School News

The White Plains City’s School District’s Preliminary Budget for the 2026-27 school year was presented at the Board of Education meeting on Monday, March 9, 2026. The draft budget includes a 1.60% increase in the tax levy, which is compliant with the state tax cap. Superintendent Dr. Joseph Ricca and Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations Dr. Ann Vaccaro-Teich provided the community with information on the spending plan, which will be voted on for adoption by the Board on April 13.

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve at a rapid pace, White Plains educators and technology experts said schools must take a measured but urgent approach to integrating the technology into classrooms with safeguards across grade levels, as appropriate.

George Washington Elementary School students put their hypotheses to the test, and they presented their findings at the annual STEM Fair on Thursday. Students presented their experiments and research to their classmates during the day, and the final projects were shown after school to parents and judges, including White Plains staff and community partners. 

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Details from the preliminary Instructional Budget for the 2026-27 school year were presented at the White Plains City School District’s Board of Education meeting on Monday, February 9, 2026. Dr. Debbie Hand, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, discussed how the district plans to invest in curriculum in the upcoming budget, highlighting new programs and expansions of offerings that would be introduced. Click here to view the full presentation or click here to watch the livestream from the meeting. Click here to view the Spanish version of the presentation.

The White Plains City School District wishes the best of luck to two White Plains High School athletes who are competing in the NYSPHSAA Championships next week! Kellen Doherty, a ninth-grade student, will compete in the Skiing State Championships on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24 at Bristol Mountain. Genesis Garcia, an 11th grader, will compete in the Girls Wrestling Championships on Thursday, February 26 in Albany. Congratulations on reaching this point, and good luck Kellen and Genesis! #WPProud🐯

Charles “Chuck” Stogel, a veteran sportswriter and editor, and longtime president of the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, has been chosen for induction into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame. 

The induction ceremonies for the NYC Hoops Hall Class of 2025, which includes seven other distinguished individuals plus one professional and one college basketball team, is scheduled for Tuesday evening, Feb. 24, 2026, at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in Manhattan (hoopshallny.org).

Genesis Garcia, an eleventh-grade student at White Plains High School, competed in the Section 1 Girls Wrestling Championships over the weekend and won her weight class! Congratulations to the new Section 1 Champion! Genesis will represent WPHS and compete for the state championship at the NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Championships on Thursday, February 26, in Albany. 

Due to the winter weather/icy conditions at this time, and in the interest of safety, the WPCSD will observe a 2 HOUR DELAYED OPENING today, Wednesday, February 11, 2026.