Franklin Square School District Superintendent Patrick Manley gave his insight last week about the budget for the upcoming school year:
•Educational enhancements at an amount less than the tax …
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5/3/13
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Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus.
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4/25/13
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Nearly five months after the second-deadliest school shooting in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services unveiled a high-tech surveillance center in Westbury that will allow police and security officials to monitor school video feeds 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/23/13
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Q: My son is in the second grade and receiving special education services from our school district. I have just been sent a notice by my school district that we are having an “annual …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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4/18/13
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Last week’s Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education meeting was a bit different from those in February and March. After months of back-and-forth discussion among board members, administrators and parents, the board reached a compromise on transportation to private schools.
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By Brian Croce
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4/17/13
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In a significant turnaround of the governor’s January proposal, Franklin Square School District will receive a 4.7 percent increase in state aid in its budget for 2013-14. Initially, it had been …
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Vikas Girdhar
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4/5/13
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You’ve probably been reading a lot lately about your local school district’s proposed budget for next year.
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4/4/13
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Franklin Square Elementary School District officials say they do not expect any significant budget cuts as they anticipate the finalization of the budget for voter approval on May 21. Superintendent …
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Vikas Girdhar
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3/26/13
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Q: My fifth grader continues to struggle in school. I’m thinking that he might need special education services. What are those services, and how do I go about getting them from my school …
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By Lynn M. Brown
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3/21/13
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Months after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc and left behind heartache on Long Island, many Nassau and Suffolk County residents who suffered little, if any, damage in the storm are still going to be hit hard in the coming months — in their pocketbooks, with higher taxes.
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3/21/13
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