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Legislature should pass Child Victims Act
More and more survivors of sexual abuse are sharing their horror stories, often decades after they were molested or raped, or both. In the past, their stories were . . . more
Long Beach School District officials said they are frustrated by the lack of a decision on a public disciplinary hearing that ended last year, involving a Long Beach Middle School teacher accused of abusing five of her students.
No verdict in Weitzman case
Long Beach School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department last month, voicing their frustration with the lack of a decision by the agency on a public disciplinary hearing … more
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Stopping animal abuse is a shared responsibility
It is an increasingly familiar scene. Investigators from the Nassau County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raid a home to find 50, 100, maybe 400 animals living in squalor. Often they are emaciated and seriously ill. more
Suspended Long Beach Middle School teacher Lisa Weitzman testified in the district’s administrative building on April 3.
Middle school teacher testifies at abuse hearing
Suspended Long Beach Middle School teacher Lisa Weitzman — who is alleged to have abused five of her special-education students between 2009 and 2014 — strongly denied the allegations at a … more
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Another Long Beach Middle School parent, Shirlyn Summers, has filed a lawsuit claiming that her child was physically abused at the school over a period of several years, and was among the students who were allegedly bound with zip ties, restrained in a bathroom and sometimes struck by teachers.
Another parent files suit in LBMS abuse case
Another Long Beach Middle School parent has filed a lawsuit claiming that a child was physically abused at the school over a period of several years, and was among the students who were allegedly … more
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Hearings continued last week in the case of a reassigned special education teacher from Long Beach Middle School, pictured above, who was accused of verbally and physically abusing five of her students.
LBMS abuse hearings continue
Hearings continued last week in the case of Long Beach Middle School teacher Lisa Weitzman, who is accused of verbally and physically abusing five of her special education students between 2009 and … more
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Taking on substance abuse
Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) hosted a Substance Abuse Education Awareness Community Seminar at the Merrick Library on July 28. Curran, who had hosted two previous seminars with … more
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Court allows parents to file claim against Long Beach schools
A Nassau County Supreme Court judge granted a motion on July 26 for five parents to file a late claim against the Long Beach School District, accusing it of failing to act on complaints of abuse of their severely autistic children by their former special education teacher. more
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Lawyers engaged in a heated exchange at the June 9 session of a disciplinary hearing for former middle school special education teacher Lisa Weitzman, which the Long Beach City School District launched in March, accusing her of abusing her students.
Lawyers spar at abuse hearing
Three months after the Long Beach School District launched a disciplinary hearing for former middle school special education teacher Lisa Weitzman that could lead to her dismissal, the proceeding continued at Lindell Elementary School last week, and new testimony from witnesses sparked a charged debate between two lawyers. more
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Board of Education President Roy Lester seeks to retain his seat in the upcoming school board election.
School board candidates to square off at forum
With Long Beach’s school board election set for May 17, Board of Education President Roy Lester and high school science teacher Perry Bodnar are slated to discuss their respective platforms at a candidates forum on May 9 at City Hall. The forum, organized by the Central Council PTA, will begin at 7 p.m. more
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