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Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown is one of 13 educational leaders being honored with the Nassau BOCES Education Partner award this year. The recipients work in various fields, from … more
Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions. more
On Jan. 19, Governor David Paterson unveiled his 2010-11 budget plan, which included $1.1 billion reduction in state aid to schools, which would take nearly $1.5 million from Oceanside’s … more
Dozens of Oceanside residents, many of them parents with their teenagers, gathered at Oceanside High School Jan. 19 for an informational forum geared at educating the … more
Last week I presented the first installment of an interview with John Halligan, a father whose son was a victim of school bullying and committed suicide. The interview is a natural outgrowth of a recent mini-series that ran in the Principal's Office about bullying and anti-bullying programs. more
School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black. more
Oceanside High School senior Brian Kelly, 17, has won a coveted spot as a semifinalist in this year’s Intel Science Talent Search, which is widely considered the nation’s most esteemed science … more
By ALEX COSTELLO and ANNMARIE FERTOLI Island Park's newest school administrators, hired at the end of the last school year, have been hard at work within the district, implementing new … more
Oceanside students are getting a jump-start on Earth Day, with a new initiative designed to encourage students to go green and stay green throughout the year. High School students presented their … more
Several weeks ago, I ran a two-part series on bullying and what schools are trying to do to deal with this growing problem. Shortly after, I caught the last few minutes of a TV interview with John Halligan, whose son Ryan was a victim of bullying and ultimately committed suicide. It was a riveting, heart-wrenching, and eye-opening talk. I wanted to share his story with my readers with a firsthand account of what occurred and tried to track John down via the Internet. more
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