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The Oceanside School District kicked off its months-long budget process with its first workshop on Jan. 24, highlighting select pages from the 2011-12 spending plan, of which the biggest change was a … more

Tom Steinert | 2/2/11

Cut salaries, not teachers

To the Editor: I was disturbed to read about the 80 layoffs that will take place in Oceanside’s school system (“Cutting back,” Jan. 13-19). I strongly believe that our administrators need … more

1/26/11

The County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 to bring necessary equipment and services to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, above.

Millions earmarked to stop bay discharge

The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard. more

By Chris Engelhardt | 1/26/11

Oceanside School District tightens its belt

When Oceanside Superintendent of Schools Dr. Herb Brown announced at the Dec. 20 Board of Education meeting that he was looking at the possibility of having to cut 30 positions next year, it was … more

Alex Costello | 1/19/11

Oceanside cuts back

“We’re going to be needing to cut back,” Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown said at the most recent Oceanside Board of Education meeting, on Dec. 20. The meeting addressed the school … more

Tom Steinert | 1/12/11

Island Park high school students can choose between West Hempstead High School and Long Beach High School. As more students choose LBHS, tuition is decreasing at WHHS.

We 'love' Island Park students: West Hempstead school district

Island Park’s fourth class of students have just made their choice for which high school they will be attending next year — Long Beach or West Hempstead. And with more than 100 Island … more

By Alex Costello | 1/12/11

Oceanside fights for the schools

Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown announced at a recent school board meeting that the district plans to take part in a lawsuit against Nassau County over the repeal of the county … more

Tom Steinert | 1/5/11

Schools to carry the county's burden?

Now that the Nassau County Legislature has already approved a $2.6 billion budget plan for next year, the Oceanside and Island Park school districts — along with those across the county — must … more

Tom Steinert | 12/8/10

Legislators David Denenberg, left, and Joseph Scannell, both Democrats, voted against County Executive Ed Mangano’s budget, as well as the resolution to shift the county’s guarantee to school districts and villages.

Shifting the burden

The Nassau County Legislature voted 11-8 to approve County Executive Ed Mangano’s $2.6 billion budget on the night of Oct. 30, following a contentious, two-day public hearing in Mineola that … more

Scott Brinton and David Weingrad | 11/10/10

Oceanside’s emotional RULER

The Oceanside School District is expanding on its “whole child” approach to education by implementing a new Social Emotional Literacy (SEL) program, starting this year at the elementary level. … more

Alex Costello | 11/3/10

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