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Teacher Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley Teacher Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley
Teacher Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley A teacher was injured during a fight between two students at a school in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place in Orange County on Monday, March 6 at Middletown High School. The fight took place in a hallway outside a classroom.  The teacher was injured while attempting to intervene, said Amy Creeden, Superintendent of Schools for the Enlarged City School District of Middletown. "This saddens our entire school community and we are thinking of the faculty member during this difficult time," Creeden said in a letter to staff.  Security staff responded immediately, arriv…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester HS Student Wins National Contest After Writing About Swastika Found In School Westchester HS Student Wins National Contest After Writing About Swastika Found In School
Westchester HS Student Wins National Contest After Writing About Swastika Found In School A high school student from Westchester is one of the winners of a national journalism contest held by PBS after writing about her district's response to a swastika being found in a stairwell.  Isabella Caruso, a senior at Pelham Memorial High School, was announced as one of the fourteen winners of the PBS 2022 Student Journalism Challenge, a national contest that asks teens to report on stores from their local communities.  Caruso was one of two winners in the "print" category for her story, "Colonial, PMHS PTA leaders call on school board to do more to fight hate and bias after s…

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by Ben Crnic
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New Update: School Districts In Northern Westchester Announce Closures, Delays New Update: School Districts In Northern Westchester Announce Closures, Delays
New Update: School Districts In Northern Westchester Announce Closures, Delays As an upcoming winter storm threatens to dump several inches of snow in the region, several school districts in Westchester have announced delayed starts and closures to account for snow cleanup.  Related Story - Projected Snowfall Totals Increase For Major Winter Storm Headed To Region The announcements followed predictions of between 6 to 8 inches of snow that is expected to accompany a storm beginning on Monday night, Feb. 27, and lasting into Tuesday morning, Feb. 28.  The storm will likely bring the first widespread plowable snowfall of the season an…

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by Ben Crnic
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Data Breach Reported At School District In Northern Westchester Data Breach Reported At School District In Northern Westchester
Data Breach Reported At School District In Northern Westchester A data breach may have exposed information related to some students at a school district in Northern Westchester.  The breach was announced by Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo on Friday, Feb. 17, who said that several student email passwords may have been compromised by the incident.  After the data breach was discovered on Friday, an investigation into the matter found that several passwords belonging to Grade 7 students in the district had been posted to a shared Google Classroom during the 2020-2021 school year. After this document was …

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by Ben Crnic
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Students At Carmel HS Impersonated Administrators, Police In Racist Videos, BOE Says Students At Carmel HS Impersonated Administrators, Police In Racist Videos, BOE Says
Students At Carmel HS Impersonated Administrators, Police In Racist Videos, BOE Says Several students at a high school in the Hudson Valley used artificial intelligence to impersonate both school district administrators and police in racist videos on social media, officials said. The videos were created by students in Putnam County who go to Carmel High School, the Carmel Central School District's Board of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 15.  Both Carmel Central School District administrators and members of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office were impersonated in the videos, which contained inappropriate and racist content and were posted on TikTok…

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by Ben Crnic
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Wesleyan University Student-Athlete Dies In Skiing Accident Wesleyan University Student-Athlete Dies In Skiing Accident
Wesleyan University Student-Athlete Dies In Skiing Accident A junior at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has died after a ski accident. Jack Seivwright was studying abroad this semester, the university said in a statement. The accident happened on Sunday, Feb. 12. "Known on campus as a student-athlete who brought people together, he will be sorely missed by many," Wesleyan's statement said. "We offer our condolences to Jack’s family, friends, and loved ones." A native of Elmore, Vermont, Seivwright was a member of the soccer team during his freshman year in 2020-21. “Jack was a ball of energy who loved being active and spending tim…

