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James Montesano

Area School District Names New Superintendent Area School District Names New Superintendent
Area School District Names New Superintendent A longtime educator on Long Island has been chosen to lead a Hudson Valley school district as its newest superintendent. Eudes S. Budhai, superintendent of Westbury Schools in Nassau County,  has been appointed to the same position at the Nyack Union Free School District in Rockland County, Nyack's Board of Education announced this week. Budhai will officially take over in Nyack on Thursday, July 1 on a four-year contract paying him a base salary of $265,000 that was approved by the board on Tuesday, April 20. “I am grateful to the Nyack Board of Education and community for providing…
COVID-19: Two Nyack Schools Resume In-Person Learning, HS Remains Closed COVID-19: Two Nyack Schools Resume In-Person Learning, HS Remains Closed
Covid-19: Two Nyack Schools Resume In-Person Learning, HS Remains Closed Two schools in an area district have returned to in-person learning, though the district’s high school remains closed after new positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed. Nyack Schools Superintendent James Montesano issued an update to parents over the weekend, after being forced to close off Valley Cottage Elementary School and the Nyack Middle School through Friday, Nov. 6. Students were permitted to return to the school buildings as of Monday, Nov. 9 after being shut down for a week due to students and staffers possibly being exposed to COVID-19. The Nyack High School will remain closed fo…
Luring Incident Near Nyack Middle School Leads To Increased Police Presence Luring Incident Near Nyack Middle School Leads To Increased Police Presence
Luring Incident Near Nyack Middle School Leads To Increased Police Presence There will be an increased police presence around a Nyack school this week following a reported luring incident involving a teenage girl that remains under investigation. A Nyack Middle School student walking to school was approached on Thursday morning by a man who drove up to her, Nyack Schools Superintendent James Montesano wrote in an email to parents on Friday. The man was described as a middle-aged white man with no facial hair who was driving a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee. Montesano said that the man approached the girl on Route 9W near the Thruway overpass when she asked her to get int…