Residents of the Bronx and beyond have known for years that Norwood resident Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman is a national treasure. But now it’s official.

Things have calmed down at DeWitt Clinton High School, but students and parents still aren’t cheering new security measures established there last month.

The organizational means may have changed, but the spirit of dissent felt very familiar to DeWitt Clinton alumnae as they watched students stage one of the largest walkouts in recent city history.

School has been in session for several weeks now, but the Norwood News continues its look at what’s new in local classrooms by surveying the area’s many high schools.

Councilman Oliver Koppell sailed to an easy victory on Sept. 13 against Ari Hoffnung, his challenger in the Democratic primary. The veteran lawmaker received 73 percent of the vote.

As Fernando Ferrer was gearing up for his run for mayor last spring, his wife’s long career as an educator was winding down. Aramina Ferrer retired as PS 46’s principal in June after 20-plus years at the helm.

The $200 million fund created to improve Bronx parks in connection with the construction of the Croton water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park has already been put to good use in local green spaces.

For the first time in his three campaigns for mayor, former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer has a clear shot at unseating the Republican incumbent.

When a group of young people at the COVE and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center gathered three years ago to discuss the future of their park – the southeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park – they came up with some big ideas. At the time, much of it seemed like only a dream, since there was so little money for large capital projects in parks. Few in the community would have traded filtration for the realization of that dream, but now that the plant is reality, it is at least nice to see that the Parks Department has closely adhered to the community’s vision in its new design for the southeast corner.