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To the Editor:
It has been my pleasure to serve as a Merrick Board of Education trustee for the past 12 years with Susan Schwartz, who is running for re-election this year. Susan has been a member of the Merrick board for 12 years and has represented the district on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School Board for the past five years.
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By Diane Seaman
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5/10/12
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Three seats up are up for grabs between five candidates in this year’s Merrick School District Board of Education election. Of the candidates, Susan Schwartz and Nancy Kaplan are seeking reelection, and challengers Dr. Pamela Banks, Segal Negrin and Eric Strezenec are vying for their first term on the board.
The three candidates who earn the most votes in this at-large election will each win a three-year term on the board. The vote will take place Tuesday, May 15, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School.
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By David Weingrad
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5/10/12
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Last June, Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature enacted a 2 percent property-tax-levy cap, limiting the increase in property taxes that a school district can collect to meet expenses — and limiting its ability to add programming to improve student performance.
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4/26/12
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Now that we’ve flipped the calendar, our local school officials will soon start getting into the nitty-gritty of budget planning for the 2012-13 school year.
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1/5/12
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At the close of the workday on June 30, 2012, Gunther Elementary will close its doors to North Bellmore School District children.
That was the decision the North Bellmore Board of Education rendered on Dec. 12. It came following the 21-member Committee to Explore Educational Options’ recommendation to close Gunther at the group’s final meeting in November
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By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com
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12/13/11
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Dr. Ranier Melucci has announced that he will retire as superintendent of the Merrick School District next June, a position that he has held for nine years.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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12/12/11
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School Boards Recognition Week, sponsored by the New York State School Boards Association, was held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, and as is tradition in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, students from Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue middle schools attended November’s Board of Education meeting to honor school trustees. The Grand Avenue chorus sang for the board, and Merrick Avenue students recited a poem that they had written, as well as offered gift baskets to each trustee.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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11/10/11
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Kennedy High School junior Ross Shulman returned to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting last Wednesday to make his case that the district should eliminate substitute-teachers to save money and preserve full-time teaching positions. Instead of substitutes, Shulman advocated for a plan to use empty general-purpose rooms and cafeterias to house students under the direction of aides when their teachers are absent.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/11/11
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Two seats on the Merrick School District Board of Education are up for election this year, and current trustees Butch Yamali and Sheri Iskenderian are running unopposed for them.
Board trustees …
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By David Weingrad
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5/6/11
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North Merrick Board of Education trustees Jonathan Butler and Dr. Matthew Kuschner are running for re-election unopposed this year.
Trustees serve three-year terms.
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By David Weingrad
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5/6/11
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