With school budgets and elections over, new members and incumbents on the Lynbrook and East Rockaway Boards of Education ponder the challenges of the comng year. Both boards will seek new superintendents after this school year.
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By Mike Smollins
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5/26/22
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Four candidates are vying for two seats on the Lynbrook Board of Education in Tuesday’s election.
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By Madeline Armstrong and Mike Smollins
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5/12/22
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One incumbent and two newcomers will compete for three seats on the East Rockaway Board of Education on Tuesday.
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5/12/22
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This week's letter to the Editor comes in response to recent claims of discrimination in East Rockaway schools.
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4/28/22
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Standing before the East Rockaway Board of Education on March 22, Lucy Pozo fought back tears, telling the board that it had “failed me, and I’m glad to be graduating in three months’ time.”
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By Mike Smollins
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3/31/22
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If you have children or grandchildren, you likely think about them all the time. You imagine them smiling and laughing . . .
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3/24/22
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These days, we smile or roll our eyes when we hear the term “fashion police,” but leading up to the Nixon administration, wearing the wrong outfit could land an otherwise innocent young woman in hot water.
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3/3/22
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In his first week on the job, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman addressed the coronavirus pandemic in a way that can best be described as premature, if not downright foolhardy.
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1/13/22
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The debate over masking children in schools has intensified in Lynbrook and East Rockaway after County Executive Bruce Blakeman held a news conference on Jan. 3, at which he announced that he signed executive orders directing local boards of education to vote later this month on whether their district should mandate mask use.
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By Cristina Arroyo, Scott Brinton and Mike Smollins
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1/13/22
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The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.
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By Alan Singer
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12/23/21
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