5.84% INFECTION RATE ACROSS THE STATE. WESTCHESTER RATE: 606 CASES A DAY, 13,340 IN 3 WEEKS AND 1 DAY

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WPCNR GOVERNOR CUOMO CORONA VIRUS REPORT. From the Office of the Governor. December 23, 2020:

(Editor’s Westchester County Note: On Tuesday, December 22, 11, 368 Westchester persons were tested and 651 came back positive with the corona virus, an infection rate of 5.7%, as reported by the NYS Covid-19 Tracker website. The Westchester infection rate continues at 6%. Since December 1, 13,340 Westchesterites have test positive, a per day new Covid case average of 606 new Covid Positives a day.)

NOW TO THE GOVERNOR

We’re in a footrace between the vaccination program and the growing spread of COVID. So far, 89,000 New Yorkers have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose.

22,000 New Yorkers received their first dose at 90 nursing home facilities, during just the first two days of a federal-private partnership program in which New York is participating.

As we continue to roll out the vaccine, I remind all New Yorkers to stay vigilant, especially over the holidays—wear a mask, social distance, continue to wash your hands. Celebrate smart. Happy holidays, New York. PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Coronavirus newsletter will not publish tomorrow, December 24th, or Friday, December 25th. We will resume on Monday, December 28th.  

Here’s what else you need to know tonight:

1. Total hospitalizations rose to 6,864. Of the 204,361 tests reported yesterday, 11,937, or 5.84 percent, were positive. There were 1,166 patients in ICU yesterday, up 40 from the previous day. Of them, 633 are intubated. Sadly, we lost 164 New Yorkers to the virus.

 2. The State is working on a plan to allow fans to attend the Buffalo Bills’ first home playoff game in more than two decades under strict COVID-19 protocols. Under the proposal, which is being developed cooperatively between the Bills and the State Department of Health, fans in attendance would be required to receive a negative COVID-19 test result before being allowed into the stadium and contact tracing would be conducted after the game. 

 3. The Department of Financial Services issued guidance that will help expand New York’s hospital capacity. DFS is directing insurers to suspend certain preauthorization and administrative requirements to help hospitals implement New York’s “surge and flex” protocol. With today’s action, hospitals will be able to quickly transfer patients between hospitals, better balance patient load and more. 

4. The New York State Department of Health has authorized the use of extra doses that have been found in Moderna vaccine vials. We have learned that many 10-dose vials of the Moderna vaccine have enough of the vaccine for 11 doses. (The Pfizer vaccine, similarly, found to have extra doses.) The Department of Health issued guidance on administering these extra doses. 

 Tonight’s “Deep Breath Moment”: The legendary Charles W. Howard of Albion, NY, who was one the most famous Santa Claus portrayers in history, will have a road in his hometown named in his honor. Howard, who died in 1966, took up the red-and-white mantle (and beard) after being dissatisfied with existing Santa Claus performers. He started at local department stores and later opened the first Santa School in Albion, where he taught hundreds of Santa’s helpers to look, dress and act like elves—helping spread the season’s cheer to countless children. He played Santa for 18 years in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and even consulted on the 1947 holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street.  If you were forwarded this email, you can subscribe to New York State’s Coronavirus Updates here.

 Ever Upward, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 
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County Board of Legislators Calls on Kite Realty to Obey the County Displaced Persons Law and Negotiate Fairly with SEIU 32BJ Workers Being Replaced by Non-Union Cleaning Firm

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SEIU 32BJ MEMBERS PROTESTING AT LOSS OF UNION CLEANERS’ JOBS AT CITY CENTER TODAY

WPCNR LABOR LAW JOURNAL. From the Service Employs International 32BJ. December 23, 2020:

On Wednesday, Westchester County Chair of the Board of Legislators, Benjamin Boykin and the County’s 17 other legislators sent a letter to Kite Realty which is changing to a non union cleaning service, supporting the Service Employees International 32BJ workers who currently lean the City Center in White Plains, facing loss of their jobs. They called on Kite Realty to retain the current contract. Here is the text of that letter:

“We, the undersigned members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, hereby ask Kite Realty to insure that the cleaning staff at City Center be treated fairly, in accordance with the Westchester County Displaced Workers Law,” stated the letter. ” We further ask that the union contract, which provides that City Center staff earn as much as other shopping malls in downtown White Plains, be duly renewed.”

