WPCNR WHITE PLAINS WEEK NEWS. May 11, 2007: The White Plains School Budget and School Board Election vote are coming up Tuesday, and White Plains Week has as its guests Monday evening on WPPA-TV, White Plains Public Access, The Spirit of 76, Channel 76, Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors and Assistant Superintendent for Business, Fred Seiler are interviewed by John Bailey, The White Plains CitizeNetReporter, Peter Katz, and Jim Benerofe of suburbanstreet.com.

Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors, second from left,  and Fred Seiler, Assistant Superintendent for Business, to Mr. Connors' left, flanked by Jim Benerofe, left and Peter Katz on Friday's edition of White Plains Week, which cables Monday at 7 PM on Channel 76. Exclusive Photos of the new Station Square proposal from Louis Cappelli will also be presented on the show.

In the course of the program, Connors said that the STAR Rebate program, by which residents apply for an additional STAR rebate through letter or online (instructions will be mailed to residents), will be continued by the governor for the next three years. He made no commitments to keep the budget at the 4% rate of growth established in this year's $174.1 Million budget up for approval by voters May 15.

Mr. Connors predicts that 2007 Elementary and Middle School test scores would greatly improve thanks to the new BOCES data analysis techniques that the district elementary schools are employing to work on specific skill remediation to prepare students for the tests. He also said the measure of how well students are being educated in White Plains are reflected in the overall high school graduation rate which in 2006 graduated 82% of its students (entering high school in 2001). (Of those 82%, 94% of white students graduated; 82% of Blacks graduated, and 70% of Hispanic students graduated.)

The show may be viewed Monday evening at 7:00 P.M. on Channel 76 in White Plains.