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by Joe Lombardi
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School District Reassigns Superintendent In Westchester After Federal Subpoena School District Reassigns Superintendent In Westchester After Federal Subpoena
School District Reassigns Superintendent In Westchester After Federal Subpoena A superintendent in New York is no longer in charge of her school district, which is currently under investigation by federal officials.  On Monday night, Feb. 13 in Westchester County, the Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education voted to "administratively reassign" Superintendent Waveline Bennett-Conroy and instead appoint Veronica (Kim) Smith as the district's Acting Superintendent of Schools, district officials announced. The vote came after news broke on Friday, Feb. 10 that Mount Vernon Schools were under investigation by the United States Att…

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by Ben Crnic
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College Student Bitten By Aggressive Animal Believed To Be Coyote In Hudson Valley College Student Bitten By Aggressive Animal Believed To Be Coyote In Hudson Valley
College Student Bitten By Aggressive Animal Believed To Be Coyote In Hudson Valley A student at a Hudson Valley college was bitten by what is believed to be a coyote. The incident took place in Dutchess County at Marist College in the town of Poughkeepsie around midnight on Tuesday, Feb. 7 near Leo Hall, according to the college's office of Safety of Security in a statement to students. Following the incident, the Dutchess County Health Department issued a warning alerting residents, including Marist College students, that an aggressive coyote was spotted on the college campus in the town of Poughkeepsie. It is unknown at this time if the animal is rabid, the department…

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by Kathy Reakes
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US Attorney Investigating School District, Superintendent In Westchester US Attorney Investigating School District, Superintendent In Westchester
US Attorney Investigating School District, Superintendent In Westchester A school district in Westchester County has confirmed that it is under investigation by federal officials.  The Mount Vernon School District as well as Superintendent Waveline Bennett-Conroy are currently under investigation by the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York, the school district announced on Friday, Feb. 10.  The investigation is centering on records associated with grants previously given to the district by the federal government, school officials said. The district said it would cooperate with the probe.  "The Board of Educa…

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by Ben Crnic
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New Superintendent Tapped For Village In Westchester New Superintendent Tapped For Village In Westchester
New Superintendent Tapped For Village In Westchester A school board in Westchester County has announced its next superintendent. The Scarsdale Board of Education announced on Thursday, Feb. 9 that Andrew Patrick would serve as the district's next superintendent. Patrick will be formally appointed on Monday, Feb. 13.  Patrick was chosen after a thorough nationwide search that ultimately vetted more than 65 candidates for the job. The school board eventually decided to stay with Patrick, who already works for the district. Patrick has served as the district's Interim Superintendent since May 2022, and before that, served as Assistant Supe…

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by Ben Crnic
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School District Says Over $11M In Taxes Owed By City In Westchester: Officials Respond School District Says Over $11M In Taxes Owed By City In Westchester: Officials Respond
School District Says Over $11M In Taxes Owed By City In Westchester: Officials Respond A city in Westchester County is responding to allegations from its Board of Education that city officials refuse to transfer millions of dollars in school taxes to the school district.  The allegations came from the Mount Vernon Board of Education, which said in a statement from Wednesday, Feb. 1 that the city was refusing to transfer more than $11 million in taxes for the 2019-2020 school year to the city's school district.  "Make no mistake: there is no argument about the fact that the city owes the schools $11.78 million, now nine months late," the Board of Education said,…

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by Ben Crnic
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Pipes Burst At School In Northern Westchester: Cold Temperatures Cause Flooding Pipes Burst At School In Northern Westchester: Cold Temperatures Cause Flooding
Pipes Burst At School In Northern Westchester: Cold Temperatures Cause Flooding Freezing cold temperatures caused pipes to burst in a Northern Westchester Middle School, which resulted in parts of the building flooding.  At around 3 p.m. in the afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 4, a fire suppression sprinkler in the ceiling of a stairwell at Peekskill Middle School froze because of the high wind gusts and cold temperatures, according to a letter sent to parents by Superintendent David Mauricio. This caused a pipe to burst, sending water into the stairwell which eventually traveled through hallways into several classrooms in a portion of the school.  A notice w…

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by Ben Crnic