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Area School Boards, Superintendents Release Advocacy Group Video
Two groups from the Lower Hudson region have created and released a video that takes New York state to task on a number of issues facing public schools, including fiscal concerns, state policy and education reform.Created and released by the Westchester/Putnam School Boards Association and the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents, the video, “Last Straw for NY Public Schools,” shows how, one by one, New York state policies have impacted public schools and students by taking away state aid through the Gap Elimination Adjustment, freezing Foundation Aid, and poorly implementing state …
Spring Has Sprung With Return Of Eastern Bluebird To Pace's Campus
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- There's a new face around Pace's Pleasantville campus. No, not a new student or professor, this visitor has feathers and wings.
Roughly a year ago, in an effort to attract wildlife to Pace's environmental area, staff proposed hanging a number of bird houses on campus to draw song birds, raptors and water fowl to the area. "Our Assistant Director James Eyring, and volunteer Frank Leone set a goal of constructing a variety of bird houses," said Angelo Spillo, Director of Pace's Dyson College Nature Center. Operating with no funding, the pair solicited lumber fr…
