Having worked to defeat the sale of the Number Six School to Simone Development Companies, the organization Community Coalition of the Five Towns (CC5T) seeks to remain active in civic matters.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/27/13
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By an almost two to one margin, Lawrence School District residents on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected the referendum to sell the Number Six School to Simone Development Companies to create a multi-specialty medical practice.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/21/13
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For the third consecutive year, the Lawrence School District is proposing to reduce staff as part of an effort to deal with a budget deficit — and for the second straight year, the deficit totals $3.2 million.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/20/13
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On March 20, Lawrence School District residents can vote on the public referendum to sell the Number Six School for $12.5 million to Bronx-based Simone Development Companies, which is expected to lease the property to Mt. Sinai Hospital for a 60-doctor, 30-specialty medical center.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/13/13
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The informational meeting by Simone Development Companies Simone Development Companies was holding concerning its plans for the Number Six School at the Woodmere Club on Wednesday is postponed due to the forecasted inclement weather.
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3/6/13
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About a half-dozen residents formed a line quickly behind a microphone and then several others stepped up to speak, mostly to air their gripes with the proposed plans for the closed Number Six School at the town hall-style meeting on Wednesday at Lawrence Middle School.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/28/13
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Honoring a district family, raising trip money
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The Mazzitelli family, of Atlantic Beach, were honored at the inaugural Lawrence School District Music Parent Organization fundraiser dinner at the Imperial Room in Inwood on Feb. 21.
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2/27/13
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The Lawrence School District Music Parent Organization will hold its first-ever fundraiser dinner on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Imperial Room at 259 Doughty Blvd. in Inwood.
The inaugural …
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2/18/13
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Crowded conditions and new rules are part of the Lawrence School District’s three-week-old relocation plan, under which high school students were moved to the middle school, sixth-graders to the Number Two School and fifth-graders to the Number Five School. The plan will be in effect for at least five more weeks, district officials say, as the repairs of Hurricane Sandy-related damage continue at Lawrence High School.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/6/13
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Though Hurricane Sandy already ran her course, Lawrence School District is still suffering. Students and faculty have learned to be resilient not only throughout the storm but also during the aftermath.
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By Nicole Bae
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1/23/13
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