This week the Orangetown Town Board paid tribute to Dr. Arlene Clinkscale as part of their Black History Month Celebration.
Orangetown Supervisor Teresa M. Kenny said, “I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Clinkscale two years ago when she was honored at Lincoln Avenue Elementary School in Pearl River, where she was hired as a teacher in 1960. She later went on to become Rockland’s first African American principal and New York’s first African American woman superintendent of schools. If you missed the meeting, I recommend taking a few minutes to listen to the remarks of this incredible woman (starts at 15:32 and runs approximately 5:40) who will be turning 93 on St. Patrick’s Day.”