“As a deficit looms and banks are refusing to lend money to East Ramapo, state monitors asked school board trustees point blank: Are you willing to cut transportation costs, which eat more and more of the budget each year, by…
“East Ramapo’s Family Welcome Center officially opened Monday, November 21, offering residents of the school district help with just about anything, from finding health insurance and boosting food access to attending English lessons to getting kids’ vaccinations. Located at the…
“With school starting Thursday, the finishing touches were being made this week on buildings throughout the East Ramapo school district. At Grandview, a K-3 elementary school, the smell of fresh paint lingered Tuesday as walls were spiffed up to match…
“Lead-laden sink fixtures, shut for seven years, are slated to be replaced throughout East Ramapo schools within a year, according to East Ramapo and state Department of Education officials. The state confirmed the planned work in communications with The Journal…
Ramapo Senor High School “Around 70% of East Ramapo buildings — including every single school — failed a recent safety survey, and others were determined to be unsatisfactory. Not a single building in use by the district was considered in…
We ask that you support the students in the ERCSD by voting yes on the second vote on the budget–Tuesday June 20 at your home ward voting location. You must vote at the poll site for the ward where you…
The following editorial letter by Beatrice Weber and Nancy Bermon appeared in The Sunday Journal News May 28, 2023 “As Jewish mothers whose children went to public and nonpublic schools in Rockland County, we are coming forward to advocate for…
“Mary Fox-Alter, a well-known education leader in the Lower Hudson Valley, takes over as interim superintendent in Ossining on July 1. She will leave her current job as a state-appointed academic monitor in the East Ramapo school district. Fox-Alter said…
The Journal News looks at the options now left for East Ramapo and the other two districts. “Voters rejected three school districts’ budgets in Westchester and Rockland counties Tuesday. Now those districts have to make some decisions. Blind Brook and Elmsford in…
