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If We Teach Our Kids One Thing, Let it Be Respect

February 22, 2022 Examiner Media Lakeland

The nature of discourse at school board meetings across the country has devolved into pandemonium. And this month, it crept into our backyard. Things got particularly nasty last week when a Lakeland parent, who is Black, attempted to address the

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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Community Packs Tense But Orderly Lakeland School Board Meeting

February 18, 2022 Abby Luby Lakeland,  Yorktown

A standing-room-only crowd filled the Lakeland High School auditorium as police guarded the lobby and aisles and were on stage with trustees during the Board of Education’s tense but orderly meeting Thursday evening. The tense atmosphere came one week after

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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Residents Escorted Out of Lakeland Meeting for Unruly Behavior

February 16, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Lakeland

Several residents who clashed with members of the Lakeland Board of Education during a budget meeting at Lakeland High School Feb. 10 were escorted out by police for unruly behavior after refusing to follow repeated requests to calm down. The

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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Lakeland and Yorktown Science Research Students Recognized

October 14, 2021 Examiner Media Lakeland,  Yorktown

Four science research students from Lakeland and Yorktown high schools were recently recognized for their work in a water conservation project that took between six months and a year to complete. With guidance and support from Yorktown Councilman Vishnu Patel,

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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Gagliardi Appointed First Female Schools Super in Lakeland

October 12, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Lakeland

The Lakeland Board of Education last week appointed Dr. Karen Gagliardi as Interim Superintendent of Schools through the end of the current school year, making her the first female superintendent in the history of the district. Gagliardi, who was voted

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2021 Field Hockey Preview

September 7, 2021 Ray Gallagher Carmel,  field hockey,  Lakeland

Lakeland Hopes to Own Class B; Carmel Looks to Build on 2020 By Tony Pinciaro Even though the pandemic delayed the 2020 fall high school sports and canceled the state championship in each fall sport, one thing remained constant —

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Lakeland Summer Leagues Serving Vital Purpose for Area Youth

July 19, 2021 Ray Gallagher Lakeland

By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Folks in our neck of the woods have no idea how fortunate they are to have people like Lakeland educators/coaches Sharon Sarsen and Tim Hourahan providing a summer outlet for field hockey preps

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Letter to the Editor: Ragonese Has All the Qualities to Make an Impact on Lakeland School Board

May 11, 2021 Examiner Media Lakeland,  Lakeland School District

Marisa Ragonese is exactly who we need on the Lakeland Board of Education. She has more than 16 years of experience mentoring teens at a teen center she started in Astoria, Queens, and then later, as a director for a county-wide

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Arts & EntertainmentEducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

‘It’s Kind of Surreal’: Lakeland Grad Eager to Toe the Mound in Summer Olympics

April 10, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Baseball,  Lakeland,  Yorktown

Over the last few years, Jonathan de Marte has experienced the highs and lows associated with being an athlete. The 2011 Lakeland High School graduate had his share of injuries while playing Division I baseball at Richmond and then played

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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Local School Districts Cash in on Federal Rescue Plan Funds

March 24, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Hendrick Hudson School District,  Lakeland,  Peekskill,  Yorktown

Westchester County school districts will be receiving a chunk of the more than $2.5 billion set aside for New York State schools in the federal American Rescue Plan recently signed by President Joe Biden. “Everyone wants schools to reopen completely

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