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Julie Soffientini, the Franklin Square Union Free School District’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, recently announced that she will be retiring from the district, effective June. 30. She has served the district for 32 years, in various positions.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/29/11
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The Nassau County Legislature voted Monday night to approve about 380 layoffs of county employees. The layoffs could take place before the end of the month. According to Dave Denenberg, a Democrat from Merrick who represents the 19th District, the layoff plan was approved along party lines, with 11 Republicans voting for it and six Democrats against it. Two Democratic legislators were absent for the vote.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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12/21/11
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Covert Avenue School students were treated on Dec. 6 to a holiday production of “Naughty and Nice,” a play written and directed by Sewanhaka High School Student Council representatives Katrina Simon, Rory O’Reilly, Jayralin Herrera and Christopher Rothwell.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/17/11
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Ican’t help wishing it was November 2012, when the political world around us promises to be so much different than it is now. Just think: If the national elections were over, we would know a lot more about the future of our country and which party will control our lives.
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11/25/11
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A new state-mandated curriculum is being implemented early in the Franklin Square Union School District.
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By Jackie Nash
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11/9/11
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While Elmont residents, the Shinnecock Indian Nation and Detroit developer Michael Malik have been anxiously anticipating the construction of a casino at Belmont Park for several months, for residents to the track’s north, living in the Village of Floral Park, the feeling’s not mutual — it’s not even close.
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By Jackie Nash
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11/2/11
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In a move celebrated by state school officials, a law was passed over the summer to help school districts cut bus costs and put those savings toward school programs, and local districts have just recently been able to take advantage of it.
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By Jackie Nash
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10/25/11
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School districts nationwide are required to deal with a growing problem: address fraud. Local schools are no exception. However, local districts have different approaches to catching students who are attending school illegally — and taking from taxpayers.
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By Jackie Nash
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10/19/11
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Wall Street has been occupied.
Thousands of Americans have built a small, self-sustaining shantytown in lower Manhattan where they eat, sleep and continue to protest wealth, corporate greed and Wall Street. Specifically, they have come together claiming that “1 percent of the population … has destroyed this nation and its values through their greed.”
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10/13/11
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Last week I wrote about Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s 2012 budget proposal, one that actively seeks to reduce Nassau County’s work force by an additional 700 employees. Mangano’s call for concessions by union leaders was met by steep opposition and what he referred to as “juvenile” criticism by labor leaders.
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10/6/11
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