The Merrick Board of Education last week approved a measure to hire a security consulting firm to conduct a security audit at the district’s three elementary schools, but fell one vote short of passing a separate measure to hire a firm that would have provided private, unarmed guards at the schools.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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2/14/13
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When Dr. Henry Kiernan arrived in the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District in July 2005, newly hired as superintendent of schools, he found a district with a 1 percent dropout rate. Seventy-five percent of seniors from the district’s three high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– went on to four-year colleges, and another 22 percent to two-year colleges.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/22/13
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Arnold Goldstein, superintendent of the North Bellmore Public Schools, announced that he would retire this summer.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/18/13
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In 2011, the median property tax bill in Nassau County was $8,478, putting Nassau a close second to Westchester County for the highest property taxes in the country.
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10/24/12
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The Merrick School District will welcome students back to classes on Sept. 4, and that will also be the first day of work for the district’s new superintendent, Dr. Dominick Palma.
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By David Weingrad
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8/28/12
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The June 6 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting was an evening for awards and accolades.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/13/12
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Top scholar-athletes at Mepham High School were recently honored during the school’s annual Varsity M Dinner, which recognizes outstanding team and individual accomplishments.
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By David Weingrad
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6/13/12
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The Merrick Board of Education has selected Dr. Dominick Palma as the next Merrick School District superintendent.
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By David Weingrad
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5/14/12
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The Merrick School District Board of Education has hired School Leadership, LLC, an executive search firm, to assist in the search for a superintendent to succeed Dr. Ranier Melucci, who announced in December that he will retire in June.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/20/12
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“It is not hard to figure out that you are being discriminated against when your supervisor calls you a nigger and routinely reminds you that you are a black woman.” So opens the …
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By Lee Landor
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12/12/11
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