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After the State Senate’s vote on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget in March, the Sewanhaka, Franklin Square and Elmont school districts were handed new numbers for budget consideration — numbers that were considerably more favorable to local districts but did not eliminate their budget woes.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/14/11
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The Franklin Square Union Free School District’s Board of Education made an announcement on Wednesday, March 16, at it’s regular monthly meeting, that it would put a hold on it’s proposal to reconfigure the district — a plan proposed nearly three weeks ago to create a middle school, and save the district $1.8 million by 2014-15. Under the plan, all Kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade students would be housed at the John Street and Polk Street schools, and fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students would be housed at the Washington Street School.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/22/11
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To the Editor:
In Al D’Amato’s anti-union, anti-collective bargaining rant (“The leadership in middle America should make us proud” March 3-9), he wonders, regarding the Wisconsin …
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3/9/11
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At last week’s Franklin Square Union Free School District’s Board of Education meeting, Patrick Manley, the district’s superintendent, presented a proposal to save an estimated $1.28 million for the district, and implement important programs into its schools’ curriculum. The proposal would reconfigure the district’s three schools — the Washington Street, Polk Street and John Street schools — and create a district middle school.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/8/11
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I believe it was the great Mark Twain who said, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
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Al D'Amato
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3/3/11
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After hearing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget release in early February, the Sewanhaka, Franklin Square and Elmont school districts have been on their feet, working to incorporate heavy school aid cuts and a proposed 2 percent property tax cap into their budgets. The tax cap, which was recently passed by the Senate and would take 76 of 150 votes in the Assembly to fully pass, wouldn’t go into effect until 2013, but districts are preparing ahead of time.
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By JACKIE NASH
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2/15/11
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The Franklin Square Union Free School District has been working over the past several years to implement state-of-the-art technology in its classrooms. Five years ago, the district didn’t even have an e-mail system; now, it is working on installing its final interactive whiteboards in general education classrooms, and its speech and hearing teachers are piloting iPads.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/9/11
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A group of local dentists volunteered last week to help get kids on their way to building healthy teeth.
Seventy-five dentists from the Nassau County Dental Society, with the help of …
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by Mike Caputo
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2/9/11
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Whether it was in front of Congress or at a town hall in Montana, President Obama assured the American people that Obama-Care would cut medical costs and make it possible for everyone to have health insurance.
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by Al D'Amato
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12/9/10
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When you’re a member of a union, your monthly dues are taken directly from your paycheck. In 2009 the United Federation of Teachers, representing teachers in New York, took $47.27 bi-monthly from each paycheck. Ever wonder how your union money is spent?
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Al D'Amato
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11/25/10
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