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Children at Baldwin’s elementary schools have been eating a lunch that’s been prepared for them outside of school everyday for decades. But for the first time, when elementary school students returned to school on Sept. 3, a hot lunch offer was now on the table. more
Ninety-nine percent of Baldwin educators were deemed “effective” or “highly effective” in the 2012-13 school year according to Annual Professional Performance Review results released by the New York State Education Department last week. more
State test score rose in most categories in the Baldwin School District during the second round of assessments under the Common Core State Standards. more
James Scannell attended Shubert Elementary School in the 1960s, graduated from Baldwin High School in 1976, was elected to Baldwin’s Board of Education in 1998, accepted a job as an assistant … more
Based on data presented by state officials, if a vehicle traveling 40 mph hits a child there is a 70 percent chance that a fatality will occur, but should a vehicle strike a child at 30 mph there is … more
Elementary and middle school students across New York are wrapping up their second three-day state assessment of the spring this week, and the tests have been widely criticized by educators and parents alike. more
On the same day the baseball season kicked off for most big league clubs, state lawmakers threw a curveball of their own to school administrators and boards of education preparing to pierce the property tax levy cap. more
James Scannell, a product of the Baldwin school system, has taken over a district in flux. The Herald asked the new superintendent about what the job means to him, and about the biggest challenges Baldwin schools will face going forward. more
James Scannell, the Baldwin native who has taken over the school district superintendent’s position, will face a different slate of concerns than those that preoccupied his predecessor, the … more
“This was a learning experience for us,” said Baldwin’s new Superintendent of Schools, James Scannell. “It was a resetting of the benchmarks and our shift was roughly in line with the shifts we saw across the county. The Common Core is here to stay, and we’re going to use this as a way to inform us as to how we can adjust.” more
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