Scores on this year’s state math and English Language Arts tests revealed more lows than highs in the Lawrence School District.
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JEFF BESSEN
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8/25/11
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Many factors influence academic achievement and a child’s overall success in school. As educators we rely heavily upon research and statistics, but good old life experience is usually our best guide.
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GARY SCHALL
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8/18/11
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After a year of transition, I am so proud and excited to now serve the children, parents, and community of District 15 as the new superintendent of the Lawrence Public Schools.
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GARY SCHALL
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7/7/11
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Being a music teacher isn’t the path an educator typically takes to become a schools superintendent, and it’s not often that a school budget review brings to mind a Mahler symphony.
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JEFF BESSEN
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7/7/11
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Five weeks after unveiling its draft budget the Lawrence School District adopted its proposed budget at the Board of Education meeting on March 22.
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JEFF BESSEN
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3/31/11
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Five weeks after unveiling its draft budget the Lawrence School District adopted its proposed budget at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
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JEFF BESSEN
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3/24/11
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Familiar faces will not only be in their regular positions, but will be up to their elbows in new responsibilities as the Lawrence School District has several administrators doing more than one job as a cost-saving measure.
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JEFF BESSEN
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2/23/11
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Though the Lawrence School District anticipates losing $2.2 million in combined state and federal aid next year, it still plans to expand its educational offerings by realizing an equal amount in savings through cuts to the Civil Service support staff, administration and two programs.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/23/11
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An initial draft of the Lawrence School District’s proposed budget is expected to be presented at the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday at Lawrence Middle School. The meeting is scheduled
for 8 p.m.
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JEFF BESSEN
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2/9/11
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For the third time in seven months, the Lawrence School District plans to lay off staff. Twenty-seven hall monitors, clerical and grounds crew employees were notified on Dec. 6 that their positions could be eliminated as early as Dec. 31 as a cost-saving measure, pending Board of Education and Nassau County Civil Service Commission approval.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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12/15/10
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