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Thomas and Ivy Reilly’s children, Eric, 10, and Alexa, 7, both attend Marion Street Elementary School.
Effort to revitalize Lynbrook Education Foundation growing
When the community voted against the Lynbrook School District’s proposed $46 million bond by 314 votes in 2016, Ivy Reilly was disappointed. “I thought it was a no-brainer to give everything to a school district,” she said. more
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Dr. Paul Lynch, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent for finance, operations and information systems, left, spoke passionately about how the New York Education Department should approve Lynbrook’s smart schools bond plans.
Lynbrook school officials to install security vestibule
It has been more than a year since Dr. Paul Lynch, the Lynbrook School District’s assistant superintendent for finance, sent the State Education Department plans to use a nearly $893,000 Smart Schools Bond to fund security updates for the district. more
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Parents in the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts have signed a petition urging the Village of East Rockaway to stop using schools as polling places when classes are in session. Above, the Marion Street School with its doors open during a vote.
East Rockaway, Lynbrook parents: Stop voting at schools
In the wake of last month’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., parents in the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school districts have revived a petition urging Village of East Rockaway officials to stop holding public votes in schools. more
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Paul Lynch, left, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent of finance, operations and information systems, presented the district’s smart bond proposal in December 2016. Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak, second from left, wrote a letter to the State Education Department last month after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., because the nearly $893,000 plan — which focuses on school safety initiatives — has yet to be approved.
Lynbrook school officials awaiting funds for safety initiatives
With educators across the country evaluating safety procedures after the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., Lynbrook School District officials sent a letter to the State Education Department seeking to expedite hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding that the district should have been awarded last spring for security initiatives — but was not. more
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Lynbrook High School is one out of 155 schools statewide to be recognized as a Reward School by the New York State Education Department.
Lynbrook High School earns Reward School recognition
Lynbrook High School was recently recognized as a Reward School by the New York State Education Department for its continued high academic performance among students. more
Josh Goldenberg of Legends of Learning, far right, spoke to Gerard Beleckas, Lynbrook’s assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment, second from left, and Plainedge Superintendent Dr. Edward Salina at a technology symposium at Levittown Memorial Education Center.
Nassau County superintendents and administrators talk tech
Superintendents and administrators from across Nassau County — including from Lynbrook and East Rockaway — gathered at the Levittown Memorial Education Center on Jan. 8 for the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents’ Emerging Technology Symposium. more
John Halligan spoke to students and parents in four separate assemblies at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School last month, and shared the story about his son Ryan, who took his own life at age 13 in 2003 after being bullied.
‘Ryan’s Story’ teaches East Rockaway students dangers of bullying
Tears streamed down the faces of many students and faculty members at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School last month as John Halligan told the tragic story of his son Ryan, who took his own life at age 13 in 2003 after being bullied. more
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After a discussion among students, teachers, administrators and members of the Board of Education on Oct. 18, district officials decided to change how Regents exams are weighted.
Lynbrook School District adds no-harm rule for students on Regents exams
One by one, several parents approached the microphone during the Lynbrook School District’s Board of Education meeting on Oct. 18. For more than an hour, they spoke with board members about how they believed it was unfair for Regents exams to count for 20 percent of students’ final grades. more
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Now that residents have approved a $28.9 million bond proposal, members of the Lynbrook Board of Education will begin requesting proposals from contractors for projects in all of the district’s buildings once the New York State Education Department reviews and approves the measure.
Lynbrook Board of Education plans swift action in improving district's buildings
Now that voters in the Lynbrook School District have approved a $28.9 million bond proposal — 1,254 to 710 — in an Oct. 3 vote, members of the Board of Education will begin working toward upgrading thedisttrict’s buildings, pending approval from the State Education Department. more
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Lynbrook residents voted Tuesday to approve a $28.9 million bond, which will improve many of the district's buildings, including Lynbrook High School.
Voters approve Lynbrook School District's $28.9 million bond proposal
Voters in the Lynbrook School District approved on Tuesday a $28.9 million bond proposal. The decision was 1,254 yes votes to 710 no votes. more
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