students in Briarcliff, Tarrytown, Irvington, Sleepy Hollow

Area School Districts Protest State-Mandated Field Tests

During the end of May and the beginning of June, students in Irvington, Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow and Briarcliff Manor sat down for a series of state-mandated achievement tests. These tests […] Read more »

Sleepy Hollow High School Sophomores Win Hall of Fame Essay Writing Contest

The Sleepy Hollow Historical Society has been sponsoring their Hall of Fame Essay Contest, in which sophomores at Sleepy Hollow High School research and write an essay nominating an individual […] Read more »

IMS Students Present Student Made PSAs

On Wednesday, May 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Irvington schools’ Campus Theater, the Irvington Middle School 7th grade students will present the first annual IMS & Jacob Burns Film […] Read more »

Local School Board Election and Budget Results

Local School Board and Budget election results for Irvington, Briarcliff Manor and the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns. Read more »
Carol Conklin Spillane

Potential Impact of Controversial New Teacher & Principal Evaluation System

I am one of nearly 1,400 NYS principals who endorsed an open letter to the New York State Education Department to raise awareness about APPR (Annual Professional Performance Review), the […] Read more »
briarcliff schools reduced budget

Briarcliff-More Tightening and Another Reduced Budget

On Monday, April 16th, the Board of Education for the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District adopted the proposed budget, submitted by Superintendent Neal Miller, of $47,650,000 for the upcoming […] Read more »
Irvington-Preparing for New Blood

Irvington-Preparing for New Blood

On April 3rd, The Irvington Board of Education adopted Superintendent Robert Roelle’s proposed budget for 2012-2013 which came in at $51,156,000. This represents an increase of 1.65% over last year’s […] Read more »

Cooperative Planning and Shared Decision Making in the Briarcliff Schools

The Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District is pleased to announce the formation of new Building Compact Committees and the District Enabling Committee.  These committees are directed by the New […] Read more »

Irvington UFSD and Irvington Teachers’ Association Reach Contract Agreement

  After almost three years of collective bargaining, the Irvington Union Free School District Board of Education and the Irvington Faculty Association (“IFA”) are pleased to announce that the parties […] Read more »

Classmates from Briarcliff Manor Benefit Smile Train

On Tuesday, November 29th, 10 middle school students from Briarcliff accompanied by five parents left school at 11:30 am to visit the headquarters of Smile Train in Manhattan. They carried […] Read more »