Carrying signs that said, “Kite Realty: Stop Scrooging Mall Cleaners,” the workers informed shoppers at the busy shopping center of their situation, as they try to retain their jobs in the middle as the holidays approach and as the uncertainty and risk of the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

“I’m so worried about being able to support my daughter, my mother and my sister who has lost her job,” said Maria Baron, a native of Colombia who has worked as a cleaner at the mall for two years. “All my co-workers are in similar situations, and this is not fair to do in such a difficult year.”

Kite Realty Group, which owns the mall, told workers last week that a new, non-union contractor would be starting on January 1, 2021, and gave them no information as to whether they would be keeping their jobs.

Under the Westchester County Displaced Service Employees Protection Act, contractors coming in to a union account are required to offer continued employment to existing service workers.

Earlier this week, the cleaners delivered a petition to the mall owners asking to keep their jobs with the good wages and benefits they have had as members of SEIU 32BJ.

“These essential workers have been keeping the mall clean and safe throughout the pandemic, and been able to support their families during this difficult period,” said Lenore Friedlaender, Assistant to the President of 32BJ and head of the union in the Hudson Valley. “Many of them are supporting multiple family members who have been in distress, and They deserve better than to be booted at the worst of times.”

Kite Realty Group, a real estate investment trust based in Indiana, operates 89 malls and other properties, primarily in the south and Midwest. City Center is its only mall property in New York.

Gladiator, the incoming contractor, has not provided a written job offer to the current cleaners as required by the law, nor has the cleaning company announced whether they will retain all of the workers, or what the employees’ pay and benefits will be. 

In an initial conversation with 32BJ SEIU, a Gladiator representative said the new contractor was planning to reduce the staffing from the current 14 cleaners to six cleaners. The Gladiator representative would not state whether his company would honor the terms of the current union contract in effect at the mall. 

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Governor Cuomo Tonight: Search for the Variant. 12,689 new Positives in Westchester Since December 1. Virgin airlines joins Delta and British Airways in Covid Pretesting Before Flights into NY from UK. The Spectacular “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn.

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 WPCNR GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO CORONA VIRUS REPORT. December 22, 2020:

(Editor’s Note: Westchester County Tested 8,910 persons Monday. There were 536 Westchester persons found to test positive an 6% of those tested.

The total of new persons testing positive in the 21 Days since December 1 to 12,689 in 21 days, more than doubling the positives on December 1st. (10,536) The new infections have been averaging 604 a day since December 1st. The infection rate average over the last 21 days: 6% )


Now to the Governor’s message:

With Christmas and Kwanzaa coming up this week, followed by New Year’s Eve, we all need to do our part to stop the spread. And we can do so by celebrating in different ways this year.

This year I encourage New Yorkers to celebrate smart so the virus doesn’t spread to the point where the hospital capacity is at risk. It’s been a long year and I do hope New Yorkers celebrate the holidays—but please celebrate smart. 

Photo of the Day: The illuminated Christmas Tree at Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY (Photo by Mike Groll) 

Here’s what else you need to know tonight: 

1. New York’s Wadsworth Laboratory has begun aggressive research of the new, more contagious COVID-19 strain discovered in the U.K. Already, Wadsworth has looked at more than 3,700 virus sequences identified in New York. It has yet to find the U.K. variant present in any of the random samples

. Additionally, Wadsworth and the Department of Health have made agreements with six hospitals from across the State to obtain additional samples for further research and are making arrangements with other hospitals to do the same. If the variant is already here, we want to know, and we want to be able to aggressively trace it. 

2. To date, 50,000 doses of the vaccine have been administered throughout New York. The state has received 630,000 doses thus far and expects to receive another 300,000 doses next week.

