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Ridge Street Elementary School is a part of the Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District. The entity was named after the river through the area, but what does the “union free” mean?

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Fun Fact: Why are the school districts called ‘union free?’

The Port Chester and Blind Brook school systems differ in many ways—class size, student-to-teacher ratio and number of schools, to name a few. But they do share something in common that is often overlooked—a naming convention.

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