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It’s a message we emphasize every year, because it is so important: School is almost back in session, so it’s time for drivers to slow down and use extra caution. more

8/24/16

Car hits minibus carrying Grace Lutheran School students

A car slammed into a school minibus in Baldwin this morning while transporting five elementary-age children to the Grace Lutheran School in Malverne. All five were taken to Nassau University Medical Center as a precaution, and were soon after released, according to school principal Wanda Walters. more

By Rossana Weitekamp and Adrienne Lyons | 10/13/15

Baldwin eyes possible school bus strike

Baldwin school officials are making contingency plans in case of a possible school bus strike on Wednesday. In a letter posted on the district’s website Tuesday, Superintendent Shari L. Camhi … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 9/9/15

School zone signs should be consistent

In an unusual start to the school year, many area districts will be opening before Labor Day. Classes will be in session next week — as early as Tuesday in some communities. more

8/26/15

School safety 101: Slow down

Most area schools reopened this week, which means the roads are going to be more hectic on weekday mornings and afternoons. more

9/5/13

New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, showed how an ignition interlock can be used to prevent a drunk driver from getting behind the wheel of a school bus. He was joined by, from left, Al Belbol Jr., co-president of the Levy-Lakeside Elementary School PTA in Merrick; District Attorney Kathleen Rice; Susan Walpole, co-president of the Mandalay Elementary School PTA in Wantagh; and Assemblyman David McDonough.

Officials want ignition interlocks for school buses

New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Assemblyman David McDonough joined together last week in calling for a new law to protect school children from drunk drivers. more

10/23/12

Parents, students: School's open. Be safe.

Another academic year has begun, and once again we must be mindful of keeping our children safe on their way to and from school, and while they’re there. more

9/6/12

New York school districts are beginning to take advantage of a law that passed over the summer to cut bus costs.

Schools cut bus costs, rev up savings

In a move celebrated by state school officials, a law was passed over the summer to help school districts cut bus costs and put those savings toward school programs, and local districts have just recently been able to take advantage of it. more

By Jackie Nash | 10/25/11

Keep kids safe on their way to and from school

In days past, parents used to be able to send their children off to school without a second thought about whether they would return safely. And while children are still in good hands during class … more

9/16/11

Police charged local teens, from left, David Spencer, Chase Morrison and Roy Wilson with a hate crime after they assaulted a classmate and made disparaging remarks about his sexual orientation.

Local teens charged with hate crime

County police arrested three local teenagers last week and charged them with assaulting a fellow teen and hurling anti-gay slurs at him during a bus ride home from a Hicksville BOCES school. Police … more

Lee Landor | 10/20/10

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