Basil students to attend classes at Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery because St. Basil was not paying tuition for the students. Saint Basil had failed to pay $237,000 to HFFMCSD. Then Saint Basil asked Garrison Union Free School District (which sends high school students to Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery) to take the students for free; Garrison argued against this because Saint Basil was not officially licensed to be in charge of its students. In fall 2003 the New York State Education Department decided that in the meantime, the Garrison district would be the school district for Saint Basil Academy students who originated from households residing in New York State. Garrison chose to educate Saint Basil students up to the 8th grade. Marek Fuchs of The New York Times wrote that due to the extra expenses, "The decision [to have Garrison educate the students] was an unpopular one in Garrison." In November 2003 the New York State Office of Children and Family Services formally requested that Saint Basil apply for such a license in order to stay open. The Department of Children and Families turned down the application in January 2004 and stated that Saint Basil should not operate anymore. However in April 2004 the New York State Education Department had ruled that the Garrison district was not required to educate Saint Basil students. In September 2004 Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery's high school, James I. O'Neill High School, was still taking students from Saint Basil who were not from families resident in New York State. Saint Basil sent elementary and middle school aged students to Bishop Dunn Memorial School of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, and high school students to Haldane High School of Haldane Central School District in Cold Spring. In 2016 Bishop Dunn Memorial was still the K-8 used by Saint Basil, and it sent high school aged children to different high schools. Resident demographics most of the students were of races other than non-Hispanic white and originated from urban environments. Usually children are admitted when social service government organizations send them there. Many of the children came from environments where child abuse or family problems occurred. See also List of boarding schools in the United States National Register of Historic Places listings in Putnam County, New York References External links School website Boarding schools in New York (state) Eastern Orthodox schools in the United States Eastern Orthodoxy in New York (state)