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James Dreves, who served on the Port Chester Board of Education for 27 years, poses for a photo with his wife Kathy at the administration building on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The district had just hosted a small celebration honoring his legacy by naming a garden after him.

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Garden at Port Chester Schools administration building named after 27-year school board member James Dreves

The sense of “passing the torch” is, in best practice, a two-way street—where figures of legacy let a new generation take the reins while future leaders respect the history that paved the way to their new path. Blue skies and mild weather prevailed as around two dozen people gathered to dedicate a new garden to James Dreves, a Board of Education member who served the district for 27 years.

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