Reporter’s notebook, first day of school, take 13
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- September
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In Mamaroneck, ninth- and sixth-grade students as well as the elementary schools had their first day of school yesterday and the remaining grades started today.
The district has made several security changes at the high school this year, in light of a string of bomb threats there in March.
District spokeswoman Debbie Manetta said security cameras are now present inside and outside the building. In case of another threat, officials are currently undergoing emergency response training with the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
————————————————Opening day at Westchester’s second biggest school system, New Rochelle, went off without any significant problems for the district’s nearly 11,000 students, Superintendent of Schools Richard Organisciak said yesterday.
“It’s 20 after three and I haven’t gotten a call yet saying ‘my kid hasn’t gotten home.’ “I’m keeping my fingers crossed,†said Organisciak, who visited three of the district’s 10 schools yesterday.
—with reports from Ernie Garcia, Aman Ali and Len Maniace
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