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New Englewood Schools Superintendent Dies In Westchester Crash New Englewood Schools Superintendent Dies In Westchester Crash
New Englewood Schools Superintendent Dies In Westchester Crash A career educator who'd only just become Englewood's school superintendent this past summer died in a weekend car crash in Westchester. Dr. Ronel Cook, 51, was killed and his 18-year-old son, Jayden, injured after Cook's 2015 Nissan Altima veered off the eastbound Cross County Parkway and slammed into a stone wall at the Seminary Avenue overpass on Sunday, Nov. 20, according to Kieran O’Leary, a Yonkers police spokesperson. The elder Cook, of Newburgh, NY, was pronounced dead at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester hospital a short time later. His son, a Yonkers resident, was admitted with se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Superintendent: Outsider Uttered Racial Epithet Used At High School Football Game In Oakland Superintendent: Outsider Uttered Racial Epithet Used At High School Football Game In Oakland
Superintendent: Outsider Uttered Racial Epithet Used At High School Football Game In Oakland The superintendent of the Ramapo Indian Hills School District said Wednesday that the person who uttered a racial slur against a visiting student from Englewood was an out-of-towner and not a district student. The word was used during last Friday night's varsity game visiting Dwight Morrow High School and host Indian Hills High School, they said. Police were notified, said Schools Indian Hills Schools Supt. Anthony Riscica. Riscica said he also reached out to school officials in Englewood. Everyone was leaving after the Indian Hills' varsity victory when "someone used the 'N' word toward…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Another North Jersey School District Closes Until January 2021 COVID-19: Another North Jersey School District Closes Until January 2021
Covid-19: Another North Jersey School District Closes Until January 2021 Another North Jersey school district has closed all schools until January 2021. Garfield Superintendent Anna Sciacca sent a letter to parents last week saying the district has reevaluated plans to reopen for in-person instruction. "Garfield has experienced the highest spike in number of positive cases in Bergen County, having recorded 155 positive cases of Covid-19 in the month of October," Sciacca said. "The data also indicates that the positive cases are now more prominent among younger individuals, including schoolaged children. Based upon this information, the local Depa…

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by Cecilia Levine