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This High School Ranks No. 1 In Ulster County, Report Says This High School Ranks No. 1 In Ulster County, Report Says
This High School Ranks No. 1 In Ulster County, Report Says The grades are in and these Hudson Valley high schools are a cut above the rest, according to the community and school ranking site Niche. After considering a number of key areas, the following schools were ranked top in their respective county in the website’s 2023 “Best Public High Schools” report: Dutchess County: Spackenkill High School in Poughkeepsie Orange County: Cornwall Central High School in New Windsor Putnam County: Carmel High School Rockland County: Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg Ulster County: New Paltz Senior High School All of the high schools earned an overall…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
COVID-19: 11 New Cases Reported At School District In Area COVID-19: 11 New Cases Reported At School District In Area
Covid-19: 11 New Cases Reported At School District In Area With the holiday break fast approaching, an area school district is dealing with a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases among students and staff as New York contends with the winter surge of infections. In Rockland County, the South Orangetown Central School District issued an alert to the community advising that there were 11 newly confirmed COVID-19 infections reported within the district. The 11 cases were reported in these schools: South Orangetown Middle School: Four, which were reported between Tuesday, Dec. 14 and Friday, Dec. 17; William O. Schaefer Elementary School: Three, which were …

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: High School In Hudson Valley Closes After Positive Test COVID-19: High School In Hudson Valley Closes After Positive Test
Covid-19: High School In Hudson Valley Closes After Positive Test A high school in the Hudson Valley has temporarily closed after an individual tested positive for COVID-19. The South Orangetown Central School District said it learned of the positive case at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The individual was in the high school on Monday, Sept. 21 and Tuesday, Sept. 22, the district said. As a result, Tappan Zee High School is closed temporarily on Thursday, Sept. 24 through Friday, Sept. 25. Classes will continue remotely as scheduled. School administrators are working collaboratively with the Rockland County Departmen…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
COVID-19: Beloved Hudson Valley Family Loses Mother, Father, Daughter To Virus COVID-19: Beloved Hudson Valley Family Loses Mother, Father, Daughter To Virus
Covid-19: Beloved Hudson Valley Family Loses Mother, Father, Daughter To Virus A Rockland family that is well-known and loved throughout the community for its work to help others has lost three family members in a matter of days to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Charles Bullock Jr., 80, the first African-American fire chief in the county at the Central Nyack Fire Department, and a former star athlete at Tappan Zee High School, died on Monday, April 20, from complications from COVID-19. His wife Lois Bullock, 80, who worked for the Nyack School District for some 23 years, had died on Friday, April 3, also from COVID-19. The couple's daughter, Chanda Lori Bullock-O…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
COVID-19: Staffer Self-Quarantines But Area High School Stays Open COVID-19: Staffer Self-Quarantines But Area High School Stays Open
Covid-19: Staffer Self-Quarantines But Area High School Stays Open A staff member at a Rockland high school whose children attend one of the Westchester schools closed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is under self-quarantine, though the school remains, open officials said. South Orangetown Schools Superintendent Robert Pritchard alerted parents to the situation in a letter sent on Thursday, March 5 regarding the staff at Tappan Zee High School. Neither the staff member nor his family has experienced any symptoms. According to Pritchard, the risk to students and staff is minimal and the district was advised to operate normally. All South Orangetown sc…

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by Zak Failla