1. The Bedford Central School District's Foundation for Arts, Music and Education (FAME) announced it will hold a groundbreaking on Thursday for a new courtyard space at Fox Lane High School. It will utilize an existing but unused courtyard in the building and will be overhauled to include performance space for theater and concerts, classroom space, a sensory garden and a sculpture/art gallery. The groundbreaking itself will be at the high school at 4 p.m. The project is called the FAME Courtyard for Arts and Sciences.
2. Chappaqua schools Superintendent Lyn McKay will be holding another one of her Knowledge Cafes. This one, according to a school district announcement, will be about the impact of Common Core standards and "accountability mandates," such as the APPR evaluation process for teachers and administrators and Race to the Top. The event will be on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Robert E. Bell Middle School's auditorium in downtown Chappaqua.
3. The Mount Kisco Planning Board will have a busy agenda when it meets on Tuesday, which will be at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall. Agenda items include a continued public hearing for The Hearth at Mount Kisco's proposed 129-unit senior housing, along with Tesla Motors' proposed service center on Kisco Avenue. The agenda is at this link.
4. Bedford Central's school board meets on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Lane Middle School. Agenda items will include presentations on athletics, transportation and the district's external audit. Additionally, the board will discuss the next steps after voters recently approved its roughly $31.8 million bond vote, including a construction committee and a formal bond resolution. The agenda is at this link.
5. New Castle's Town Board meets on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. at town hall in Chappaqua. However, the agenda indicates a relatively quiet meeting, with items including a vote to schedule a Nov. 26 public hearing for the proposed 2014 budget.
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