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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and his challenger, State Sen. George Latimer , painted stark pictures of the direction Westchester is headed on Tuesday night. The two met in the second of three planned debates at Murphy Auditorium at Iona College in New Rochelle.
Although his time as Commander-in-Chief has come to an end, former President Barack Obama found a way to make students in New Rochelle smile with a hand-signed note recently. In October, students in Carol Donnelly's computer application class at the high school were instructed to write a business letter, prompting senior Alyssa Purrier to address hers to the then President on a whim.
Seventy-six juniors from New Rochelle High School studying U.S. history and government recently visited Philadelphia to get a firsthand look at how the government functions. They visited the National Constitution Center, which offers a variety of student-centered interactive activities, such as Roles of the President trivia, Supreme Court cases and legislative laws, among many others.
Donald J. Trump was sworn in today as the 45th President of the United States, an event likely unfamiliar to most public school students in the City School District of New Rochelle. This after Schools Superintendant Brian Osborne banned any viewing or discussion of the nation's 58th Inaguration.
With a new national regime coming in, it's more important than ever for local leaders to stand up for "just and humane public policy," said New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson. In a blog post titled "Blue City in a Red Nation," Bramson said he, and 30 other mayors, including New York City's Bill de Blasio, have signed a letter to outgoing President Barack Obama in support of protection for immigrants.
New Rochelle High School Principal Reggie Richardson is at the White House today to attend the national summit of My Brother's Keeper, an initiative started by President Barack Obama in February 2014 to ensure all boys and young men of color have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential. Richardson is accompanied by New Rochelle Councilman Jared Rice.
