Mareesa Nicosia, mnicosia@lohud.com 12:31 a.m. EDT September 3, 2014SPRING VALLEY A crowd of immigrant students and their families rallied Tuesday night in a show of opposition to what the East Ramapo schools superintendent has recently remarked is an immigrant-driven inflation of the district’s drop-out rate.
Mareesa Nicosia, mnicosia@lohud.com 11:15 p.m. EDT July 24, 2014SPRING VALLEY – East Ramapo officials say they’ve finalized the sale of Colton Elementary School to their longtime yeshiva tenants, putting the district on track to make $10 million from real estate deals this year if a second sale closes as planned.
NEW CITY – A real estate appraiser pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor involving the sale of East Ramapo’s Hillcrest Elementary School in a plea bargain that didn’t include the original allegation that he took a $5,000 payoff from the buyer.
It’s a disappointment that public monies will continue to flow to East Ramapo school board’s preferred law firm, Minerva & D’Agostino, which has treated the public so poorly, and has fomented controversy and tension in the deeply divided district.
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