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District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close
District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close A Westchester school district is working around the clock to get students back in the classroom after being forced by the state to transition to its remote learning model due to certain safety concerns amid a massive renovation project. The Blind Brook School District in Rye Brook was forced to temporarily close the Ridge Street Elementary School by the state Department of Education, much to the disappointment of parents, students, and staff. Students were welcomed back into the building earlier this month as the building was under a massive renovation project, but it was promptly shut dow…

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by Zak Failla
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$25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down $25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down
$25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down For the second time in less than a year, Carmel taxpayers defeated a school renovation bond plan, this time worth $25.5 million.Tuesday night's unofficial results were 1,334 votes against the bond issue and 1,192 Carmel residents for it. Carmel School Superintendent Andy Irvin has said the roofs at all five schools are more than 30 years old and need to be replaced. He also said there was a flood at the high school this summer. The most sensitive part of the proposal was $11.7 million for a new garage to house the district's school buses. That would have taken land off the tax rolls in the…

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by Jon Craig