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By a count of 1,833 votes to 856, residents overwhelmingly approved the Long Beach School District’s $135 million budget for 2016-17 on Tuesday.
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By Ben Strack
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5/17/16
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I grew up in Yaphank, a 14-square-mile hamlet in Suffolk County, virtually in the middle of Long Island. (The community to the north is, in fact, called Middle Island.) I remember . . .
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5/12/16
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In the current era of tight tax-cap restrictions and increasing health care costs, school districts across the state are faced with the challenge of presenting budgets that not only maintain, but also enhance, offerings to students.
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5/12/16
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As the public prepares to vote in the Long Beach school board election on Tuesday, dozens of residents gathered at Lindell Elementary School on Monday to hear the two candidates in the race address a variety of issues affecting the district.
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By Ben Strack
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5/11/16
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Three weeks after the parents of five developmentally disabled students submitted a petition to sue the Long Beach school district for $25 million in Nassau County Supreme Court for allegedly failing to act on complaints of teacher abuse, the family of another child who attended class in what witnesses have called “the torture room” filed a $10 million federal lawsuit Thursday.
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By Ben Strack
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4/22/16
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The Board of Education voted 3-1 on March 31 to appoint a new supervisor of transportation to manage the district’s $6 million Transportation Department, but not before some residents questioned the new employee’s qualifications and the district’s decision to hire him.
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By Ben Strack
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4/21/16
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The Board of Education adopted the proposed $135 million budget for the 2016-17 school year at last week’s board meeting, a 2.7 percent increase over the current spending plan, which residents will vote for or against on May 17.
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By Ben Strack
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4/14/16
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After high lead levels were detected in the water at schools in Ithaca and Newark, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer unveiled new legislation at Long Beach Middle School on Wednesday that would ease the burden on school districts throughout the state when it comes to costly water-quality testing.
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By Ben Strack and Anthony Rifilato
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3/24/16
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In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent.
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1/21/16
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When Hurricane Sandy hit, Long Beach resident Johanna Sofield already had a reputation for giving back to her community.
As president and a co-founder of the Long Beach Christmas Angel, a …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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12/31/15
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