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Gender Equity Means Opportunity, Says Westchester Author & Retired Teacher Gender Equity Means Opportunity, Says Westchester Author & Retired Teacher
Gender Equity Means Opportunity, Says Westchester Author & Retired Teacher A group of kindergartners are given generic outlines of people depicting careers — firefighters, pilots, police officers, doctors — and asked to name the figures.  Would you be surprised to learn that overwhelmingly the students chose boys' names?  By kindergarten gender expectations are often already in place, but they don’t have to stay set in place. “Gender Equity in Elementary Schools” is a new book by longtime Mount Kisco resident Dorothy Chiffriller Venditto, who taught in the Bedford School District for 15 years and recently retired.   Her interest in gender equity began about 10 …

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
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COVID-19: Three Northern Westchester High Schools To Hold Graduation Ceremonies At JV Mall COVID-19: Three Northern Westchester High Schools To Hold Graduation Ceremonies At JV Mall
Covid-19: Three Northern Westchester High Schools To Hold Graduation Ceremonies At JV Mall Three Northern Westchester high schools will be hosting “drive-in” commencement ceremonies for their seniors at the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown. The Bedford, Katonah-Lewisboro and Somers school districts all announced that they will be hosting commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2020 in the mall’s spacious parking lot on Tuesday, June 23. The ceremony will include live speeches from students and staff, which will be broadcast on a state-of-the-art LED screen similar to that of a drive-in movie, while audio is piped into car radios. There will also be pre-recorded messages and vid…

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by Zak Failla
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Ex-North Salem, Bedford Schools Superintendent Named To Interim Post At Garrison Ex-North Salem, Bedford Schools Superintendent Named To Interim Post At Garrison
Ex-North Salem, Bedford Schools Superintendent Named To Interim Post At Garrison A veteran educator in the Hudson Valley has been named as the interim superintendent of the Garrison Union Free School District as they search for a permanent replacement to Superintendent Laura Mitchell. Mitchell surprised the district when she announced in October that she will be leaving her position as of Tuesday, Dec. 31, stating that she and the district had reached an “amicable mutual agreement” regarding her exit. In response, the Board of Education announced that Debra Jackson will serve as the interim superintendent, from Wednesday, Jan. 1 through Tuesday, June 30, as the district…

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by Zak Failla