Though the weather on Tuesday, Oct. 9, was dreary and drizzly, there was radiant energy coming from King Street and John F. Kennedy elementary schools.

After a four-month delay in the Village of Mamaroneck Court, Blind Brook School District Administrator Patricia Lambert has been acquitted from all accusations related to the “smacking” incident at prom in June.

Fliers advertising the Blind Brook Community Coalition’s Tuesday, Sept. 25 meeting posed the question: “Is Rye Brook Ready For Legal Recreational Marijuana?”

As five Blind Brook High School seniors sat around a table in a main office conference room, it was clear that to some extent they’ve been friends for a long time. 

Let’s say Student One earned two grades in a course, a 91 percent, which would be an A-, and a 93 percent, or an A. In the same course, Student Two also received an A- and an A, but their numerical scores were 91 and 95. 

After a 2018 Blind Brook senior accused then High School Principal Patricia Lambert of “smacking” him during prom, she appeared in Mamaroneck Village Court for the incident on June 19.

Port Chester Schools district-wide are overcrowded. It’s possibly the most agreed upon issue in the community, as evidenced by many discussions at regular Board of Education meetings.

As of July 10, 169 kindergarten, first- and second-grade John F. Kennedy Elementary School students were redistributed to the three other elementary schools in the Port Chester School District.

As all Blind Brook students spent the last few weeks preparing for another school year to begin on Sept. 4, so did recent Class of 2018 graduate Eliana Rosenzweig.

“How can you not like Latin music,” Port Chester High School Band Director Mike Miceli facetiously questioned. “It has a wide range of emotions, it’s happy, it’s got rhythm and you can dance to it. Everyone likes to dance, whether they’ll admit it or not.”

For a court case that’s dragged out for the entire summer, Blind Brook administrator Patricia Lambert is scheduled to appear in Mamaroneck Village Court again on Thursday, Sept. 6 at 9:30 a.m. 

More than 35 Port Chester School District positions district-wide have been saved.

When the Rye Town Board accepted a settlement with the Blind Brook Country Club regarding tax certiorari filings dating back to 2010, there was a discrepancy between the costs faced by the Village of Rye Brook and Blind Brook School District. 

After the Rye Town Board voted to establish a charitable gift reserve fund so property owners won’t be limited to the $10,000 state and local tax (SALT) deductions imposed by the federal government, town Supervisor Gary Zuckerman sent a letter to the school districts on Aug. 6 offering to extend the service. 

After two mysterious superintendent contract modifications were approved by the Port Chester Board of Education on June 19 and July 3, many members of the public became vocally wary—largely because there was no indication or clarity as to what the modifications entail.

Since Jonah Bassuk started an annual fundraiser to provide toys for patients at children’s hospitals three years ago, his results have skyrocketed. 

Blind Brook administrator Patricia Lambert’s verdict in a court case about allegedly “smacking” a student at the high school prom on June 7 continues to be pushed back. 

Port Chester Board of Education member Anne Capeci got a lot of backlash at the board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 1, after she proposed to rescind two surprise agenda items from their previous meeting nearly a month before. 

As an eighth-grader at Blind Brook Middle School, Gabriel Landau started feeling a little lost.

High School was coming up, and unlike most of his peers in the success-driven school district, he had no idea what he wanted to do for a career.