A Somers High School English teacher who was at the center of a debate in the district after assigning a lesson with racial overtones is returning to the classroom Monday. Allison Ferrier, a teacher in the district for 25 years
Read MoreA lesson with racial overtones taught in a 10th-grade English class at Somers High School last week triggered a raucous revolt from parents at a Board of Education meeting. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Raymond Blanch, who penned a letter panning
Read MoreTwo northern Westchester school districts experienced a staggering number of motorists that illegally passed stopped school buses picking up or dropping off students during the first two months of the academic year. There were well over 600 illegal passes of
Read MoreWhite Plains Hospital recently hosted New York State’s first Youth Summit in partnership with Black Men in White Coats, a national organization that seeks to increase the number of minorities in the field of medicine. More than 200 middle and high
Read MoreAn annual community read in Bedford turned controversial last week after some residents believed that the school district pulled its support for the event due to complaints over one of the featured books. Fox Reads, a voluntary event organized by
Read MoreStepinac High School has announced the creation of a new Business Academic Department to administer the operations of the school’s increasingly popular innovative business curriculum offerings. It started two years ago when Stepinac launched the innovative The Joyce and Frank
Read MoreMost preschools begin their traditional programs for young children with a class for two-year-olds. Starting Oct. 24, the JCC of Mid-Westchester (JCCMW) Nursery School is introducing a new program at its White Plains location that offers a class to begin
Read MoreVoters in the Croton-Harmon School District will likely be presented with a $45.5 million capital projects’ referendum in December that school officials maintain will not raise taxes. Plans include $17.5 million in infrastructure work, most of which is related to
Read MoreThe Chappaqua Board of Education unanimously approved last week holding a referendum for a $45.3M infrastructure and facilities bond issue on Nov. 29, addressing an extensive list of projects that would impact every school in the district. Voters will decide
Read MoreLow-income communities in Westchester, particularly people of color, are disproportionately harmed by having far less broadband access, a newly-published survey revealed. The Westchester Children’s Association (WCA) partnered with Pace University to produce the “Digital Access Survey: Perceptions of Parents in
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