 3. Virgin Atlantic has also agreed to require pre-departure COVID tests before passengers leave from the U.K. to New York. This is the third major airline to require a COVID-19 test before allowing passengers to board planes traveling from the United Kingdom to New York. I thank British Airways, Delta Airlines and Virgin Atlantic for this agreement.

 4. Total hospitalizations rose to 6,661. Of the 164,868 tests reported yesterday, 9,716, or 5.89 percent, were positive. There were 1,126 patients in ICU yesterday, up 31 from the previous day. Of them, 614 are intubated. Sadly, we lost 139 New Yorkers to the virus. 

5. It’s important we continue our vaccination program through the holidays. With Christmas and Kwanzaa rapidly approaching, I call on hospitals, nursing homes, and medical personnel to continue providing vaccinations throughout the holidays to ensure nursing home patients and frontline health care workers are protected as quickly as possible.

 Tonight’s “Deep Breath Moment”: Last night, stargazers and photographers looked up at the night sky to witness “The Great Conjunction,” a celestial phenomenon where Saturn and Jupiter appear extremely close together in the sky. Also dubbed “The Christmas Star,” an event of this caliber last occurred 800 years ago. The two planets won’t appear this close together again until 2080.  

Saturn and Jupiter with The Milky Way viewed from Thailand (Photo by Chakarin Wattanamongkol/Getty Images) 

If you were forwarded this email, you can subscribe to New York State’s Coronavirus Updates here. 

Ever Upward, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 

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JOHN BAILEY’S TUESDAY WHITE PLAINS REPORT HEARD ON WVOX 1460 ON WESTCHESTER’S NUMBER ONE LOCAL MORNING SHOW “GOOD MORNING WESTCHESTER” WITH “DENNIS AND TONNY”

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WPCNR ON THE AIR. TRANSCRIPT OF JOHN BAILEY’S TUESDAY MORNING ON THE AIR APPEARANCE ON THE “DENNIS AND TONNY” WVOX 1460 GOOD MORNING WESTCHESTER TODAY AT 7:50 AM DECEMBER 22, 2020:

HAPPY HOLIDAY! GOOD MORNING FROM WHITE PLAINS NY USA WHERE IT’S 35 CLOUDY WPCNR DEGREES.

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Mayor Roach said in his weekly COVID BRIEFING last night, the County is in the process of transitioning to a new system to track and present Westchester County COVID data.

“As a result, they have discontinued the presentation of the county “map” and have not been providing us with estimated active cases. We have been told that the new system will be operational by the beginning of the year. “

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MAYOR ROACH In the meantime, SAID “as predicted, the raw data confirms continuing increases in new cases in Westchester County and in White Plains.   “

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WPCNR, USING THE DATA ON DISPLAY DAILY AT 2 PM ON THE WORKBOOK NY STATE COVID TRACKER HAS DETERMINED THAT COVID INFECTIONS IN WHITE PLAINS DOUBLED IN THE 20 DAYS SINCE DECEMBER 1ST FROM 10,573 TO 22,679 WITH 433 NEW PEOPLE TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID IN WESTCHESTER TESTING SUNDAY.

THE SUNDAY INFECTION RATE OF WESTCHESTER PERSONS TESTING POSITIVE WAS  5.3% THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW INFECTIONS A DAY FOR THE LAST WEEK IS 586 A DAY. A CLEAR, CONCISE, COMPREHENSIVE COVID MAP OR GISMO OF THE GROWTH RATE OF NEW INFECTIONS FROM THE COUNTY IS LONG OVERDUE.

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WHITE PLAINS SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE THE HYBRID LEARNING FORMAT IT HAS STUCK WITH  WHEN SCHOOLS RESUME IN JANUARY THE WHITE PLAINS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR. JOSEPH RICCA ANNOUNCED MONDAY.

