Last Friday about 300 Fox Lane High School juniors eagerly donned red and white t-shirts that read Community Volunteer Day 2023, prepared to donate their time and energy for the second annual Community Day, created to encourage volunteerism in young
Read MoreBy Abby Luby State funding for public schools reached a milestone when New York allocated more than $34 billion of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget to schools across the state. The sum that will be disbursed represents about a $3
Read MoreBudget and Board of Education elections in Putnam County school districts produced some close results Tuesday. In Carmel, where several high school students were disciplined in Feb. for creating and posting fake, inappropriate videos using artificial intelligence and impersonating different
Read MoreBudgets and propositions in six school districts in northern Westchester were approved easily by voters Tuesday. The following is a summary of results of the Board of Education races where seats were contested: In Hendrick Hudson, where district parents, teachers
Read MoreArea school budgets were easily approved Tuesday night and voters in the Chappaqua and Bedford each elected two new Board of Education members who will take over for retiring incumbents this summer. In Chappaqua’s four-candidate race for two board seats,
Read MoreThe Bedford Board of Education approved a new director of special education last week despite pleas from some special education parents and community members who questioned how an internal promotion will improve the program. Assistant Director of Special Education Toni
Read MoreMount Pleasant School District voters will decide whether to approve a $74.5 million spending plan for 2023-24 that complies with the tax cap, adds 6.7 full-time equivalent staff members and uses no fund balance. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Peter Giarrizzo
Read MoreAn anonymous mailer sent to some Bedford School District residents this week accusing two candidates in Tuesday’s Board of Education race as “radical” was denounced Friday by its targets as well as their opponents. Although never mentioning Rica Mendes and
Read MoreA candidate running for the Carmel Board of Education has raised some eyebrows in the community for racially-charged posts on social media. Carmela Atria, one of three trustee hopefuls who will be competing for two available seats on May 16,
Read MoreThe Bedford Central Schools is one of several districts in the area that will see the retirement of one or more incumbents from the Board of Education and the certainty of new people from the community stepping forward to serve.
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