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Ex-IBM Campus In Westchester Could Become Private HS Ex-IBM Campus In Westchester Could Become Private HS
Ex-ibm Campus In Westchester Could Become Private HS The owners of the former IBM property have begun the process of getting approval from the town for their plan to renovate the behemoth building into a STEM academy boarding school for up to 1,800 students. The academy, which has yet to be named, plans to open off of Route 100 in 2020 --starting with ninth and 10th grades. Evergreen Ridge, a recently formed school campus development company, gave an informal presentation before the Somers Town Board on Thursday, Sept. 20 to share its preliminary plans to the 723-acre office park into a world -class STEM, arts and design boarding and day‐scho…
Seven Ex-Faculty Members Sexually Abused Students At Elite Area Prep School, Investigator Says Seven Ex-Faculty Members Sexually Abused Students At Elite Area Prep School, Investigator Says
Seven Ex-Faculty Members Sexually Abused Students At Elite Area Prep School, Investigator Says An independent investigator has determined that seven former faculty members of an elite area prep school sexually abused students. The Hotchkiss School, a boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut near the New York border, issued an apology after the findings became public. "We have read the report with heavy hearts, as it describes multiple instances of Hotchkiss students being abused by teachers or staff members, primarily during the 1970s and 1980s," said Jean Weinberg Rose, president of Hotchkiss' Board of Trustees, and Craig W. Bradley, Head of School, in a statement…