The Failed Education Hezitorial YONKERS, NY — February 7, 2021 — Not only has Covid-19 uncovered the financial ability of the residents of the City of Hills, it has stretched the disparity between the educational capacity afforded our student population along color, ethnic, and gender lines, and thereby exacerbated the ever widening gap due to bigotry, a lack of planning …
By HEZI ARIS
Year 2018 in Review
By Yonkers City Council President MIKE KHADER, Esq.
Happy New Year! YONKERS, NY — January 5, 2019 —I would like to thank you for everything that we were able to accomplish together in 2018. As I look ahead to 2019, I cannot help but be proud of what we achieved last year. In my first year as your City Council President, I am proud to say that I have …
By Yonkers City Council President MIKE KHADER, Esq.
The Time For Change Is Now At The Board Of Education
By MIKE KHADER, Esq.
YONKERS, NY — January 2, 2018 — In my eleven months as your City Council President, and four years as a proud Yonkers Public Schools parent, I have gained a lot of insight into the operations of Yonkers Public Schools. In Yonkers, our schools have withstood the storms of lawsuits, toxic mold, weather emergencies, budget shortfalls, insufficient state funding, crowded …
By MIKE KHADER, Esq.
Yonkers Public Schools Prepares to Abolish 251 Positions and Eliminate Programs for FY2018-2019 to Balance the Budget
YONKERS, NY — June 8, 2018 — Dire news communicated for months by Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Edwin M. Quezada may come to fruition at the May 16, 2018 Board of Education Meeting. “What costs the District $592 million this year (2017-2018) will cost us $623 million in 2018-2019,” stated Dr. Quezada. The District faces a $45.3 million dollar …
Board of Education Trustees Unanimously Approved a New 5-year Contract For Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin M. Quezada
YONKERS, NY – January 18, 2018 – At last night’s January 17th Stated Meeting, the Yonkers Board of Education Trustees unanimously approved a new 5-year contract for Dr. Edwin M. Quezada, Superintendent of Schools commencing February 1, 2018 and ending January 31, 2023. Rev. Steve Lopez, President of the Board of Education, released the following statement: “Over the last several months, the …
Board of Education Notice of Special Meeting – Friday, January 31, 2014 @ 5 p.m.
URGENT NOTICE — Change in venue. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the President of the Board of Education Trustees, Dr. Nader Sayegh, Esq., has called a Special Meeting for the purpose of going into Executive Session to discuss Personnel matters. The Board will reconvene in public to discuss retention of special counsel to review administrative contracts and agreements.
EXCLUSIVE: YPS Superintendent Pierorazio Gets $300,000 Yearly Contract Extension to 2018 By HEZI ARIS
YONKERS, NY – June 23, 2012 – Yonkers Tribune has learned that in an agenda that came before the Yonkers Board of Education Board of Trustees in its meeting this week, the Board of Trustees took an up and down vote in which YPS Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio was given an extension to his contract that has him employed until 2018. …