Questlove and Leading Elected Officials Join Unprecedented Crowd to Launch #DontStealPossible Movement In Nation’s Largest School System, Nearly One-Fourth of Schools are Failing — 9 in 10 Students Can’t Read, Do Math at Grade Level Similar Failing Schools Crises Affect Millions of Students Nationwide NEW YORK, NY – October 2, 2014 — Waving signs with messages of “Don’t Steal Possible” and …
Legislator Perez and Councilwoman Pineda Sponsor Yonkers College Fair – October 2, 2104 from 6-8 p.m.
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Minority Leader and Education Committee Chair Sabatino to Convene Education Meeting – Tuesday, September 23, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
YONKERS, NY — September 19, 2014 — An Education Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at 8:30pm or immediately following the Council meeting, in the Council Chambers, Yonkers City Hall, 4th Floor, by Minority Leader and Education Chair Michael Sabatino Agenda Items: 1. School Transportation Issues. 2. Any additional items that may properly come before this committee. …
Mayor Spano Appoints James Cavanaugh to Balance of Term of Board of Education Trustee Nydia Perez Upon her Resignation By HEZI ARIS
New Yonkers Board Of Education Trustee To Fulfill Unexpired Term YONKERS, NY – August 26, 2014–YonkersMayor Mike Spano today announced Jim Cavanaugh as his newest appointment to the Yonkers Board of Education (YBoE). As trustee of the YBoE, Cavanaugh will join eight other members, which is the official policy making body of the Yonkers Public School District. The new trustee …
Yonkers Public Schools Achieve Modest Gains on NYS ELA and Math Exams
18.7% Proficiency in English; 21.1% in Math YONKERS, NY — Yonkers Public Schools achieved modest district-wide gains in both the 2014 New York State Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments. The results, which were released yesterday by the New York State Education Department, showed that 21.1% of Yonkers students in grades three through eight reached or exceeded proficiency in …
Pearls PTA Summary of Their Meeting with YBoE Superintendent Dr. Yazurlo By IRMA J. PEREIRA-HUDSON
YONKERS, NY – July 30, 2014 — The following is to inform you of the meeting that some of the members of the PEARLS PTA Executive Board had with Michael Yazurlo, Ed.D., Superintendent of the Yonkers Public Schools, and his staff this past Friday July 25, 2014. During this meeting, the PEARLS PTA Executive Board was able to ask a …
Yonkers Veteran, Massiel Rodrigues, Misled by For-Profit College Receives Grant to Help Pay Exorbitant Education Loans
YONKERS, NY—July 15, 2014 – Yonkers resident Massiel Rodrigues, 30, was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Veterans’ Student Loan Relief Fund (VSLRF) as part of a national effort to help student veterans dig out from under crushing debt burdens they incurred as a result of misleading claims made by for-profit education companies. Massiel served as a Navy Boatswain’s Mate …
EXCLUSIVE: Bernard Pierorazio Finds Employment with the Mount Vernon Public School District By HEZI ARIS
RESOLUTION NO. 14-495; Tab No. S-1 Offered at a “Special Meeting” of the Mount Vernon Board of Education held on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A SECOND AGREEMENT WITH BERNARD P. PIERORAZIO TO SUPPORT THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES BE IT RESOLVED: That upon the recommendation of the Interim Superintendent of Schools, this Board …
Yonkers Public School District Did Not Apply for Pre-K Program Due to NYS Funding Constraints By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY – “A few years ago Yonkers lost our highly successful full day Pre-K program due to state cuts,” noted Yonkers Superintendent Dr. Michael Yazurlo. “We are not applying for this new grant because we cannot afford to lay out the money up front and we don’t have the staff to oversee the community-based programs that are part of …
Yonkers BoE Approves IMA with City in Effort to Move District Forward
YONKERS, NY – June 11, 2014 — At a Special Meeting held Tuesday evening, June 10, 2014, the nine-member Yonkers Board of Education (YBoE) voted 8-0 to approve the Inter Municipal Agreement (IMA) between the YBoE and City of Yonkers. Beginning July 1, 2014, the City of Yonkers will assume operational and financial control of the Yonkers Public Schools’ Finance, …