The Rye Record

2 days ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

Westchester County officials said they still haven’t finalized a plan for running Playland Park this season and they no longer have a firm opening date. On Tuesday, Catherine Cioffi, the county’s communications director, told The Record that the county still intends to open the park this year. The park was originally scheduled to open on May 17.   “As we look ahead to the 2025 season, our intention is to open the park,” Cioffi said.

2 days ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

Playland will remain tax exempt for 2022, a court ruled last week, seemingly tying up one of the outstanding legal issues facing the historic amusement park.   Since the county, which owns the amusement park, had yet to officially hand over management of Playland to private operator Standard Amusements in 2022, the public park had to therefore maintain its tax-exempt status as a public park for that tax year, the state appellate court decided on April 16.

3 days ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

Interim Rye Neck High School Principal Melinda Folchetti will start her permanent role as the head of the high school this summer, according to an announcement from the school. Folchetti, who has been the interim principal since the summer of 2023, told The Record she’s grateful for the opportunity. “I’ve learned so much over the past couple of years – and am reminded, almost daily, of how much our students can accomplish given the opportunity, encouragement and support,” she said.

2 weeks ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

Rye City school leaders have been mulling since last summer whether to strengthen the high school’s lax cell phone policy. That decision is now likely out of their hands. Indicators coming out of Albany point to the passing of a full “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban in all public and charter schools – one of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top priorities. The proposed ban is expected to be negotiated into the New York State budget, which has yet to be approved.

2 weeks ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

While it’s no secret that Rye Country Day School is known for its strong academic programs, the institution is also slowly making a name for itself in the tech sphere. The school’s Development Club, a student-led computer science and technology group, is starting up again this semester after back-to-back coding competition championships. Two RCDS Wildcat teams competed against 20 others in the TigerHacks Coding Competition at Greenwich Country Day School back on Nov. 9, 2024.