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Teacher Hired In Orange County After Alleged Sexual Relationship With Student In Other District Teacher Hired In Orange County After Alleged Sexual Relationship With Student In Other District
Teacher Hired In Orange County After Alleged Sexual Relationship With Student In Other District A Hudson Valley school district is defending its decision to hire a teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted a student in another district just days before a civil suit was filed.  The lawsuit accuses the former teacher in Northern Westchester of grooming a then 16-year-old student at Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt to have sexual relations on school grounds. The tenured teacher, identified as Alex Mendoza, age and hometown unknown, resigned in June after the filing lawyer contacted the Lakeland Central School District about the claim and he was removed from the classro…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Former Hudson Valley Resident Looking For Love On 'The Bachelorette' Former Hudson Valley Resident Looking For Love On 'The Bachelorette'
Former Hudson Valley Resident Looking For Love On 'The Bachelorette' A former Northern Westchester resident is making a splash on a favorite TV show and has social media chattering about just who he is and where he came from. David Scott, a 2011 graduate of Walter Panas High School in Crompond who grew up in Cortlandt, is one of the 29 male contestants on the new season of “The Bachelorette." Scott who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, for work, is busy competing for the hand of this season's bachelorette, Katie Thurston, a 30-year-old bank marketing manager. The new season was filmed in New Mexico and kicked off on Monday, June 7. The season runs througho…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Popular Hudson Valley Teacher Dies Suddenly At Age 48 Popular Hudson Valley Teacher Dies Suddenly At Age 48
Popular Hudson Valley Teacher Dies Suddenly At Age 48 A popular Northern Westchester teacher died unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 22. Danielle Marie Coletta of Peekskill was 48 years old. She was a sixth-grade teacher at Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown. Her career began at Columbus Elementary School in Hawthorne, teaching second grade, followed by many years at Brookside Elementary School in Yorktown, as a third-grade teacher.  She attended George Washington Elementary School in Mohegan Lake, Copper Beech Middle School, and Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor.  She graduated from Pace University in Pleasantville, …

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by Daily Voice
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COVID-19: Two More Area Schools Go Remote After Positive Student Cases COVID-19: Two More Area Schools Go Remote After Positive Student Cases
Covid-19: Two More Area Schools Go Remote After Positive Student Cases Two more schools in the Hudson Valley are closed for in-person learning after positive cases of COVID-19. The Lakeland Central School District announced on Wednesday evening, Oct. 7 that it was notified earlier in the day that two students were identified as COVID-19 positive, one at Walter Panas High School, and one at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School.  As a result, Walter Panas High School and Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School will be on fully remote instruction for Thursday, Oct. 8 and Friday, Oct. 9. Students and staff who were in contact with the infected students …

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Hudson Valley High School Goes Remote After Student Gets Infected COVID-19: Hudson Valley High School Goes Remote After Student Gets Infected
Covid-19: Hudson Valley High School Goes Remote After Student Gets Infected A high school in Northern Westchester has switched to remote learning after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The Lakeland Central School District said it received word late Sunday evening, Oct. 4 from the parent of the student at Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt who is now infected with the virus. The student was last in school on Thursday, Oct. 1, said the district, which has contacted the Westchester Department of Health to coordinate contact tracing efforts.  The school is operating fully remotely on Monday, Oct. 5. "We will be updating the community as soon as we have…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Videos Of Students In Hudson Valley Using Racist Language Being Probed Videos Of Students In Hudson Valley Using Racist Language Being Probed
Videos Of Students In Hudson Valley Using Racist Language Being Probed An investigation is underway after an area school district became aware of videos featuring "racially insensitive language" by students. The videos, currently circulating on social media among Northern Westchester students in the Lakeland Central School District who attend Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak and Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor came to the attention of district officials earlier this week, the district said on Wednesday, June 3. "Based on initial findings, these incidents appear to have taken place in the past, several years ago, and are now being recirculated," sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Hudson Valley Sees 22 School Earn 'Reward' Designation By State Hudson Valley Sees 22 School Earn 'Reward' Designation By State
Hudson Valley Sees 22 School Earn 'Reward' Designation By State A total of 22 schools in the Hudson Valley, including 17 in Westchester, were among 155 high achieving and high progress schools state-wide identified as Reward Schools by the State Education Department in an announcement made Thursday. To be identified as a Reward School, a school must: Be among the top 20 percent of schools in the state for English language arts (ELA) and math performance for both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years or be among the top ten percent of schools in terms of gains in ELA and math performance in the 2016-17 school year; Have made Adequate Yearly Progress for …

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by Joe Lombardi