TO DATE ACCORDING to THE NEW YORK SCHOOL REPORT CARD COVID TRACKER, 108 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID IN 12 WEEKS OF SCHOOL

THERE ARE 7,200 STUDENTS AND 1,400 STAFF AND TEACHERS, SO THIS MEANS OF 8,600 AT RISK, THE INFECTION RATE AT THE WHITE PLAINS SCHOOLS THROUGH DEC 18 IS 1.3%. THE SCHOOLS IN WHITE PLAINS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM

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Mayor Roach took note of this urgency to self-distance in last night’s message to White Plains, “We are in the midst of the holiday season and I certainly understand that we all want to spend time relaxing with family and friends. This is not the year for it.”  

“How we behave between now and the end of the year, the Mayor said, will determine what we are able to do in January and February. With the vaccine roll out taking place, now is not the time to backslide.”

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 At White Plains Hospital, Mayor Roach said the number of COVID patients has been holding steady.   They continue to perform elective procedures and encourage all community members to go to the hospital if they are in need of emergency care.  

THE MAYOR WAS ON HAND WHEN WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL STARTED VACCINATING ITS FRONT LINE WORKERS. HE SAID THE VACCINE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL SPRING. THE WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL HAS PREPARED MATERIAL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. YOU CAN LEARN MORE BY GOING TO www.wphospital.org  

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 The Governor has issued an Executive Order allowing local governments to automatically renew STAR benefits for 2021 for all property owners who received the benefit in 2020 and remain eligible for it.  

SPEAKING OF JANUARY RESTAURANT MONTH BEGINS IN WHITE PLAINS JANUARY 2 TO 31ST.

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THE CITY CENTER MANAGEMENT IS BRINGING ON A NEW NON UNION CLEANING FIRM WHICH WANTS TO CUTCLEANING STAFF TO 6 FROM 14 AND ELIMINATE SOME 14 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 32BJ EMPLOYEES. THIS WAS PROTESTED BY A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE CITY CENTER.

 IT IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO TWO YEARS. BY LAW THE CITY CENTER OWNER IS SUPPOSED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNION WORKERS ON SEVERENCES AND POSSIBLE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. THE SEIU CLEANERS GET ONLY $15 AN HOUR.

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GREENBURGH THIS MORNING INITIATED A BAN ON DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICIATIONS FOR THE FORESEABLE FUTURE. IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FEINER ONE OF ONLY TWO CITY LEADERS ALONG WITH THE MAYOR OF MOUNT VERNON, WHO HAS INSTITUTED NEW ENFORCEMENT MEASURES ON SOCIAL DISTANCING.

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I CONGRATULATE COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER EARLIER ON YOUR PROGRAM THIS MORNING ANNOUNCING THE COUNTY HAS SETTLED ITS LEGAL DISPUTE WITH STANDARD AMUSEMENTS ON PLAYLAND. I PREDICTED THIS WOULD HAPPEN ON “WHITE PLAINS WEEK” FREQUENTLY IN THE LAST YEAR.

The CitizeNetReporter, John Bailey founder of Wpcnr.com reporting since 2000 A.D., is heard Tuesdays at 7:50 AM on WVOX 1460 AM or WVOX.COM on Westchester County’s Number One rated morning show Dennis & Tonny’s Good Morning Westchester. Drivers should pull off the road while listening to avoid being distracted in traffic due to the content you will hear nowhere else.

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PORT CHESTER CLERGY URGE OBSERVATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, LIMIT FAMILY GATHERINGS, NOT ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
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Greenburgh Prohibits Door-to-Door Soliciting Effective 6:00 A.M Tuesday

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WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. From Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. December 21, 2020:

EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED PROHIBITING PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS FROM GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE DUE TO COVID-19 IN GREENBURGH

 I, Paul J. Feiner, Town Supervisor of the Town of Greenburgh, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, in order to protect residents in the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh, hereby issue the following Local Emergency Order No 1.5  pursuant to the Constitution of the State of New York and Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, specifying that :

  1.  Pursuant to Section 24(1)(b),  Peddlers, Solicitors, and Canvassers as defined in Chapter 390 of the Code of the Town Of Greenburgh, are prohibited from going from house to house or place of business to place of business or any combination thereof for the purpose of peddling, canvassing or soliciting as defined under such chapter during this Town of Greenburgh Declaration of Disaster Emergency, declared on March 17, 2020.

