Twin Towers Middle School
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Twin Towers Middle School is one of two middle schools in the Enlarged City School District of Middletown
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, when the Veraldi Junior High School was expanded and became Middletown High School
. Twin Towers Middle School 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. 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. In one incident, students started a "fight club
" that was only stopped when parents learned of it and informed the school. 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.
Enlarged City School District of Middletown
The Enlarged City School District of Middletown serves the City of Middletown, Orange County, New York, and adjacent areas.It operates seven schools:*Chorley Elementary School - Grades K-1*Truman Moon Elementary School - Grades K-1...
in Middletown
Middletown, Orange County, New York
Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. It lies in New York's Hudson Valley region, near the Wallkill River and the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains. Middletown is situated between Port Jervis and Newburgh, New York. The city's population was 25,388 at the 2000 census...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 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, when the Veraldi Junior High School was expanded and became Middletown High School
Middletown High School (New York)
Middletown High School educates students in grades 9-12 from the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, which covers that city as well as adjacent portions of the towns of Wallkill and Wawayanda in Orange County, New York, USA...
. Twin Towers Middle School 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. 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. In one incident, students started a "fight club
Fight Club (novel)
Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. It follows the experiences of an unnamed protagonist struggling with insomnia. Inspired by his doctor's exasperated remark that insomnia is not suffering, he finds relief by impersonating a seriously ill person in several support groups...
" that was only stopped when parents learned of it and informed the school. 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.