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Private School In Area Attended By Children Of Celebrities Will Close After 86 Years Private School In Area Attended By Children Of Celebrities Will Close After 86 Years
Private School In Area Attended By Children Of Celebrities Will Close After 86 Years After 86 of educating Hudson Valley children and guiding them to success, a tradition-rich private school has announced it will close its doors. The Poughkeepsie Day School Board of Trustees said the school does not have the resources to open next year, even after exploring and pursuing funding associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The school said in a letter to parents and students that the challenging financial picture it faces is spurred by lower enrollment, coupled with declining revenues and high expenses to maintain the campus.  "Unfortunately, the COVID-19 …

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COVID-19: All Putnam County Schools Will Be Closed Under State Of Emergency Order COVID-19: All Putnam County Schools Will Be Closed Under State Of Emergency Order
Covid-19: All Putnam County Schools Will Be Closed Under State Of Emergency Order All schools in Putnam County will be closed next week after County Executive MaryEllen Odell issued a state of emergency order. The order, issued Friday, March 13, takes effect at 12 a.m. Monday, March 16. It lasts until Friday, March 27 at 11:59 p.m. All public and private schools will be closed for an initial period of Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20 as part of the order. It suspends all classroom and extracurricular functions for public and private schools in the county. The order may be extended beyond the five-day closure of schools or revoked earlier. For more information,…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Tuesday, March 10 COVID-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Tuesday, March 10
Covid-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Tuesday, March 10 Click here for an updated story: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Wednesday, March 11 The following are schedule adjustments by schools and school districts for Tuesday, March 10 due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Blind Brook Union Free School District: closed Related story: Blind Brook SD Closes After Parent In Healthcare Field Is Quarantined The Harvey School, Katonah, classes and after-school activities have been canceled for the remainder of the week leading into spring break, from Tuesd…

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Bedford Central School District Weighs Options For Declining Enrollment Bedford Central School District Weighs Options For Declining Enrollment
Bedford Central School District Weighs Options For Declining Enrollment With dwindling enrollment and projections, the Bedford Central School District is weighing its options for long-range planning. According to the district, there has been a 554 student decline in district elementary schools between 2013-14 and the current school year, which may lead to a budget deficit as soon as the next school year. The district noted that the 554 student decline is greater than the current student enrollment in each elementary school except Mount Kisco. Options the Board of Education is considering include altering operations at all five of the district’s elementary scho…

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Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm The following school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Tuesday, Dec. 17 due to the storm. Reload page for new updates. Westchester County Ardsley Union Free School District, two-hour delay Bedford Central School District, closed Blind Brook Public Schools, two-hour delay Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, closed Byram Hills Central School District, three-hour delay Chappaqua Central School District, closed Dobbs Ferry Union Free School DistrictBlind Brook Public Schools Edgemont Union Free School District, two-hour delay Greenburg-Graham Union Free …

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Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm The following school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Wednesday, Dec. 11 due to the storm.Reload page for new updates. Westchester County Ardsley Public School District, two-hour delay Bedford Central School District, two-hour delay Blind Brook Public School District, two-hour delay Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, three-hour delay Chappaqua Central School District, two-hour delay Croton Harmon Union Free School District, closed Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, two-hour delay Elmsford Public Schools, two-hour delay Hackley&nb…

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Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm The following school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Tuesday, Dec. 3 due to the storm.Reload page for new updates. Westchester County Bedford Central School District, two-hour delay Briarcliff School District, two-hour delay Chappaqua Central School District, two-hour delay Greenburgh North Castle School District, two-hour delay Hendrick Hudson School District, two-hour delay John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, two-hour delay Katonah-Lewisboro School District, two-hour delay Lakeland Central School District, two-hour delay Mount Pleasant Cent…

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Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Click here for a related story - Storm Track: Here's Latest On Slow-Moving Nor'easter Bringing Snow, Ice, Rain To Region The following schools and school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Monday, Dec. 2 due to the storm. Westchester County Bedford Central School District, closed Briarcliff Schools, closed Chappaqua Central School District, closed Croton Harmon School District, closed Greenburg-Graham Union Free School District, closed Harvey School, closed Hendrick Hudson School District, closed Iona Preparatory School, closed Katonah-Lewisboro School Dis…

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Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm
Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures, Delayed Starts Due To Storm Click here for a related story - Storm Track: Here's Latest On Slow-Moving Nor'easter Bringing Snow, Ice, Rain To Region The following schools and school districts have announced closures or delayed starts for Monday, Dec. 2 due to the storm. Westchester County Bedford Central School District, closed Briarcliff Schools, closed Chappaqua Central School District, closed Croton Harmon School District, closed Greenburg-Graham Union Free School District, closed Harvey School, closed Hendrick Hudson School District, closed Iona Preparatory School, closed Katonah-Lewisboro Schoo…

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Oil Spill In Boiler Room Closes Elementary School In Northern Westchester Oil Spill In Boiler Room Closes Elementary School In Northern Westchester
Oil Spill In Boiler Room Closes Elementary School In Northern Westchester An oil spill in the boiler room discovered Monday morning has led to the closure of a school in Northern Westchester. West Patent Elementary School in Bedford Hills is closed Monday, Nov. 5 for students only, the Bedford Central School District announced. Faculty members should report to the Fox Lane Middle School.

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Emergency Closing Ordered At Westchester School After Discovery Of Mold Emergency Closing Ordered At Westchester School After Discovery Of Mold
Emergency Closing Ordered At Westchester School After Discovery Of Mold After being forced to immediately cancel classes on Monday afternoon due to positive testing for mold in sections of a Westchester school, district officials announced the school will remain closed temporarily. An emergency closing of the K-8 school, Paideia School 15 in Yonkers, was ordered when ceiling tiles in the building tested positive for mold.  Officials said that “out of an abundance of caution, Paideia School 15 families and faculty were notified immediately and were evacuated to nearby Annunciation School." Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Edwin M. Quezada said that th…

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Discovery Of Mold Causes Closure Of Elementary School In Area Discovery Of Mold Causes Closure Of Elementary School In Area
Discovery Of Mold Causes Closure Of Elementary School In Area The discovery of mold at a school in the area caused its closure on Friday with another closure now scheduled for Monday. Cleanup of the mold, which will begin Saturday at Elm Drive Elementary School in Dutchess County, will take about six weeks, said Phil D'Angelo, Millbrook Central Schools Superintendent said.  Alternate classroom space for Elm Drive students will start Tuesday. At that time, Elm Drive students will be housed in the Millbrook Middle School.  "We will cluster eight classrooms to keep kindergarten, first- and second-grade students together and separate from the middl…

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