OPINION
Letter: PCHS student: Taking away One World a catastrophic mistake
It has come to my attention that the Port Chester Board of Education has made the decision to get rid of the One World United and Virtuous Club throughout the Port Chester school district. To say I am outraged would be an understatement.
Letter: School board should fix their mistake and reinstate One World immediately
If you watched the most recent Port Chester Board of Education meeting, then you are aware that the One World program was not renewed in a 3-2 vote by our Board of Education. One World has been a community partner with the Port Chester School District for 10 years. This …
Letter: P.C. school board members should reconsider One World
Did you know the Port Chester Board of Education voted to take a free educational program away from our children? During a time when our families, our community, our nation and our school funding are being challenged like never before, our school board members Onofrio, Capeci and Corbia made a …
Letter: School board urged to reinstate One World
It is with great dismay I learned that the Port Chester Board of Education denied the approval of the One World program at their most recent meeting. This international program was started in Port Chester at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School. Since then, it has expanded to 100 clubs around …
Letter: School board didn’t do due diligence in canceling One World in P.C. Schools
With coronavirus nipping at our heels at every turn, it’s incredibly difficult to give kids the education they need using a curious mix of remote and in-person learning. Enriching that education with supplemental programs has become even more important. So it was with utter disbelief I listened to the last …
Letter: What is the role of a school board?
The Port Chester Board of Education recently made a startling and widely upsetting vote to remove a longstanding district enrichment program. This decision has catapulted a widespread social media discussion and has caused many to question the motives of a few members sitting on the board. This blindsiding vote, and …
Letter: Don’t deny P.C. students access to One World
I write in reaction to the Port Chester Board of Education’s 1/21/21 decision to deny the Memorandum of Agreement allowing the One World program to operate in Port Chester Schools. This decision to deny this program, which has successfully existed in our district for 10 years, was made by three …
Letter: Goodbye historic buildings, hello apartment superblocks
I am not against development. I am against bad development and ugly development, which covers everything I am writing about here.
Letter: One World is needed now more than ever
I am a professor of education at Manhattanville, School of Education where I have been teaching for the last 25 years. I have been working with the community schools in Port Chester for the last 18 years. Two years ago the Edison School and Manhattanville received the prestigious American Education …
Letter: Prayer for America and Its New President
There is much that needs to be done And even more that we can do. We may fail; we have no guarantee of success But a destiny awaits that only We the People can fulfill.
Letter: PGA of America made right decision to change site of 2022 PGA golf match
New Jersey was scheduled to host the 2022 PGA Championship, one of golf's four sacred annual majors, at Trump Bedminster. The golf course is just west of the United States Golf Association headquarters and museum in Far Hills.
Letter: Who are the real fascists in 21st century America?
It could be my imagination, but I have recently noticed a lot of recycled labels from the last century being recklessly thrown around: “Nazi!” “Marxist!” “Dictator!” “Tyrant!”
Letter: Ceruzzi responds to Latimer
I am writing this letter to clarify a situation about which County Executive George Latimer wrote in a letter to this newspaper.
