State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently completed audits of New York’s 733 public school districts and BOCES. The audits were part of a series of legislation following a scandal in the Roslyn School District in which administrators embezzled $11 million. more

 After his review of all schools districts and BOCES in New York, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cited several districts for having excess funds in its Employee Benefit Accrued Liability … more

The East Meadow School District has decided to close school again on Thursday because of the inclement weather. The announcement was made on the district Web site on Wednesday night at 10:21 … more

The East Meadow School District kept its current $175 million budget to a record-low increase in expenses from the previous year, and administrators hope to do the same, if not better, for the next … more

While 2009 proved to be a difficult year for school districts across Nassau County, East Meadow finds itself facing a challenging 2010. Like other districts around Long Island and … more

At the Nov. 19 East Meadow Board of Education Communications Meeting, select students at Woodland and W. Tresper Clarke Middle Schools were honored for their academic achievements and/or citizenship … more

Throughout the long, at times agonizing health reform debate, conservatives and insurance-industry lobbyists have argued that we don’t need a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers. more

News briefs about the East Meadow School District. more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

Programs and services survived. Jobs were preserved. Spending was increased by a historically low rate. Those were some of the highlights of what was often touted as a “creative” $175 … more