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The Island Park School District adopted its proposed 2011-12 budget at the Board of Education meeting on May 2, and, on May 17, residents will vote on it at the Lincoln Orens Middle School. A … more

Tom Steinert | 5/11/11

The majority of the proposed budget comprises teachers’ salaries, classroom spending, food services and special education — all devoted to educating children — and makes up more than 80 percent of the budget.

Island Park school budget increasing 3%

Island Park Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosmarie Bovino began the district’s public budget process on April 11, outlining in a letter to school parents and residents the new costs facing the … more

Alex Costello | 4/20/11

School board adopts budget

The Oceanside Board of Education adopted the 2011-12 school district budget at its fourth budget workshop on March 28, agreeing to a tax levy increase of nearly four percent. Up 1.98 percent from … more

Tom Steinert | 4/6/11

Wake up, Oceanside

To the Editor: Oceanside residents are in for a shock when they get their next school tax bill unless they make their voices heard on May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at School 7, and at the ballot box on May … more

3/30/11

School administrators should give back

To the Editor: I have followed all the articles in the paper now and all I’m seeing is threats to lay off teachers and staff along with offering an incentive in hopes enough teachers will take … more

3/16/11

Syed Majid, ‘a very giving person,’ dies

Syed Majid, a longtime Oceanside resident who was very active in the community, died on March 1. He was 79. Majid — Sy to his many friends — was a member of the Oceanside Kiwanis, Oceanside … more

Alex Costello | 3/16/11

So long to summer school, several staff members

The West Hempstead Board of Education’s second budget workshop of the season, held on March 8, was punctuated by the crying, sniffling and distribution of tissues by students who attended to … more

By Svenja van den Woldenberg | 3/16/11

Oceanside Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown addressed the ways that savings could be found on internal auditing services.

School districts and BOCES work together

On March 1, representatives from Nassau BOCES and many school districts in the county gathered to announce progress made — and hopes for the future — for sharing services and saving money. … more

Alex Costello | 3/9/11

The Oceanside School District held the line on most instructional materials spending, but had to spend more for its new EnVision Math program.

Are instruction costs excessive?

On Feb. 28, in front of sizable crowd of teachers, parents and students in the School 4 auditorium, Oceanside School District officials presented their second workshop on the 2011-12 budget, and the … more

Tom Steinert | 3/9/11

Budgetary challenges must be met head-on

It is time for leaders to take strong, firm stances. That goes for lawmakers in Washington and Albany, our county, town and village representatives and the elected members of our own boards of education. more

3/3/11

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