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Joseph Casbarro, School District Problem-Solver, Retires.

Posted on February 25, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. February 25, 2006: The Board of Education has announced the retirement of Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services, the dignified, tireless, meticulously articulate and forthright Joseph Casbarro, whose reasonable approach to policy making and fitting special needs and disabled students to outside services has had a knack for benefiting both student and district.

Joseph Casbarro. Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel Services, at a recent School Board Meeting. Photo, WPCNR News Archive.

Casbarro’s steady and rational approach to forming difficult policies ranging from code of conduct and discipline procedures will be missed. Mr. Casbarro had major input into summer school procedures, the Newcomers Center, BOCES resources and budget refinement, maintaining the vital balance between paying for outside services and selecting services that provide adequately for special needs children.

Mr. Casbarro is the last veteran member of the former School Suprintendent Saul Yanofsky’s cabinet remaining presently on Superintendent of Schools Tim Connors’ staff .Casbarro has been with Mr. Connors for the four years Connors has been Superintendent of Schools. After July 1, when Mr. Casbarro leaves, the district will be going into the critical 2007-2008 School Budget Year with a new Assistant Superintendents for Business and Pupil Services .

Skyliners Wrap Up Successful Week at Synchro Nationals.

Posted on February 25, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. February 25, 2006: The Tri-State Skyliners Synchronized Skating Team finished a splendid week at the USFS Synchronized Team Skating Championships in Grand Rapids, Michigan with the Novice Team winning the 4th Place nationally in a field of 7 teams; the Junior team placed sixth of thirteen teams nationally, finishing less than 3 points away from 4th place, and the Junvenile team finishing 9th of 12 teams. The camaraderie, the high level of competition, and the splendid skating created memories for a long time.

WPPAC Tickets for March 20 THREE PHANTOMS performance. Greer, Feder Feted

Posted on February 23, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR STAGE DOOR. February 23, 2006: The invitations have gone out for The Three Phantoms Gala for the benefit of the White Plains Performing Arts Center, as it begins life on its own without the multidollar drain of the now defunct Helen Hayes Theatre as a handicap.

The gala will honor the stricken Councilman, Robert Greer for his many years of service to White Plains and Robert Feder, the principal of the law firm of Cuddy & Feder, Dan Tearno of Heineken, USA and Harumitsu Inouye of Shinnyo-En Foundation in White Plains and Bishop Iaso Ito of the Bridge of Friendship Foundation, Inc.

The Gala features three actors who have played the charismatic “Phantom” in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway: Cris Groenendaal, Ted Keegan and the local favorite, Craig Schulman.

Tickets for the presentation of The Three Phantoms range from $150 for an individual ticket to $25,000. Deadline for advertisements in the Gala Journal is March 1, 2006. The event takes place Monday, March 20, 2006 at the White Plains Performing Arts Center. For more information call 914-328-1600, Ext. 17.

Board of Education Sets Bond Tour

Posted on February 23, 2006 by John Bailey

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. February 23, 2006: The City School District has announced a series of public information meetings to inform parents and residents about the $67 Million Capital Improvement Plan for the city schools, which include renovation or construction of a new Post Road School, upgrading of elementary schools and expansion of classrooms, and synthetic turfing of Parker Stadium and Loucks Field. Each meeting will focus on that particlar school and expand to discuss of the more ambitious construction projects. The Board of Education has not at present made a decision on whether to proceed with the capital improvements that will be presented.

The first meeting will be at Ridgeway School February 28 at 8 P.M. The second will be March 7 at Post Road School; the third will be on March 14 at Mamaroneck Avenue School, and the final meeting wll be a Public Hearing on the Capital Improvements Projects March 20 at Education House at 7 P.M.