controversy. During the sexual-abuse investigation into former school superintendent Robert Sigler, school officials, including principal Gordon Dean, were faulted for doing too little to prevent the abuse.[2] Two years later, violence in the school had reached such a level that a city police official said Twin Towers was responsible for more police complaints than any other school.[3] In one incident, students started a "fight club" that was only stopped when parents learned of it and informed the school.[3] The district had been unsuccessfully seeking federal grant money for a resource officer (a police officer stationed in the school) but later decided to pay for the positions itself.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b New York State School Report Card, Accountabiility and Overview Information Report for Twin Towers Middle School, 2005-2006PDF (560 KiB)
  2. ^ "Actions in Sigler scandal don't inspire any trust", January 2, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. 
  3. ^ a b Cahn, Dianna. "Board takes notice of school violence", Times-Herald Record, March 4, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. 
  4. ^ Cahn, Dianna. "Middletown district offers tight $99.1 million budget", Times-Herald Record, May 5, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. 

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