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
Read MoreFor 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
Read MoreRegeneron 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
Read MoreBy Barbara Kay The White Plains Board of Education revealed last week that delays in state Education Department (SED) approval is holding up four projects from the ongoing $71.4 million in capital projects improvements districtwide. School officials received an update
Read MoreVoters in the Yorktown School District overwhelmingly approved two capital projects propositions totaling $57 million Tuesday. The first proposition, with a price tag of approximately $46 million, passed by a tally of 950 to 158. The funding will primarily cover
Read MoreVoters in the Yorktown School District are being given additional opportunities to vote on $57 million in capital projects. Two propositions will be on the ballot Tues., Feb. 13 at French Hill School from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., but
Read MoreThe fiscal challenges keep on mounting for the Bedford School District. A few weeks after district officials learned that they stand to lose more than $1.7 million in total state aid under Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed state budget, last week
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