WHEREAS, as of December 9, 2020, in excess of 55,796 residents of Westchester County, including nearly 1,861 residents of the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh, have contracted the Covid-19 virus and 1,539 Westchester County residents suffered Covid-19 virus related deaths; and three nearby Westchester communities remain in colored zones of concern with positive Covid-19 rates well in excess of 5%.

WHEREAS, door to door peddlers, solicitors and canvassers, may put residents of the unincorporated Town of Greenburgh at a greater risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus by traveling door to door to resident’s homes and such residents are more focused on protecting the safety of their families during this public health emergency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Paul J. Feiner, Town Supervisor of the Town of Greenburgh, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, in order to protect residents in the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh, hereby issue the following Local Emergency Order No 1.5  pursuant to the Constitution of the State of New York and Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, specifying that :

  1.  Pursuant to Section 24(1)(b),  Peddlers, Solicitors, and Canvassers as defined in Chapter 390 of the Code of the Town Of Greenburgh, are prohibited from going from house to house or place of business to place of business or any combination thereof for the purpose of peddling, canvassing or soliciting as defined under such chapter during this Town of Greenburgh Declaration of Disaster Emergency, declared on March 17, 2020.
  1. This Local Emergency Order shall become effective 6:00 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
  1. This Local Emergency Order No. 1.5 shall remain in effect for a period of five (5) days, and automatically renew until the Declared State of Emergency relating to the Covid-19 Virus Outbreak has ceased, or earlier upon a declaration by me, as Town Supervisor, that the State of Emergency no longer exists in the unincorporated section of the Town of Greenburgh.

Issued:  December 21, 2020

       12:00 p.m.

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British Airways Will Test all Passengers for Covid Boarding Flights to NY Complies with Governor Cuomo Request. Vaccine Rollout Detailed. DELTA AIRLINES JOINS BRITISH AIRWAYS. VIRGIN ATLANTIC FOLLOWS

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WPCNR CORONAVIRUS REPORT. December 21, 2020 UPDATED DECEMBER 22, 2020 12 NOON EST:

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that British Airways as agreed to begin testing passengers boarding its planes to the New York area beginning tomorrow. The Governor said that the two other air carriers flying in to Port Authority of NY and NJ airports have not gotten back to him yet.

DELTA AIRLINES AND VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS have follwed British Airways in agreeing to test travelers board flights to the New York area for covid prior to boarding flights in response to Governor Cuomo’s request.

The Governor said New York, with the exception of the Finger Lakes Region had avoided the spikes many states had seen over the Thanksgiving holiday.

He also outlined details on how Coronavirus vaccines would be distributed and how minority communities would receive fair distribution of the vaccine. Here is his news conference on the Covid situation:

https://youtu.be/Txcxjqvnv10
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City Center Mall Plans Dismissing Union Cleaning Staff January 1

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SEIU 32BJ THIS MORNING DELIVERING THE PETITION CALLING FOR KITE REALTY TO OBEY THE LAW

WPCNR LABOR LAW JOURNAL. From the Service Employees International Union 32BJ. December 21, 2020:

Westchester County Legislators Damon Maher, David Tubiolo, Nancy Barr, Ruth Walter, and MaryJane Shimsky joined with union representatives and City Center Mall cleaners to deliver a petition signed by the mall’s 14 workers, asking mall managers Kite Realty Group to help them retain their jobs.

On Thursday last week, this successful, nationwide realty company posted a notice announcing that, on January 1, 2021, the unionized company that cleans the mall will be replaced with a non-union contractor, Gladiator Building Services.

 Despite the clear language of Westchester County’s Displaced Worker law, Gladiator has yet to provide a written job offer to the cleaners.

