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Harrison Schools Superintendent Dr. Louis Wool has introduced a proposed budget for the 2017-2018 school year that will add 6.9 academic positions and fund two capital improvements to the district’s high school. File photo
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School district adopts 2017-2018 budget

The Harrison Central School District adopted its $100.5 million budget for the upcoming academic year while managing to keep it unchanged from when it was first drafted. With its adopted 2017-2018 budget, the school district accomplished staying under the state-mandated tax cap while allowing for a $1.96 million increase in […]

Harrison Schools Superintendent Dr. Louis Wool has introduced a proposed budget for the 2017-2018 school year that will add 6.9 academic positions and fund two capital improvements to the district’s high school. File photo
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Proposed school budget to add 6.9 positions

The Harrison Central School District superintendent presented a proposed budget last month that would preserve all current school programs and add 6.9 total academic positions. “This is the first time in a long time that I feel we’ll be able to get back to improving and advancing our academic mission,” […]

New Harrison High School Principal Kimberly Beukema. Photo courtesy Harrison school district
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School district welcomes new HHS principal

The Harrison Central School District is excited to announce that Kimberly Beukema is the new Harrison High School principal. Beukema was previously the principal of Johnson City High School near Binghamton, New York. In 2015, she received the High School Principal of the Year Award from the School Administrators Association […]

Harrison High School was ranked 135th among the top 500 schools in the country, according to a Newsweek study. The school’s graduation rate was in the 99th percentile; its college-bound student rate was in the 96th percentile. File photo
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Harrison among top US high schools

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ix Westchester County public schools are among the top 500 in the country, according to a study commissioned by Newsweek in August. Each year, Newsweek compiles a list of the nation’s top high schools, rating most highly the institutions which best prepare their students for college. Harrison High School was […]

Dr. Frank Alvarez at the 2016 Rye High School commencement ceremony, which marked  his last as superintendent in Rye after announcing his resignation on July 19. Photo/Michael Otsuni
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Superintendent Alvarez tenders resignation

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ye City School District Schools Superintendent Dr. Frank Alvarez announced his resignation on Tuesday, July 19. Alvarez, who will step down from the district’s lead position on July 31, sent a letter to administrators, faculty and staff early Tuesday and informed the public of his decision at the Board of […]