Category Suffern Central School District

For Suffern Central School Board, we endorse Joseph Gravagna, Virgina Rourke, and Jason Andert, all of whom are firmly opposed to grade banding and the closure of any schools. The election is on Tuesday May 21st and polls are open…

I attended the public hearing on the proposed restructuring plan for the Suffern Central School District on October 24th, and what I saw and heard was very disconcerting. It appears the Superintendent has outsourced the future of Suffern Central to…

“Viola Elementary School is slated to be shuttered next academic year, a move to consolidate five current elementary schools into four as the public-school census continues to dwindle, even as the population within Suffern district boundaries grows. The four remaining…

“The Suffern school district’s population is growing. But public school enrollment is shrinking. Many of those new families moving into the district are opting for private schools, Suffern schools Superintendent Erik Gunderson recently explained. That’s mostly yeshivas that serve the…

“A well-organized late-entry write-in challenge didn’t change the status quo in Suffern Central School District. But the move sent a message. The school board incumbents won handily and the budget passed by a wide margin. But private school families from the…

“Two challengers for the local school board were removed from the ballot Tuesday night by the Suffern Central Board of Education. District officials maintain the candidates had not consistently resided in the district for a full year before the May 17 vote, a…