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Second Westchester Public School District Closes Due To Coronavirus Concerns Second Westchester Public School District Closes Due To Coronavirus Concerns
Second Westchester Public School District Closes Due To Coronavirus Concerns A second public school district in Westchester will be closed on Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6 due to concerns over the novel coronavirus. The two are the Mount Vernon City School District and Hastings Public Schools. "We have been advised by the physician of two of our students (same family, one at Columbus School and one at Rebecca Turner Elementary School) and their family have been quarantined for possible exposure to the Novel Coronavirus known as Novel 19," the Mount Vernon City School District said in a statement. "We have been further advised by the children’s physician tha…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Mount Vernon BOE Approves Near $252M Schools Budget, Vote Set For May 15 Mount Vernon BOE Approves Near $252M Schools Budget, Vote Set For May 15
Mount Vernon BOE Approves Near $252M Schools Budget, Vote Set For May 15 The Mount Vernon Board of Education has approved a near $252 million budget for the upcoming year, with Westchester County’s lowest tax rate increase for homeowners. School officials announced that the Board of Education has approved the proposed $251,979,860 budget for the 2018-19 school year, representing a .89 percent tax rate increase, the lowest in Westchester or Putnam, and the first tax rate increase since Schools Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton took the helm in 2014. The spending plan is $5.8 million (2.36 percent) more than last year’s budget, and includes staff, programs and capit…

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by Zak Failla