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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
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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
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Muslim students and parents petitioned the Sewanhaka Board of Education to include the Eid holidays on the calendar next year. They were supported by the Rev. Danilo Archbold, pastor of New Jerusalem Pentecostal Church in Elmont, fourth from right.
Muslims seek days off for holidays
Farhana Islam, a Sewanhaka School District parent, choked up when recounting to the Board of Education on Nov. 26 how she felt hearing Muslim students describe how frustrated they are that they must … more
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Residents and protesters crowded Ocean Avenue, in front of Malverne High School, circa 1963, over plans to integrate Malverne Public Schools.
Getting past Malverne district’s past
Part four in a series. More than 50 years ago, racial tensions in the Malverne School District peaked. Prejudice divided the local community as hostilities mounted. Today, however, the district is … more
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District 13 School Board Trustee Vinny Pandit, second from left, is under fire for comments he made on Facebook that members of the Hispanic community considered racist.
Residents call on board member to step down after ‘racist’ post
As he stood up at the front of the James A. Dever Elementary School auditorium, District 13 parent Victor Perez slapped a printout on the table in front of Trustee Vinny Pandit with a red circle with … more
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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
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Murder witnesses need our sympathy
On the afternoon of Sept. 16, two weeks after the start of the new school year, Oceanside High School senior Khaseen Morris was brutally murdered in what appears to have been an ambush by a group of a half-dozen other teenagers. more
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
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James Grossane took over as the superintendent of the Sewanhaka Central High School District in July, and has since been working to prepare for the start of the school year.
James Grossane is ready for the new school year
James Grossane always wanted to be a teacher, but after several years in a classroom, he decided he wanted to affect change in the larger school community. He then took on a slew of administrative … more
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School store: the gift that keeps on giving
Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free. more
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