David Tubiolo with Laura Maria Miranda Varon, one of the SEIU union workers who may lose their job. “It worries me very much, my husband is an independent electrician but he hasn’t had much work since the pandemic hit. We have a 15-year-old daughter and my mother back in Colombia, both of whom depend on us. My job is our main income. It would devastate of us if I were to lose it.” (Photo, SEIU32BJ)
 

In an initial conversation with 32BJ SEIU, a Gladiator representative said the new contractor was planning to reduce the staffing from the current 14 cleaners to six cleaners.

The Gladiator representative would not state whether his company would honor the terms of the current union contract in effect at the mall. 

“Just as Christmas approaches, this hardworking, longstanding group of cleaners is suddenly facing the loss of their jobs in the midst of the worst health and economic crisis of our lifetimes,” said Lenore Friedlaender, Assistant to the President of 32BJ and head of the union in the Hudson Valley.

“Kite Realty is a successful company that can well afford to hire a contractor that would retain the current workforce at their modest wages of $14.50 an hour come the New Year. These workers are now petitioning the mall owners to require the new cleaning company to retain the current workforce at industry standards. Anything less would undercut the high level of cleaning and disinfecting that shoppers and mall workers deserve.”

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WP SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FIRST HALF REPORT

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Dr. Ricca in one of his virtual interviews he conducts frequently for the school district

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By Dr. Joseph Ricca, White Plains Superintendent of Schools. December 21, 2020:

Dear WPCSD Key Communicator,

Happy Holidays!

It is hard to believe that we are in the holiday season, the first semester is ending and that for the past nine months we have all been dealing with one of the greatest public health challenges in the history of the United States of America and the world. 

Unfortunately, even in the best of times, the holidays are often difficult for some.  This year that challenge is magnified.  2020 brought with it a time of stark contrasts:  the joy and excitement of the season versus the difficulties and misfortunes caused by a horrendous pandemic. 

We know many of our families are struggling and along with our effort to be as supportive as we can, we try to impart the hopefulness and happiness that December usually brings. We are committed to hope and we are determined in our mission to ring in 2021 with positivity and a vision for a better, stronger year for all.

As you know, the WPCSD has operated a hybrid system of in-person and remote instruction since September, with learning opportunities both at home and in school.   We have been fortunate to have had a limited number of cases of COVID-19 among our school community. 

Still, when they do occur, we are quick to act — closing a portion of our facilities and/or quarantining affected people.  In some cases, we have had to close an individual school for a short time. 

We will continue to be vigilant and protect our staff and student population.  Safety is our primary consideration. Still, we are #WPProud that we continue to press forward and look for ways to bring stability and continuity to our children and community, wherever possible.

We cannot thank our staff and community partners enough for their dedication and commitment to our students and their families.  They have all gone beyond the ‘call of duty’ to provide whatever is needed to keep us moving forward, not only academically, but socially and emotionally.

If 2020 showed us something, it certainly showed us the everyday heroes in our community, those willing to do whatever it takes to move us forward. We are grateful for all and their on-going efforts to bring support to those in need.

Through the challenges of the pandemic, our students continue to amaze us!  Our students and staff continue to look for new ways to spread joy and share their accomplishments. The High School Theatre Unlimited production was an original play written by WPHS Senior Max Kohn called “A. I. Certification.”  It was created specifically for a Zoom performance and directed by WPHS Teacher, Seren Cepler.  You can enjoy this one-of-a-kind work HERE. 

We are also very proud of our Fall Scholar-Athletes who were honored at the December Board of Education Meeting – 78 members of six athletic teams with 90-or-better averages.  Athletic Director Matt Cameron and our WPHS coaches led a video tribute available HERE. And, let’s hear it for WPHS Senior Christopher Cardenas! Chris was nominated to the US Presidential Scholars program – a tremendous honor. We are so very proud of Christopher and we hope you share in our #WPPride!

Finally, don’t forget to keep up with us on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/wpschools, our website, www.whiteplainspublicschools.org and twitter:  www.twitter.com/wplainsschools 

As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.

On behalf of the WPCSD Board of Education and the entire WPCSD educational community, we wish you all the very best for a happy, healthy and safe holiday season!              

Respectfully,

Joseph Ricca