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NY school officials, parents eagerly await COVID-19 guidance for school year News 12 Staff Updated on: Jul 30, 2021, 10:38pm Theres new urgency for the release of COVID-19 guidelines for schools as soon as possible ahead of the upcoming calendar year. State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa wrote a letter to school leaders, saying she shares frustration that Gov. Andrew Cuomos office still hasnt given health and safety guidelines to open school in September. While the public health scenario con...

NY Department of Education launches probe into Yonkers school principal who forced secretary to take raunchy pictures of her butt and receive sexts from her lover so her husband didnt discover them New Yorks Department of Education is to investigate allegations an elementary school secretary was forced to take raunchy photos of her female principal  Gisselle Vasquez, 35, a Westchester County school worker, has claimed principal  Evelina Medina, 42, made her take the raunchy photos during scho...

Gisselle Vasquez, a Robert Dodson School secretary in Westchester County, accused the school principal of forcing her to take raunchy pictures of her in a federal lawsuit.

Education leaders say that July 1 may not be a realistic deadline for many districts to meet Cardonas goals or execute the best possible plans for spending their federal grants over three years. "If we really want thoughtful stakeholder feedback and input, and we really are committed to spending these dollars as intelligently as possible, were going to have to push back that July 1 requirement," said Joe Ricca, president of the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents, which includes scho...

Families of the 10 students were given bouquets of roses by their child’s school principals.  Four of the 10, all 18 years old and recent graduates of Saunders Trade and Technical High School, were killed Dec. 22 when their car was hit by a vehicle driven by a Mount Vernon man seeking to evade police. “It’s extremely difficult [for a school community],” Roosevelt Principal Edward DeChent said at the assembly. “But when we pull together and we support each other and we support the ...

Yonkers community commemorates 10 students whose lives were lost News 12 Staff Updated on:May 05, 2021, 3:30pm EDT The Yonkers community came together Wednesday to remember 10 students in the district whose lives were lost too soon. School officials, local leaders and grief-stricken parents gathered in the gym of Roosevelt High School for the solemn memorial ceremony. Ten empty white chairs in front symbolized the young lives cut short. Among them were four teens who died in a car crash in Yon...

News 12 Staff Updated on:Apr 11, 2021, 9:16pm EDT Public school students in Yonkers will be returning to in-person learning Monday following months of being taught from home. Yonkers Superintendent Edwin Quezada announced the decision to move to a 4 days a week schedule for in-person instruction in March. The decisions came after a unanimous vote from the Yonkers Board of Education and pushback from local parents and students. In a letter to parents, Quezada outlined what the return to school ...

Title Text:  Caption:  Description:  Image Credit:  Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office As the leader of the nation’s largest public school system, Richard Carranza’s decisions affect the everyday lives of hundreds of thousands of students and families in New York City. Yet despite some successes, such as student gains at resource-intensive community schools, Carranza has faced a fierce backlash on efforts to scrap exams to get into elite high schools and gifted and talented pro...

New Yorks "Big 5" urban school districts saw improved graduation rates in 2020, with Yonkers again leading the way. The Yonkers school district surpassed the state graduation rate and became the first of the Big 5 to reach a rate over 90%. Its 90.6% rate was 2.6 percentage points higher than in 2019.  The New York City schools, the states largest system with over 1.1 million students, achieved a graduation rate of 78.8%, up from 77.3%. Buffalos rate jumped to 76.3% from 64.7% a year earlier...

New Yorks "Big 5" urban school districts saw improved graduation rates in 2020, with Yonkers again leading the way. The Yonkers school district surpassed the state graduation rate and became the first of the Big 5 to reach a rate over 90%. Its 90.6% rate was 2.6 percentage points higher than in 2019.  The New York City schools, the states largest system with over 1.1 million students, achieved a graduation rate of 78.8%, up from 77.3%. Buffalos rate jumped to 76.3% from 64.7% a year earlier...