Sofia Criticizes Edgewood Policy and School Board
Mrs Lenore Sofia CFR candidate criticizes the Scarsdale Board of Education for poor communication over Edgewood School. She cites overcrowding, rejection of bussing to Fox Meadow and Heathcote, and adds portable classrooms do not solve Edgewood needs. She pledges to restore community trust and address athletic field and gym facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenore Sofia
CFR
Board of Education
Scarsdale
Sofia
Edgewood
Fox Meadow
Heathcote
Town Club Pushes School Impasse Through Strong Vote
In a May 15 meeting a Town Club committee urged the School Board to consider salary changes carefully and limited professional development spending to 60 000 annually. A voice vote approved the resolutions after a heated discussion.
Scarsdale School Board Attacks CFR Board Expansion
The Scarsdale Board of Education condemns the CFR proposal to expand the school board from seven to nine members. It calls the move a frontal attack on representative government and urges a decisive defeat, arguing the change serves political power plays and would hinder education.
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Scarsdale Board of Education
Board of Education
CFR
Scarsdale
STEP Student Wins Foreign Scholarship at Scarsdale High
Rogeriee Thompson, one of five STEP students at Scarsdale High, won a scholarship to the Experiment in International Living. She will spend four weeks in Italy this summer and later attend Pembroke College of Brown University. STEP plans 10 new participants next year with host families sought to expand the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogeriee Thompson
STEP
Scarsdale High School
Theodore Frye
Scarsdale High
Rochester University
Miss Thompson
Italy
Putney
Rogeriee
Pembroke College
Brown University
Providence
R.L
Greenville
D.C
Donald Johnston
Madison Road
Board of Education
Frye
Neale and church leaders attend United Presbyterian Assembly
J Henry Neale of Hitchcock Church co chairs the Council on Church and Race and addressed the General Assembly in San Antonio Texas. Dr Kenneth Neigh and Rev James S Stewart of Hitchcock Church serve on national missions boards and assemblies committees. The assembly is the church's highest policy making body with 3.2 million members and about 850 commissions.
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J. Henry Neale
Lockwood Road
James S. Stewart
Hitchcock Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Neigh
Windsor Lane
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
San Antonio
Texas
Neale
Hitchcock Church
Council On Church and Race
General Assembly
Neigh
Board of
National Missions
Church
Stewart
Board of National Missions
Assembly
General Assembly Committee On National Missions
Council On Church and Society
United Presbyterian Church U
Inquirer Receives Dual Citations From Westchester Bodies
The Inquirer earned a May 16 certificate from the Westchester Board of Realtors for accurate timely reporting of urban life issues and a May 20 citation from Westchester County American Red Cross honoring services rendered. Red Cross Fund drive chairman George Szabad praised The Inquirer as virtually indispensable and endorsed the commendation.
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the Inquirer
Westchester Board of Realtors
Westchester County of the American Red Cross
The
Inquirer
Red Cross
George Szabad
the Red Cross
Town Club Cites Simon MacIntyre for Service to Scarsdale
The Town Club honored Nora Simon of Carthage Lane and Malcolm MacIntyre of Mamaroneck Road at its May 15 meeting for unselfish community service. Simon retired from the School Board after six years including service on District No. 2 and the combined board. MacIntyre served four years on the Village Board of Trustees, including two years as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Nora Simon
Carthage Lane
Simon
Malcolm MacIntyre
Mamaroneck Road
Scarsdale School Board Rejects Mediator Proposals
The Scarsdale School Board and Scarsdale Teachers Association engaged mediation led by Dean Robert McKay of NYU Law School. Board rejects the report, STA accepts it with reservations, and a public hearing on recommendations by School Superintendent Donald Emery was set for May but postponed. a state mediator arrived to push a settlement on salaries.
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School Board
Scarsdale Teachers Association
Robert McKay
New York University Law School
McKay
STA
Donald Emery
Harold R. Newman
State Public Employment Relations Board
Dean McKay
Scarsdale
Richard Davenport
Teachers’ Association
USA NOW Sues Scarsdale Board Over Inadequate Integration Action
USA NOW accuses Scarsdale School Board of inadequate action after the third Center for Urban Education report on interracial education. Co chairs Hugh N. Jones and Mrs. Baldwin demand public release, timetables, and a firm target date for integrating 60 children from Mount Vernon by fall 1970, while the board emphasizes broad community discussion.
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Scarsdale
Urban Suburban Action Now
USA Now
Robert Hackett
di Lima
Jones
Baldwin
Board of Education
USA
Center For Urban
Mount Vernon
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Howard T. Casey
Burnham Finney
Richard F. Hansen
Edward Ingalls
Morris Krantz
Louis A. Leslie
Ralph K. Rogers
Theodore Sander, Jr
Alden C. Smith
Harold H. Tucker
Joseph M. Walters, Sr
Myron M. Zizzamia
New York
Presbyterian
Woman's Club
Town Club
Simon, MacIntyre
Education
Frederick Rose
Rose
deLima
Fenimore Bridge
Fenimore Rd
Hartsdale
East Side Plaza
Bronx River Parkway
County Public Works Dept
Greenacres Ave
Hugh N. Jones
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