Good News For Yonkers
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- May
- 30
Somebody messed up over at Newsweek magazine and failed to include Yonkers High School in its annual ranking of the nation’s best secondary schools. YHS came in at No. 186 on the list of 1,200 schools.
I was notified of the oversight today by principal Richard Vigliotti.
Last year, I wrote a column when YHS made the magazine’s list and was ranked 375th. So they’ve made a significant jump,
I was notified of the oversight today by principal Richard Vigliotti.
Last year, I wrote a column when YHS made the magazine’s list and was ranked 375th. So they’ve made a significant jump,
Some people think lists such as this one are contrived…but better to be on a contrived ” best list” than a contrived “worst list.”
Anyway, don’t tell Vigliotti the recognition isn’t deserved.
“This is an outstanding achievement,” Vigliotti said today. “Our students are encouraged to meet the rigor and challenges of the International Baccalaureate courses we offer (17).”
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on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pm by Phil Reisman.
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Phil Reisman is a veteran journalist and native of Westchester County. He began his career in 1977 as the head copy boy of a startup New York City newspaper that quickly went belly up. Reisman was not to blame for the newspaper's failure, or so he claims.
