On July 21, New Paltz Central School District (NPCSD) Superintendent Stephen Gratto shared a community letter detailing changes to education across New York State and how those changes would impact his district. The changes would also eliminate local requirements, requiring school districts to confer diplomas to students who satisfy the state’s requirements. Saugerties might be the most ready to adopt changeOf all the local school districts, Saugerties might be the most ready to adopt change. That’s partly because Saugerties High School is heading into its third year as a pilot school for the PLAN (Performance-based Learning and Assessment Networks) Program. Saugerties Central School District (SCSD) Superintendent Gwendolyn Roraback was asked whether the initial data from Saugerties factored into the state’s plans for Portrait of a Graduate.