The East Rockaway School District is seeking public comment on its proposed 15-year, nearly $30.5 million bond, which Board of Education members and district officials presented at a facilities forum on Jan. 29.
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/7/19
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Whether it’s a play, a concert, a game or any other outing, it’s common to spot Lynbrook Board of Education Trustee Alicemarie Bresnihan at school district events. And she is not slowing down as she enters her 44th year as a board member, making her one of the longest-tenured trustees in the state.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/10/19
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On Dec. 12, the Lynbrook School District’s Board of Education voted to modify the district’s Voyager Program for intelligently gifted students to offer both a pullout enrichment program and an enrichment-for-all program in the 2019–20 school year.
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1/3/19
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Lynbrook School District Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak said she contacted the Fifth Precinct of the Nassau County Police Department after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order that expanded the right to vote to individuals on parole, including those convicted of sexual offenses.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/27/18
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The Lynbrook School District’s Do No Harm rule has been overturned for the 2018–19 school year and replaced by a practice in which students’ Regents exam grades will count for 10 percent of their final grades, district officials said at a Sept. 12 Board of Education meeting.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/20/18
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Keith Gamache was elected to serve as the East Rockaway Board of Education president for the 2018-19 school year at its reorganizational meeting last month.
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/2/18
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At the June 13 Lynbrook Board of Education meeting, several students and teachers expressed their displeasure with a district policy that omits students’ Regents exam grades from their class averages if the scores do not help them.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/21/18
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The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . .
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5/24/18
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The Lynbrook School District's 2018-19 budget was approved by 68 percent of voters on May 15.
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By Mike Smollins
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5/15/18
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Voters approved the East Rockaway School District's budget by 67 percent, and Dom Vulpis was elected to the Board of Education over Theresa Devlin, 689 votes to 400.
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By Mike Smollins
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5/15/18
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