With economic uncertainties looming, East Meadow School District administrators have crafted a draft budget for the 2011-12 school year. What is certain is that little help is expected from the …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/2/11
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A girl sat alone, reading a book, as two of her peers played the popular board game Operation a few feet away. As they played, they snickered and laughed about her, calling her a loser. The girl …
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by Mike Caputo
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1/13/11
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Dr. John Healy’s students at Woodland Middle School go beyond simply drawing and painting — they learn about the world.
The program, named “Learning About The World …
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by Mike Caputo
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12/8/10
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The East Meadow Board of Education has scheduled two meetings for the month of December. The school board meets for a work session on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. On Dec. 16, the school board …
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12/3/10
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The East Meadow Board of Education is scheduled to meet twice in November. On Thursday, Nov. 4, the board meets for a work session at 7 p.m. The board will hold a communications meeting on Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.
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11/3/10
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The East Meadow Board of Education meets twice in October. A Communications Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. ...
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10/6/10
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A former vice president for the East Meadow Board of Education recently filed notice that she plans to sue the Nassau County Police Department.
In papers filed by her attorney, Jeffrey …
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Mike Caputo
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9/22/10
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In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades.
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8/12/10
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The East Meadow Board of Education officially began a new school year on July 1 at its annual reorganization meeting.
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Mike Caputo
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7/14/10
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My father served as a union president — a teachers union president — in Suffolk County nearly four decades ago, in the days when educators like him were given little respect, and even lower wages.
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Scott Brinton
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6/3/10
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