More than half of the people who completed a recent New Rochelle School District budget survey said maintaining class sizes was their top priority. The district released the results of its online survey this morning, the day of its first community budget forum. It is the second year in a… Read More →
From New Rochelle School District Spokesman Paul Costiglio, the following: “On a recent trip to Washington DC, 33 AP US Government and Politics students from New Rochelle High School visited the White House, Supreme Court and were on the Hill in the House chamber for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ emotional resignation…. Read More →
The New Rochelle School District has released a survey aimed at gauging the community’s educational priorities. District administrators are preparing the 2012-2013 budget and information gleaned from the nine-question survey will be used in that process. The survey was posted Tuesday to the district’s website, nred.org. This is the second… Read More →
Interested in the ways the wheels of government turn? A quintet of A.P. Government students from New Rochelle High School will present essays on the topic “We the People: An Open Letter to the President” to a panel of experts at the High School library on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at… Read More →
Friday is International Stand Up to Bullying Day and, to mark the occasion, Isaac E. Young Middle School in New Rochelle has put together a full day of anti-bullying-related activities. According to a news release from the school district, Friday’s events “are designed to raise student awareness and educate students… Read More →
The Trinity Elementary School PTA has scheduled a meeting Thursday that will focus on former assistant principal Nadine Pacheco and the New Rochelle School District’s handling of her resignation. The meeting will take place at the school at 7 p.m. Pacheco resigned at the end of last month after admitting… Read More →
An elementary school administrator who abruptly resigned has been reassigned to work as a teacher. Nadine Pacheco, who had been an assistant principal at Trinity Elementary School in New Rochelle submitted a letter of resignation to the Board of Education earlier this month. District spokesman Paul Costiglio would not say… Read More →
Last week The Journal News wrote about Karen Tucker and Alexi Brock, a pair of teachers in the New Rochelle school system with a unique bond: a kidney. Tucker has polycystic disease and is in need of a kidney transplant. Brock offered one of her kidneys and was deemed a… Read More →
By the end of the day Friday, 5,954 new flags will be fluttering in New Rochelle. As part of the city’s recognition of the decade that has passed since the Sept. 11 attacks, two groups will plant flags representing the number of people who died in the attacks. First, fifth… Read More →
The Albert Leonard Middle School in New Rochelle began the school year today without power. District spokesman Paul Costiglio said the problem was specific to the school and that engineers believe it could be related to the massive amount of rain that has saturated the region in recent weeks. Asked… Read More →
