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Redistricting Results In Closure Of School In Hudson Valley Redistricting Results In Closure Of School In Hudson Valley
Redistricting Results In Closure Of School In Hudson Valley Facing a budget deficit, a Hudson Valley school district will be redistricting, including the closing of one of its elementary schools. In Ulster County, the Saugerties School District announced that the Board of Education has approved a plan to redistrict, including shuttering the doors at Mt. Marion Elementary School. “Last spring, the Board of Education tasked me with creating a committee of stakeholders to help the District face the upcoming budget deficit as well as maintain and improve programming for all students,” Superintendent Kirk Reinhardt announced. “I firmly believe that our…

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by Zak Failla
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Video: Pace University Partners With John F. Kennedy Catholic HS On Business Curriculum Video: Pace University Partners With John F. Kennedy Catholic HS On Business Curriculum
Video: Pace University Partners With John F. Kennedy Catholic HS On Business Curriculum Students at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Northern Westchester will now have the opportunity to earn college credits while learning valuable business lessons through Pace University. The school and university will expand their partnership in the spring, allowing Pace business professors to teach college-level classes such as Business 101, Business Law, and Managerial and Organizational Concepts at Kennedy Catholic in Somers. Students can earn up to nine college credits before graduating. “We are bringing a business education to students who might not traditionally be exposed to a…

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by Valerie Musson
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Westchester High School Principal Announces Retirement Westchester High School Principal Announces Retirement
Westchester High School Principal Announces Retirement After 46 years in public education, the last 10 as principal of Croton-Harmon High School, Alan Capasso has decided to retire at the end of the 2018-19 school year. Capasso will spend his retirement traveling with his wife of 45 years, Maria, and enjoying being a grandfather. He is the father of two adult children, Christina and Jeffrey, and one grandson, two-year-old Dylan. Throughout his career at Croton-Harmon, Capasso has been a firm believer in providing high school students with progressive freedoms, including the ability to leave campus during lunch periods as long as such freedoms w…

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by Jon Craig
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This Westchester School District Just Named Best In State This Westchester School District Just Named Best In State
This Westchester School District Just Named Best In State The Katonah-Lewisboro School District was named the "best school district" in New York state, by 24/7 Wall St.  The financial news and opinion company based in Delaware ranks Best School Districts in every state, and the survey can be accessed here. Katonah-Lewisboro has 3,233 students and spends an average of $31,154 per student, the Wall St. analysis found. The graduation rate at the district's John Jay High School is 94.3 percent and 74.2 percent of adults residing in the school district, which includes part of Pound Ridge, have a bachelor's degree. In addition to graduation r…

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by Jon Craig