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The Polk Street’s cafeteria is now the Bulldog Bistro and John Street’s is the Cougar Café.

Franklin Square school district’s renovations move forward

The Franklin Square School District has made headway on its renovation projects, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Management Theresa Hennessy announced at a Board of Education meeting on Jan. … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/16/20

Franklin Square residents to help create school budget

Thirteen Franklin Square residents are helping their elementary school district craft its 2020 - 21 budget as members of the district’s Citizens’ Budget Advisory Committee. The members work on … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/12/19

The HPV vaccine was introduced to the United States in 2006.

Franklin Square residents oppose HPV vaccine bill

Franklin Square Board of Education members sent a letter to local elected officials on Dec. 5, expressing their opposition to a bill that would require students entering seventh grade to get the … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/12/19

Jared Bloom became the superintendent of the Franklin Square School District over the summer.

New Franklin Square school superintendent is getting to know the district

Before becoming the superintendent of the Franklin Square School District this summer, Jared Bloom had never worked in a centralized high school district. But, he said, he had had a variety of … more

By Melissa Koenig and Ronny Reyes | 10/3/19

Students in Franklin Square and Elmont scored higher than the state average on the New York English and mathematics exams.

Franklin Square, Elmont students remain proficient

Students throughout Elmont and Franklin Square who took the state English and mathematics test last spring scored higher than the state average, according to data from the New York State Education … more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/20/19

In Franklin Square and Elmont, vote 'yes' on your 2017-18 school budgets

Crafting a school budget that respects both students and taxpayers is a high-wire act these days. With demand growing for new, cutting-edge technologies in the classroom, pressure to increase spending is mounting, seemingly by the year. At the same time, many homeowners say they’ve had enough of high property taxes. They need a break. more

5/15/17

Elmont, Franklin Square and Sewanhaka budgets pass

The school budgets for the Franklin Square, Elmont, and Sewanhaka school district all passed on Tuesday. Franklin Square also had a $10 million capital projects proposition on the ballot that passed … more

5/18/16

Students express their glee when getting the supplies for a design challenge in STEM lab.

Exploring the virtual space of STEM

Beginning this past September, the Franklin Square Elementary School District installed eight Zspace machines, in each of the three schools, to enhance STEM learning. STEM is an acronym for, science, … more

By Steve Smirti | 1/26/16

F.S. School District to receive 4.7% state aid

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 … more

Vikas Girdhar | 4/5/13

Polk Street School runs, jumps and slides for charity

Students at the Polk Street School in Franklin Square know a little bit about giving back to their community. Every year, the school has an athletic field day during one student free period where kids are encouraged to get up and get active. more

Matthew Hampton | 5/26/10

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