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Teacher Hired In New District After Alleged Sexual Relationship With Student At Walter Panas HS
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…
Lifestyle
Former Northern Westchester 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…
Obituaries
Popular Teacher From Peekskill 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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Covid-
19: Two Lakeland 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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Covid-
19: Walter Panas HS Goes Remote After Student Tests Positive
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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Videos Of Lakeland CSD Students Using Racist Language Under Investigation
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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Threat Leads To Extra Security At Walter Panas High School
This story has been updated. Extra security is on campus at Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt Manor following a reported threat by a student. School officials said in a letter to parents that there were a number of rumors circulating regarding an incident at the school on Monday, March 18. "This matter has been fully investigated and handled by the administration and the police and there is no existing threat to the school or community," school officials said in the letter. "As the public is aware, we cannot release the results of student investigations, however, we can…
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Lakeland, Hen Hud Schools Add Armed Security Officers
The Westchester County Department of Public Safety will provide four police officers to serve as School Resource Officers (SRO) in the Lakeland and Hendrick Hudson School Districts. The positions were created through an amendment to an existing intermunicipal agreement (IMA) which adds three new SRO’s where the existing IMA previously provided one SRO at Walter Panas High School. The newly created SRO positions were approved at the Westchester Board of Legislators meeting on Monday evening, Sept. 17 by a unanimous 16-0 vote. The new SRO positions were created at the request of the L…
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These Westchester Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
Some of Westchester County’s best and brightest students were among those chosen as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, which celebrates academic achievement in high school students. On Wednesday, 16,000 high school seniors were chosen from around the country. Those 16,000 will soon be pared to 7,500 finalists, who will be picked to receive upwards of $31 million in scholarships, which will be announced next spring as they prepare to continue their educations in college. Semifinalists from Westchester County are: Ardsley High School Maxwell T. Greenspoon; Melody S. …
Schools
Cortlandt Man Admits To Harassing Lakeland Schools Superintendent
A Northern Westchester man has admitted to sending more than two dozen harassing voicemails to Lakeland Schools Superintendent George Stone for several months, leading to an order of protection. Police said it is alleged that between Jan. 17 and June 17 this year, Cortlandt Manor resident Anthony Cassone, 55, “left approximately 25 voicemails on the victim’s voicemail system that served no legitimate purpose and caused the victim annoyance and alarm.” At the victim’s request, a criminal summons was obtained from the Yorktown Justice Court on June 28 for a charge of second-degree harassment…
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Walter Panas Students Earn 'What's Great In Our State' Recognition
Congratulations to the Walter Panas High School Warr;ors on being honored by the New York State Office of Mental Health in Albany at the "What's Great in Our State" forum. The Panas high school altered the spelling of "Warriors'' because they embody advocacy and stand up for what they believe in and want to help “Stomp out the stigma of mental illness." The group uses the semicolon to support the “Semi Colon” project which was created to help survivors of suicide and to support suicide awareness. According to the organizers, the program was selected for "successful…
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These Westchester High Schools Rank High In U.S. News List
More than two dozen high schools in Westchester County earned top rankings as "best high schools" in New York state and nationwide in this latest comparison by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report's rankings emphasize student outcomes, using information on graduation rates and state assessments for more than 20,500 schools nationally. Here is the list of local top schools in the order of their rankings: Edgemont Junior-Senior High School ranked 14th in New York state and 87th nationwide. Bronxville High School ranked 15th statewide and 90th nationwide. Rye…
Obituaries
Real Estate Broker, Developer Bill King Of Goldens Bridge Dies At 49
William C. King of Goldens Bridge died suddenly on Wednesday, Feb. 7.He was 49. Bill graduated from Walter Panas High School in 1986, and worked in real estate as a real estate broker and developer for the last 31 years. He was also a volunteer firefighter for the Goldens Bridge Fire Department since 2011. Bill is survived by his wife: Michelle (DeSalvo) King; a daughter: Samantha King (13) and son: Billy King (10); his brothers: Warren King Jr. (Donna) of Roseland, NJ, and Charles King (Bessy) of Cortlandt Manor, as well as his niece Caroline and four nephews, Warren, Charlie, Grant and Hu…
Schools
Westchester Has 17 Reward Schools Designated By State Education Department
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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