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School Staffer Arrested, Banned From Property At District In Westchester
A school staff member in Westchester has been arrested and banned from stepping on district property as officials investigate his alleged inappropriate interactions with an elementary school student. The Mount Vernon Central School District announced the arrest and ban in a statement released on Thursday, May 11, in which officials outlined that the staff member had allegedly taken part in inappropriate interactions with an elementary school student in Mount Vernon. Once the district became aware of these allegations, they then "took immediate steps" to advise the staff me…
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New Superintendent To Take Command At District In Northern Westchester
After an extensive search, a school district in Northern Westchester has named its next superintendent. Duncan Wilson has been selected as the new Superintendent of the North Salem Central School District and will take over the position on Saturday, July 1, district officials announced. Wilson will take over the position from Ken Freeston, who will be retiring at the end of the school year. Wilson comes to North Salem from the Ardsley Union Free School District, where he was assistant superintendent. Prior to that, he was director of instruction and human resources a…
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This Westchester School District Ranks In Top 15 In America, New Report Says
A school district in Westchester has been recognized as one of the best in the entire country, according to new rankings. The Scarsdale Union Free School District has placed No. 11 in America, according to Niche's new 2023 rankings of the top school districts in the country. According to Niche, the organization uses "a series of steps to ensure statistical rigor and useful guidance in the school choice experience," according to its website. A detailed explanation of the criteria used to rank the school districts can be read by clicking here. In addition to ranking as one …
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School Superintendent In Hudson Valley To Retire: Decision Made With 'Very Heavy Heart'
The superintendent of a Hudson Valley school district has made the unexpected decision to retire in order to take care of a family member. Laurie Bandlow of the Brewster Central School District in Putnam County is set to retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year, according to an announcement by the school district. The "unexpected" decision came after Bandlow's mother died in September 2022 and she realized that she would soon need to care for her aging father, according to district officials. Because of this, she decided to give notice to the district a year in advance…
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New Assistant Superintendent Of HR Named By Mahopac Central School District
A school district in the Hudson Valley has selected its next assistant superintendent of human resources. The Mahopac Central School District in Putnam County has picked Jennifer Pontillo to serve as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, officials announced on Friday, April 28. Pontillo, who is currently the principal of the district's Lakeview Elementary, has worked in Mahopac since 1994, beginning as a first-grade teacher. She then became the principal of Lakeview Elementary in 2000 and has remained in the pos…
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Boces
Names New Superintendent For Northern Westchester, Putnam
The Board of the Putnam and Northern Westchester BOCES has named its next superintendent as the current one plans to retire. Neil Boyle, who previously served as the organization's Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, will serve as the next District Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of PNW BOCES, officials announced on Thursday, April 27. Boyle will succeed James Ryan, who is retiring from the position this year. Already having a long history with BOCES and other school districts in the area, Boyle has previously served as the coordinator …
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Support Pours In For Teens Severely Injured After School Bus, Car Crash In New Castle
A community is pulling together to help several teenagers who are fighting for their lives after suffering severe injuries in a head-on crash between a car and a school bus in Northern Westchester. The crash happened on Wednesday, April 26 just before 3 p.m. in New Castle on Lake Road, New Castle Police said. Earlier Report - New Update: At Least 9 Injured After Head-On New Castle Crash Between School Bus, Car The incident involved a head-on collision between a school bus and a Honda Accord that somehow veered into the southbound lane on Lake Road near Crow Hill Road, inju…
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Judge Judy To Speak At This Westchester School's Commencement Ceremony
Beloved television personality Judith Sheindlin, best known as "Judge Judy," is set to speak at the commencement ceremony of a school in Westchester where her grandchild currently attends. Sheindlin, age 80, will speak at the Rye Country Day School's 2023 Upper School Graduation Ceremony later in the spring, school officials announced. Best known for her Emmy Award-winning show "Judge Judy," which ran for 25 years, Sheindlin has been a Country Day School grandparent for students graduating in both 2018 and 2023. School officials said that she would offer "words of wisdom" during her ap…
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High School Hires New Assistant Principal In Northern Westchester: 'Tremendous Asset'
A high school in Northern Westchester has appointed a new assistant principal who district officials believe will quickly become successful in his new position. Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo is set to recommend that Daniel Brady be appointed as the new Assistant Principal of Westlake High School during the next Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, April 18, the district announced. Brady will begin his new position on Saturday, July 1, and will replace Ken Amann, who is set to become the district's new Director of Technolog…
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Chappaqua CSD Didn't Properly Monitor, Account For Fixed Assets, State Comptroller Says
A school district in Northern Westchester was found to have maintained inaccurate records of fixed assets by an audit performed by state officials. The audit, performed by the Office of the New York State Comptroller between July 2020 and April 2022, found that the Chappaqua Central School District did not "properly monitor and account for" several fixed assets, and had not performed a physical inventory count since 2018, state officials said. According to a report released by the Comptroller's Office, of the 164 assets reviewed by the audit, 148 assets totaling over $220,0…
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Police Charge Teacher From Northern Westchester Over Alleged Criminal Behavior
Police are investigating alleged criminal behavior by a public school teacher in Westchester County. It is alleged by a student that William Archacki, age 50, a teacher at Yonkers Public School No. 21, had caused a student to fear for their safety by walking up behind this student while holding a paring knife during school hours on Wednesday, Feb. 8 Archacki is a Northern Westchester resident of Buchanan, and was a fifth-grade teacher at Public School No. 21, located on Lee Avenue in Yonkers, at the time of this incident, Yonkers Police said. He was placed on modified dut…
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Superintendent To Retire After 25 Years Serving District In Westchester
A long-serving superintendent in Westchester has announced that he will soon retire after 25 years with his school district. Edwin M. Quezada, the superintendent of Yonkers Public Schools, will retire from his position on Monday, July 3, according to an announcement from Wednesday, April 5 by the city's Board of Education President Steve Lopez. Quezada announced his retirement in a letter sent to the board's trustees. In the letter, he said that it is time for someone new to take the reins of the school district. "An exciting era is about to begin for the Yonkers Public Sc…
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