By Leila Brady, Assistant Managing Editor July 15, 2022
“Do you belong to the PCC or the AC?” is a question that inevitably got asked in elementary school as the year was winding down and summer plans were coming into fruition. “Neither” was not...
Students spend countless hours of their summer break laboring over work from a class they have not yet started. I'm sure many students can relate to seeing summer work popping up in their Google Classroom...
As most of our community knows, the Pelham Board of Education voted June 15 to enter into a new four-year contract with the current superintendent. Unfortunately, this decision was made at the last scheduled...
Across the ocean, on the eastern side of the European continent, there is a country many may have not thought much about until this year. Until its neighbor invaded, and began destroying it. Anyone who...
As part of the board of education election and budget vote on May 17, the community is also being asked to vote on the creation of a capital reserve by the school district to fund future capital-expenditure...
By Bella Caruso, Assistant Managing Editor May 11, 2022
A leaked draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade may be overturned this summer. That decision, issued in 1973, grants all pregnant individuals the legal right to an abortion....
By Gabby Ahitow, Assistant Managing Editor May 5, 2022
The 1969 court case Tinker v. Des Moines ruled that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." Twenty years later, the case Hazelwood...
There is tremendous confusion in the community about the assessment process and how property assessments impact taxes. Inevitably and invariably, I find there to be a misperception that the assessor is...
The future of Westchester is heavily influenced by how communities tackle housing. Housing environment requirements have made great advancements since the early 1900s. But many dwellings have not...
I have always thought of myself as a feminist. I am brutally aware of and have experienced the countless societal limits and frequent condescension of being a female, and I have been angry for as long...
No one, from children to the elderly, should wake up wondering if they have a place to sleep that night. Housing directly impacts our sense of security, and the human right to live in safety should...
On Jan. 9, the Bronx was devastated by a horrific fire in Tremont, a few short blocks away from District 34. This tragedy—the worst the Bronx has experienced in 40 years—left an undeniable mark on...
