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Mental Health Crisis Involving Gun Prompts Lockdown At Westchester School
A mental health emergency involving a man reportedly armed with a firearm prompted a lockdown at a Westchester school, police said. The incident occurred in Yonkers around 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, when Yonkers Police responded to the O'Rourke Townhomes on Shoreview Drive after receiving reports of a man in crisis who may have been in possession of a gun. Out of caution due to the location’s proximity to the Robert C. Dodson School, police requested a lockdown to ensure the safety of students and staff, officials said. Authorities made contact with the man and took him into protectiv…
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School Principal In Westchester Made Employee Take Explicit Photos, Report Says
An employee at a Westchester school was forced to take inappropriate photos of her principal posing in her underwear at schools, according to new reports following the filing of a new federal lawsuit. Gisselle Vasquez, age 35, was reportedly hired as a Spanish-speaking secretary for Principal Evelina Medina at the Robert C. Dodson School in Yonkers, at which point her boss made her take and save explicit photos on her phone to prevent her husband from seeing them. The Dodson School has nearly 900 students in prekindergarten and kindergarten through eighth grade. According to the lawsuit, i…
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Part Of Westchester School Reopens After Mold Problem
A school reopened its doors on Monday nearly a month after it was forced to shut down due to a dangerous mold outbreak. Paideia School 15 in Yonkers partially reopened on Oct. 22, with a new roof, following an expedited replacement project that took just weeks and cost the district approximately $3 million. There was an emergency closing of the K-8 school on Monday, Sept. 24, when ceiling tiles tested positive for black mold. Following the mold outbreak, older students above grade four attended classes at St. Bartholomew School on Saw Mill River Road, while the younger students attended the…
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Roof Replacement After Mold Discovery Keeps Westchester School Closed
Tests from a school that was forced to close its doors to hundreds of students after a mold outbreak came back clear, but it is still unclear when it will reopen. There was an emergency closing of the K-8 Paideia School 15 in Yonkers on Monday, Sept. 24, when ceiling tiles tested positive for mold. Since the mold outbreak, older students above grade four are going to St. Bartholomew School on Saw Mill River Road, while the younger students have been attending the Robert C. Dodson School on Avondale Road. Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada issued an update on Thursday, Oct. 4, reporting th…
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Emergency Cleanup Efforts Underway At Westchester School After Discovery Of Mold
Earlier Daily Voice report: Emergency Closing Ordered At School After Discovery Of Mold Several hundred students seen their classes relocated as emergency cleanup efforts are underway at a local school that tested positive for dangerous black mold in several classrooms. On Monday, there was an emergency closing of the K-8 Paideia School 15 in Yonkers after ceiling tiles in the building tested positive for the 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.” For the …
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