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Elmsford School graduates face farewell amid board conflict
Seventeen pupils from the class of 1913 receive diplomas at the Elmsford school concluding a night of commendations and sadness. Principal William J Gleason cites intolerable board conditions and a recent pupil strike over his retirement led by the village board. Five women teachers resign in sympathy as the board’s President William Bunselmeyer faces accusations of mismanagement.
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Elmsford
William J. Gleason
Board of Education
State Department
Gleason
Catherine Lorzing
William Bunselmeyer