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School Budgets Pass In All But One District In Hudson Valley School Budgets Pass In All But One District In Hudson Valley
School Budgets Pass In All But One District In Hudson Valley Only one district in the Hudson Valley failed to have its school budget denied by voters. Voters came out in force on Tuesday, May 18, and all budgets were passed in Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam counties outside of the Carmel School District, where voters narrowly rejected the spending plan by less than 200 votes. In Putnam County, the Carmel Board of Education will have to propose a new budget that voters will decide on in a second vote after residents denied the previous spending plan by a 1,296 to 1,125 vote, or adopt a contingency budget. The Carmel School Board said it will mee…

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by Zak Failla
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School Board Won't Remove Member For Facebook Post On George Floyd, Protests School Board Won't Remove Member For Facebook Post On George Floyd, Protests
School Board Won't Remove Member For Facebook Post On George Floyd, Protests A school board member in Putnam County will keep her position after making insensitive comments on social media after the death of George Floyd. During a Zoom Board of Education meeting that was heavily attended by community members on Thursday night, June 11, the Brewster Board of Education announced it would not be removing Krista Berardi from the board after her comments surfaced. On Sunday, May 31, a post on Berardi's Facebook account said: “Read This Now!!! Was the George Floyd Incident Staged?” in all capital letters. Days later, on Wednesday, June 3, a post on the account read: “Thi…

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by Zak Failla
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$25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down $25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down
$25.5M Carmel School Bond Proposal Voted Down For the second time in less than a year, Carmel taxpayers defeated a school renovation bond plan, this time worth $25.5 million.Tuesday night's unofficial results were 1,334 votes against the bond issue and 1,192 Carmel residents for it. Carmel School Superintendent Andy Irvin has said the roofs at all five schools are more than 30 years old and need to be replaced. He also said there was a flood at the high school this summer. The most sensitive part of the proposal was $11.7 million for a new garage to house the district's school buses. That would have taken land off the tax rolls in the…

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by Jon Craig
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Transportation Supervisor Resigns Amid Bus Delays, Complaints At Mahopac Schools Transportation Supervisor Resigns Amid Bus Delays, Complaints At Mahopac Schools
Transportation Supervisor Resigns Amid Bus Delays, Complaints At Mahopac Schools Mahopac School Superintendent Anthony DiCarlo announced that district Transportation Supervisor Pamela Romeo has resigned. The change comes after ongoing transportation problems and complaints since the first day of school on Sept. 5.  Parents reported that elementary school children were arriving home from school as much as two hours late.  Some buses were late arriving at school in the morning, in some cases disrupting the morning roll call for attendance. DiCarlo sent an email to parents on Tuesday, Sept. 18  announcing Romeo’s termination:  “Moving forward, Pamela Romeo will no longe…

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by Jon Craig