AS CHILDREN, TEACHERS, AND STAFF SWELTER IN ROOMS LACKING AIR CONDITIONING, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DELAYED INSTALLING AC FOR MANY YEARS---EVEN AFTER IT GOT MONEY TO DO SO

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As children, teachers, and staff swelter in rooms lacking air conditioning, the school district has delayed installing AC for many years--even after it got money to do so.

Kindergarten children are getting sick and have to be shuttled out of their classrooms in hot weather. The district, which refuses to comment, has left a trail of broken promises made to parents.

Michael Balter
Aug 08, 2024

On December 6, 2022, voters in the Croton-Harmon school district voted 808 to 215 for a Future Facilities Capital Project worth $45.6 million. Among the many big ticket items the project was supposed to cover was air conditioning for sections of Carrie E. Tomkins Elementary School (CET) that currently do not have it. These areas include the entire kindergarten wing, the multipurpose/lunch room, the music room, and the gymnasium.

The lack of AC in many areas of all three of the district’s schools has been a burning issue for parents, teachers, and staff for at least the past 20 years. But as the days get hotter, with record breaking temperatures every year, and the number of hot months expands from May all the way to October, the lack of cooling has reached a crisis point.

Earlier this year, a kindergarten student had to be sent for emergency medical treatment after suffering what appeared to be heat stroke. Many other children have suffered from overheating and had to be moved to cooler areas or to the nurse’s office. As spring turns to summer, and in the fall, kindergarten kids are routinely shuttled out of their classrooms and into cooler parts of CET, often without their parents ever being told about it.

(The problem does not end when the school year does, because CET is used for summer camp and children and staff continue to work in incredibly hot conditions. See the temperature readings illustrated in this story.)

This report is based on interviews with numerous parents, teachers, and staff in the district. For fear of retaliation against them and in some cases their children, these sources have asked to remain anonymous. Meanwhile, school district officials have shut down communication with the Chronicle and refused to provide information about the situation or discuss it with us. Thus district superintendent Stephen Walker and school board president Ana Teague both declined to comment for this article. Before this shutdown of communication, however, district clerk Denise Bisaccia did tell us that the current plan was to install AC in the kindergarten wing by August 2025, or perhaps a bit earlier.  READ AND SEE MORE AT As children, teachers, and staff swelter in rooms lacking air conditioning, the school district has delayed installing AC for many years--even after it got money to do so. (substack.com)

MORE SEWAGE DISCHARGE, BEACHES CLOSED

Sewage Discharge Prompts Beach Closures In Westchester: Here's Where--Health officials have closed two beaches in Westchester as a result of an ongoing sewage discharge. MORE AT Sewage Discharge Prompts Beach Closures In Westchester: Here's Where | Cortlandt Daily Voice

SEN. HARCKHAM PROCLAMATION HONORING THE LATE JUDITH ANDERSON

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The Office of Senator Harckham has sent the following proclamation to the family of the late Judith Anderson, honoring her life; CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW. 

IT'S TIGER SWALLOWTAIL SEASON IN THE HUDSON VALLEY

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It's Tiger Swallowtail Season in the Hudson Valley--Click on the photo.  Read more at .....

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States,[3] ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada,[4] and is common in many different habitats. It flies from spring until fall, during which it produces two to three broods. Adults feed on the nectar of many species of flowers........see more at Papilio glaucus - Wikipedia

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9/29 REVERSE TASHLICH--CLEANING CROTON WATERFRONT TRAIN STATION LOT I AND CROTON LANDING

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TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-----Sunday, September 29, 2024 • 26 Elul 57843:30 PM - 4:30 PM--Sponsored by Temple's Israel's Environmental & Ritual Committees & CLEAN Croton.

Clean up the Hudson River waterfront while hundreds of other communities around the world clean their local waterways! We will simultaneously clean two Croton waterfronts. go to Reverse Tashlich - Event - Temple Israel of Northern Westchester (tinw.org)

MASSIVE PARASITE-CARRYING SQUIRREL SIZED SNAIL FOUND IN PROSPECT PARK

Massive, Parasite-Carrying Snail Found In New York Park--Although a large, squirrel-sized snail found in a New York park may have looked harmless, it posed enough of a danger to people and the environment that its discovery prompted a police response. MORE AT Massive, Parasite-Carrying Snail Found In New York Park | Cortlandt Daily Voice

CONGRATULATIONS CROTON EMS

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FROM THE CROTON EMS FB PAGE----After cleaning for 3 days to make sure 55B2 was spotless inside and out. Last night, Croton EMS took to the streets of Ossining for the 2024 Westchester County Volunteer Firemen’s Association Convention Parade. For the 3rd year in a row, We are excited to say that Croton EMS has taken the Best Ambulance in the County Trophy! Thank you to those members that came out to help clean and to those that helped us march to another Victory! PHOTOS AT After cleaning for 3... - Croton On Hudson Emergency Medical Services | Facebook

BELLOTTI & ERNST--THE MASK OF FAUCI'S COVID CONSPIRACY IS FINALLY COMING OFF...TRUTH IS WINNING

BELLOTTI & ERNST: The Mask Of Fauci’s COVID Conspiracy Is Finally Coming Off

ANTHONY BELLOTTI AND SEN. JONI ERNST 

August 07, 20241:05 PM ET

Truth is winning.

Not too long ago it would have been flagged as misinformation for daring to question the narrative about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic forced on us by those in Washington and China.

But now, experts — including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Energy Department and the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), plus 7 in 10 Americans — believe coronavirus gain-of-function experiments on humanized mice probably infected Patient Zero and prompted the pandemic.

As the real facts come out, the true COVID conspiracy increasingly appears to have been orchestrated by Dr. Fauci and the so-called “experts” who one by one are being exposed, discredited and defunded.

In fact, we are batting a thousand, folks!

First, we defunded China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and got the lab’s mad scientists blacklisted from receiving another cent of taxpayers’ money.

Then, we clipped the wings of EcoHealth Alliance, the shady group that was funneling federal money to Wuhan for the risky gain-of-function experiments on bat coronaviruses that may have caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of this May, EcoHealth and its president have been suspended from receiving any taxpayer dollars for their batty research, and the government has proposed a years-long funding prohibition. We are working to ensure every federal agency funding EcoHealth has stopped.  READ MORE AT BELLOTTI & ERNST: The Mask Of Fauci’s COVID Conspiracy Is Finally Coming Off | The Daily Caller