Karen Schoenberger has been teaching Pilates in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District’s Community Education program for seven years. When she heard that the program was to be eliminated from the district’s 2013-14 budget, she and nearly 50 others attended the Board of Education’s meeting on April 10 to try to change the trustees’ minds.
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By Ann E. Friedman
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4/17/13
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Susette Prezios, the mother of three Hewlett-Woodmere students, attended the district’s public budget forum on March 21 and said that the decision to eliminate adult education programs in 2013-14 would have a negative impact on the community in which she grew up.
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By Ann Friedman
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3/27/13
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We’ll return to the mini-series about the ups and downs of the teacher job market next week. But first, a preview of an upcoming program that is of interest to all this week: “Suicide is preventable.”
Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people.Therefore, the leading cause of death among children and teens is preventable. That’s a fact—and yet we’re losing an increasing number of young people.
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By Steve Kussin
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5/12/11
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