WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. September 10, 2004: White Plains public schools opened yesterday positively despite the early morning rains. Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors, complimented the White Plains Bus Company on completing their first runs despite the rains that marked the high school opening. He noted the rain had stopped by the time the Highlands and Eastview Middle Schools opened, and "the rest of the day continued to get better."

"The principals, the secretarial and custodial staff did a great job of preparing for Opening Day," Connors said. "I visited 8 schools today (Thursday), and found in every class (I visited) teachers were on task, glad to be back, and it was a very, very productive opening day according to our principals."

Thursday  marked the historic debut of Full Day Kindergarten across the board at all five White Plains elementary schools. Connors said, "I visited several of the schools and was at Church Street when the youngsters were going down to lunch, so I got to see them at lunch, and in their classes, and was over at Ridgeway towards the end of the day. The youngsters had had a nice day, still brighteyed and bushy tailed. They were still paying attention, and eager to be learning. So it worked out very nice."