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COVID-19: Two Westchester Schools Go Remote After Positive Student Cases COVID-19: Two Westchester Schools Go Remote After Positive Student Cases
Covid-19: Two Westchester 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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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
'The Day The World Changed,' Westchester Girl Reflects On COVID-19 Pandemic 'The Day The World Changed,' Westchester Girl Reflects On COVID-19 Pandemic
'The Day The World Changed,' Westchester Girl Reflects On Covid-19 Pandemic The following are thoughts on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from a 12-year-old Northern Westchester County resident: Alexandria Pryzgoda, a student at the Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Shrub Oak: We went home joking, we thought it would never get this bad, we thought staying home would be fun.   Boy were we wrong. We were told not to go to school, we were told it would be for about a week.   We left New York to stay safe, to keep me safe. We went to New Hampshire, it was safer there. We could still go outside, to the beach, and to the store,…

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by Alexandria Pryzgoda
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Boy Accused Of Hitting Student, Using Racial Slur At School In Westchester Boy Accused Of Hitting Student, Using Racial Slur At School In Westchester
Boy Accused Of Hitting Student, Using Racial Slur At School In Westchester A 12-year-old student at a Northern Westchester school was arrested for allegedly hitting another student while yelling a racial slur. The student at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Yorktown Heights was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 10, after a case of "aggravated harassment," was assigned to the school resource officer to investigate, said the Yorktown Police. An investigation into the incident, which took place on Tuesday, Oct. 8, found that the student allegedly hit another student while calling him a racial slur, police said. The student was charged with juvenile delinquency, the s…

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by Kathy Reakes