By Samuel Rowland Yorktown school community members rushed to the defense of a high school guidance counselor last week who was targeted by a small group of critics because he apparently spoke at Black Lives Matters events last year. Last
Read MoreVoters in northern Westchester districts overwhelmingly approved budgets for the 2021-22 school year and elected board of education members Tuesday. In the largest school district, Lakeland, the $168 million budget passed 1,088-266. In the Board of Education race, where seven
Read MoreVoters in local school districts will have plenty of choices to make when they head to the polls on Tuesday, May 18 as all board of education elections in northern Westchester will be contested. The Croton-Harmon School District has the
Read MoreThe Yorktown Central School District welcomed kindergarten students, teachers and staff back to Brookside and Mohansic elementary schools on March 23 in what was considered a “Second First Day” following months of hybrid learning. With the iconic song Kool and
Read MoreIf everything goes as planned, all students in the Yorktown School District will be allowed back in the classroom by mid-April. Yorktown Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ron Hattar optimistically talked about the plan of action last week as parents take
Read MoreVoters in local school districts will be going to the polls on Tuesday, May 21 to decide on proposed budgets for the 2013-14 school year and candidates for the Board of Education. The following is a quick glance on what
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A press release from the Yorktown Central School District. The Yorktown Central School District Board of Education appointed Marie Horowitz as Assistant Principal of Mildred E. Strang Middle School (MESMS) on July 30. Horowitz has served as Social Studies and
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Photos from the graduation ceremony of Yorktown High School’s class of 2012. PHOTOS COURTESY OF YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. Adam StoneAdam has worked in the local news industry for the past two decades in Westchester County and the broader Hudson Valley.
Read MoreVoters in northern Westchester school districts overwhelmingly supported proposed school budgets and, in most cases, returned incumbents to district school boards. In Croton-Harmon, the budget passed 592 to 215, with school board incumbents Andrea Furey and Giuseppina Miller retaining their
Read MoreBy Sara Dunn Outside groups that use the Yorktown School Buildings do not pay their fair-share of the operating expenses, according to the districts, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Thomas Cole. While the Yorktown Central School District is beginning to
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