New Windsor, Town of Newburgh - help (New York, Carmel: job market, catholic schools)

[EEEPNJ]

Hello,

We are considering moving to the area around New Windsor/Town of Newburgh. I do have family there but I'd like some other opinions.

Can you reccommend what towns are considered better or worse?
What about the school systems? And do you have any info on Catholic Schools too? How is the job market? Realistically, how long would the commute be to Bergen County NJ during morning rush?

Any advice is appreciated!

[tambre]

Hi,
I think your commute would be around 45 minutes, say to around the Paramus area...maybe a little less.

[joeymarine]

Originally Posted by EEEPNJ

Hello,

We are considering moving to the area around New Windsor/Town of Newburgh. I do have family there but I'd like some other opinions.

Can you reccommend what towns are considered better or worse?
What about the school systems? And do you have any info on Catholic Schools too? How is the job market? Realistically, how long would the commute be to Bergen County NJ during morning rush?

Any advice is appreciated!

Unfortunately to say, depending on how you hit the traffic you will actually be looking at about a 1 to 1.5 hour commute back to Bergen in morning rush. The job market kind of depends on what you do for work, there is a lot of things happening in the New Windsor area with the airport being taken over by Port Authority - so I would expect the job market in that specific locale to get better as we should see much more commercial going in (there's already been a significant amount of commercial growth in the last year).

I answer the town or school question, and I really have no idea about any Catholic Schools, although I'm sure there is at least one. I would recommend doing a search on SchoolMatch and School Matters. Those two websites will give you info that is not swayed by anyone.

Good Luck and don't hesitate to ask any more questions!

~Joey

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by joeymarine

Unfortunately to say, depending on how you hit the traffic you will actually be looking at about a 1 to 1.5 hour commute back to Bergen in morning rush. The job market kind of depends on what you do for work, there is a lot of things happening in the New Windsor area with the airport being taken over by Port Authority - so I would expect the job market in that specific locale to get better as we should see much more commercial going in (there's already been a significant amount of commercial growth in the last year).

I answer the town or school question, and I really have no idea about any Catholic Schools, although I'm sure there is at least one. I would recommend doing a search on SchoolMatch and School Matters. Those two websites will give you info that is not swayed by anyone.

Good Luck and don't hesitate to ask any more questions!

~Joey

Thanks for the feedback! I may pester you some more!

[joeymarine]

Originally Posted by EEEPNJ

Thanks for the feedback! I may pester you some more!

No problem, at all...I will keep a watch on this thread should you have any other questions!

~Joey

[LSLE]

There is Bishop Dunn Portal Forward school that I came across while researching the day camps for my son. Unfortunately, can't give you more info on how good/bad this school is.

[tambre]

Found this:

PRIVATE (Elementary Cont’d)
Sacred Heart School, Monroe, PreK-8
Cynthia Reimer, Principal
845/783-0365

Sacred Heart St. Francis School
Newburgh, K-8
845/561-1433 Sr. Kathleen Marie, Principal

St. Joseph’s School, Florida, PreK-8
Kathleen Luppens, Principal
845/651-7873

St. Joseph’s School, Middletown, PreK-8
845/343-3139 Richard Jackson, Principal
Saint Joseph's Parish, Middletown, New York (http://www.citlink.net/~stjosephs - broken link)

St. Joseph’s School, New Windsor, PreK-8
845/565-5110 Sr. Lucy Povilonis, Principal
www.home.hvc.rr.com/stjoes (broken link)

St. Stephen-St. Edward School
Warwick, PreK-8
845/986-3533 MaryLou Moccia, Principal

St. Thomas of Canterbury
Cornwall-on-Hudson, PreK-8
845/534-2019 Agnes E. Maleakas, Principal

PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Elementary)

Bishop Dunn Memorial School
Newburgh, PreK-8
845/569-3494 James DelViscio, Principal
Bishop Dunn Portal Forward

Calvary Christian Academy
Warwick, PreK-8
845/986-5437
Joanne Mercadante, Principal

Goshen Christian School, Goshen, K-8
845/294-6365 John DeVries, Principal
www.goshenchristian.org

Harmony Christian School
Middletown, K-12
845/692-5353
Pamela Burns, Principal

Leptondale Christian Academy
Newburgh, PreK-8
845/564-2860 Gary Heotzler, Principal
www.leptondale.org/lca (broken link)

Most Precious Blood School, Walden, K-8
845/778-3028
Sr. Margaret Strychalski, Principal

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Middletown, PreK-8
845/343-8836 Thomas J. Gleason, Principal
Superintendent of Schools - Home

Sacred Heart of Jesus School
Highland Falls, PreK-8
845/446-2674
Sr. Carol Melsopp, Principal

Hope this helps.

[cb70]

My husband works on Rt 17 NORTH in Paramus, it takes him 45 mins. Most of the traffic is in the usual Century Rd area. We moved here a year ago due to Bergen Co being highly priced. We are right off of 84 and its a 2-3 min drive to be on 87. We love it. It is less congested than Bergen Co. where we grew up.