The Pleasantville School District is proposing a $61.3 million budget for 2024-25 that is tax cap-compliant despite facing significant increases in students’ out-of-district special education and health insurance costs. Assistant Superintendent for Business John Chow presented next year’s proposed spending
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Calls against the Chappaqua School District spending $1.1 million on school resource officers (SRO) for 2024-25 intensified last week after details emerged that one of the district’s three SROs faces domestic violence charges. Former New Castle officer Joseph Carbone, who
Read MoreFacing the loss of nearly $1.6 million in state Foundation Aid and diminishing enrollment, the Bedford School District could see staffing reduced by more than 27 full-time equivalent positions next year. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Glass unveiled his proposed
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The Westchester County Board of Legislators joined the chorus of critics against Gov. Kathy Hochul and her proposed Foundation Aid reductions that education advocates contend places countless programs and students in peril. Accompanied by teachers’ union representatives at the County
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By Barbara Kay White Plains Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca unveiled the district’s preliminary $265.9 million budget for 2024-25 with an estimated tax levy increase of 1.06 percent that easily complies with the state tax cap. Ricca has put
Read MoreParents and students in Carmel last week lashed out at administrators over the dire financial condition of the school district during a marathon eight-hour Board of Education meeting that lasted to 2 a.m. The Board of Education is grappling with
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For the fifth year, Fox Lane High School teacher Lindsay Lappin-Burke is leading a small but passionate group of students through the school’s Fashion Design Program, giving some of them a greater sense of purpose and direction in their academic
Read MoreChappaqua school officials offered a proposed 2024-25 budget that exceeds the tax cap by more than $2.5 million while funding three additional school resource officers and three more teachers to limit elementary-level class size. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christine Ackerman
Read MoreThe Carmel Board of Education learned last week it is facing a challenging task of having to cut about $6 million in the proposed 2024-25 district budget. Even with a reduction of $6 million, property owners are looking at a
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Regeneron recognized the accomplishments of 26 Westchester high school students last week who were named among the 300 scholars from across the nation and abroad in its annual Science Talent Search. The students, along with parents, teachers and dignitaries, came
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