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Lawrence High School will be closed for eight weeks due to repair work. Students will be relocated to other district schools.

Hurricane Sandy continues to have serious impacts on the Five Towns. Lawrence High School must close for the next eight weeks to repair its electrical system that was severely damaged by the Oct. 29th storm. Approximately 975 students will be attending the district’s middle school during that time, causing other students in the district to be displaced as well. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/15/13

Lawrence School District provided instructional space in its middle school for 200 first- and second-graders from the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach for nearly five weeks after Hurricane Sandy.

Sheltering students after the storm

The Lawrence School District and the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) brought new meaning to a public-private partnership, when the public school district opened its middle school to 200 first- and second-graders of the private school after Hurricane Sandy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/19/12

Lawrence schools reopened on Tuesday after being closed two-plus weeks due to Hurricane Sandy and a nor’easter that dumped snow in the Five Towns.

Schools reopen in District 15

After being closed for more than two weeks due to Hurricane Sandy, which included Election Day and Veterans Day, the Lawrence School District reopened its schools on Tuesday. more

By Jeff Bessen and Ann E. Friedman | 11/14/12

Lawrence School District is reopening Tuesday after being closed more than two weeks due to Hurricane Sandy.

Lawrence School District will reopen Tuesday

After being closed for more than two weeks due to Hurricane Sandy, which included Election Day and Veterans Day,the Lawrence School District is reopening all of its schools Tuesday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/8/12

Dr. Ann Pedersen, Lawrence School District’s assistant superintendent for academic affairs and Number Four School principal, spoke about the importance of instilling confidence in students at the first of four district town hall meetings.

Learning how their children are taught

In an intimate setting where an assistant superintendent sat on a stool in the middle aisle of Lawrence High School’s little theater, district officials presented an overview of its academic initiatives to a small audience on Oct. 4. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/11/12

The Lawrence School District hired Sarah Weis to serve as a liaison among the private schools, the district’s Transportation Department and Independent Coach Corp., which transports the students.

‘What’s with our bus route?’

The first order of business for Sarah Weis, the Lawrence School District’s newly contracted private-school liaison, was to respond to some 1,200 phone messages left by irate parents about busing problems they and their children encountered as a new school year began in the Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/4/12

Crossing guards are being eliminated throughout Nassau County despite objections from school superintendents.

Back at their posts

The scene of crossing guards guiding children across school streets is one Norman Rockwell could have painted. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/13/12

Rina Beach will take over as the ELA chairwoman at Lawrence Middle School. A district wide emphasis on literacy is intended to raise student test scores.

Lawrence school district attacks its literacy problem

Lawrence School District officials are hoping that a restructuring of positions at the middle school and an increased emphasis on literacy throughout the district will boost scores on the state’s English Language Arts exam, especially among special-needs students. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/30/12

The Lawrence Board of Education continues to review bids from potential buyers of the Number Six School in Woodmere.

Bidding remains open

A little more than a year after the Lawrence School District put the Number Six School up for sale, Board of Education trustees have yet to finalize an agreement with a bidder. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/22/12

Lawrence school officials, community leaders and residents and Nassau County are collaborating on holding a health fair at Number Four School on Sept. 9.

Health fair at Number Four School on Sept. 9

To address some of the problems that are created by having a high poverty rate in its school district, Lawrence officials, along with community groups and residents and Nassau County are partnering to hold a health fair on Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Number Four School. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/9/12

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