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Relationship Between Teacher From Northern Westchester, Student Turned Violent, Police Say Relationship Between Teacher From Northern Westchester, Student Turned Violent, Police Say
Relationship Between Teacher From Northern Westchester, Student Turned Violent, Police Say A teacher in the region is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teenage student that eventually turned violent, authorities said. Northern Westchester resident James Korwatch, age 49, of Ossining, was arrested by Yonkers Police Wednesday, Aug. 31, on violent felony charges of criminal sexual act and stalking. Investigators said Korwatch, who teaches at Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers, began an inappropriate relationship with a then 17-year-old student in 2021. That relationship escalated to physical and sexual violence, as well as physical and verbal in…

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COVID-19: Six Staffers Test Positive At School District In Westchester COVID-19: Six Staffers Test Positive At School District In Westchester
Covid-19: Six Staffers Test Positive At School District In Westchester Several educators at a school district in Westchester have tested positive for COVID-19, but the district remains on track to transition to its hybrid learning model next month. Since the start of remote classes last week, the Yonkers School District is reporting that there have been at least six positive cases from staff members in three school buildings. Positive cases were reported at Roosevelt High School, Saunders Trades and Technical High School, and School 17.  There were no other confirmed COVID-19 cases in any of the district’s near 4,000 person staff. Despite the positive c…

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by Zak Failla