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An equal shot at success
Long Beach High School was designated a “School of Opportunity” and earned a Silver Award in an initiative conducted by the National Education Policy Center seeking to recognize excellence in … more
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City Manager Jack Schnirman, left, City Councilman Scott Mandel, Councilman Anthony Eramo, Council President Len Torres, School Board President Darlene Tangney, Trustees Stewart Minisky, Roy Lester, Dr. Dennis Ryan and Schools Superintendent David Weiss announced the shared services agreement at last week’s City Council meeting.
City and school district partner to streamline services
The city has reached an agreement with the Long Beach Public School District to increase efficiency by sharing services, an effort aimed at reducing costs and saving taxpayers money. The City … more
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schools Superintendent David Weiss, right, supported the final draft budget at the April 14 meeting.
Board of Ed sets budget
The Long Beach Board of Education voted to adopt a budget of $131.9 million for the 2015-16 school year, along with a tax levy of $99 million, at its April 14 board meeting. The public will vote on … more
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Parents at the Long Beach Opt Out Information Night, held at Earth Arts last Sunday.
Parents push to ‘opt-out’ in Long Beach
The test-refusal movement has picked up steam in recent weeks in New York, as state aid for school districts has been tied to reforms proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that include changes to the teacher evaluation system that would more heavily emphasize standardized test scores. more
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Cuomo announces state aid figures
As part of the tentative state budget announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and adopted by the Legislature earlier this month, approximately $20.9 million in education aid has been earmarked for the Long Beach School District for the 2015-16 school year, an 8.38 percent increase over this year’s roughly $19 million. more
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School officials focus on finances
As school budget talks continue, school officials discussed the district’s proposed tax levy for the 2015-16 school year at the March 10 Board of Education meeting. more
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Teacher evaluation scores released
Last week, the New York State Department of Education released the Annual Professional Performance Review scores for the 2012-13 school year, which are meant to rate teachers’ effectiveness. … more
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State assessment scores for grades three to eight were released last week. In Long Beach, the percentage of students who passed the math exam rose, but it fell for the English Language Arts test. Superintendent of Schools David Weiss said the district would analyze the results to see how it can better prepare students and teachers for the exams.
State assessment scores released
The state math and English Language Arts assessment scores for grades three through eight were released last week, and while some gains were made in the second year of testing under the Common Core … more
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State education aid has decreased dramatically over the last 20 years. For the coming school year, only 14 percent of the total budget is covered by the state.
Final state budget increases L.B. education aid
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the final 2014-15 state budget last week, which provides hundreds of millions of dollars more in state education aid than the original proposal. The budget provides … more
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Chief Operating Officer Michael DeVito presented budget cuts requested by the Board of Education.
Board of Ed adopts $130M budget
Those who attended Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting entered the middle school auditorium unsure of what the 2014-15 district budget’s final spending and tax levy numbers would be, even … more
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