Objections over the Chappaqua School District’s curriculum on Israel and Gaza and sharp criticisms from representatives of an organization whose leader was ejected from school grounds last month led to a tension-filled Board of Education meeting last week. Against the
Read MoreA former teaching assistant in the Yorktown School District could face up to 20 years in prison after being indicted in federal court in White Plains Nov. 1 on charges of distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography. Giuseppi Micciari, 27,
Read MoreA 16-year-old student at Carmel High School was recently charged in connection with graffiti discovered on the tennis courts last month. On Sept. 20, at approximately 5 p.m., the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office was advised of graffiti found at the
Read MoreBy Jonathan Notis After playing volleyball for the nationally ranked Downstate Athletic Center in Peekskill, Marc Arroyo, a current Briarcliff High School senior wanted a different challenge. That’s where he met Paulo Martinez-Amezaga and Sam Jacobson, students at Croton-Harmon High
Read MoreByram Hills School District officials are proposing a vote next spring to transfer $9 million from a reserve fund to the capital fund to pay for a multiyear improvement project. Money that would be transferred from the District-wide Renovations, Reconstruction
Read MoreHorace Greeley High School experienced two anti-Semitic incidents in the last two weeks, district officials revealed last week. In her report to the community, Board of Education President Hilary Grasso said a swastika was found in a school bathroom last
Read MoreWhite Plains High School’s faculty and administrators have devised a groundbreaking program that simultaneously looks to address the nationwide teacher shortage and provide students with a potential path for a career in education. Last week, school officials announced that a
Read MoreWith the atrocities in Israel perpetrated by Hamas painfully fresh in people’s minds, an estimated 1,200 people turned out Sunday evening for a solemn vigil in downtown Chappaqua to stand in solidarity with Israel and the Jewish community. Organized by
Read MoreAfter nearly 60 candidates were screened and a dozen were interviewed, the Hendrick Hudson Board of Education appointed a new Superintendent of Schools last week. Michael Tromblee, who served the last five years as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Library has begun planning a referendum for as soon as next spring to complete a variety of exterior improvements to the building as well as needed roof repairs. Library Board of Trustees President Jennifer Fahey said the library has
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