Gun allegedly found in student’s backpack in Yonkers
A school district spokesperson tells News 12 that police were called to the school after a teacher reported a weapon discovered in a backpack. The child's status with the school is unclear.
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Better Than An Apple: Eastchester Essay Contest Honors Teachers
... Essays can be dropped off at the customer service desk at participating Barnes & Noble stores. (White Plains and Yonkers are also participating.) Gautreau said they also could be attached as a file to an email. For Eastchester, the address would be ...
Rules, politics get in the way of school district collaboration
... property values. 2. The financial rules regulating the Big Five cities (Syracuse, New York, Rochester, Buffalo, and Yonkers) are quite different and separate from all of the school districts in this state. They stand alone. As an example, all of the ...
Yonkers Partners In Education Welcomes New Scholars, Grad Coaches
Ninth-grader Agyeiwa Okodie and her graduation coach, Susan Roth, hold a banner showing the student's goals at a recent Yonkers Partners in Education event celebrating incoming program participants. Qadir Emile-Weekes, a ninth-grader from Saunders High School, shows off his "vision" banner while mom, Lorraine, and younger brother look on.
Yonkers students feed hundreds for Thanksgiving holiday
Sacred Heart High School students held a pep rally Wednesday to honor their athletes and fill shopping bags with food for the less fortunate. "It feels amazing because I know that there are some families out there that don't have any food, and it feels amazing just to give these Thanksgiving meals," says student Kelly Carlo.
Yonkers School District Files Charges Against Union Leaders
An undercover sting operation by investigative covert journalists resulted in charges being filed against two Yonkers teacher union officials, according to multiple media outlets. A 17-minute video shot by undercover journalist James O'Keefe and associates for Project Veritas shows Yonkers Federation of Teachers President Pat Puleo and Vice President Paul Diamond offering advice on how to cover up hitting a child in an unnamed school.
Three Westchester School Districts Report Chronic Absenteeism
The data, pulled from a federal report, shows that Mount Vernon, Yonkers and Peekskill have students who are chronically absent, said lohud.com. Mount Vernon reported an absenteeism rate of 33.3 percent, Yonkers was 24.9 percent and Peekskill reported 30 percent, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights that was examined by the Westchester Children's Association, added lohud.com.
Yonkers teachers union threatens legal action amid contract dispute
A Yonkers teachers union is threatening to take legal action against the city's school district and the Board of Education to get a new contract. The Yonkers Federation of Teachers has filed a notice of claim saying the board has back-tracked on its negotiations.
The College of New Rochelle Awarded $2.7 Million Federal Grant to…
... with Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (SWBOCES), the Ossining School District, and Yonkers Public Schools, which is the fifth largest school district in the state. The program will also serve teachers in additional ...