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Island Park students choose their high school

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 over 100 Island Park students … more

Alex Costello | 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

Merrick superintendent Melucci sets the record straight

Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it. more

| 12/16/10

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

Teachers from the Hicksville School District turned out in force to protest the proposed elimination of the county guarantee that it will pay for property-tax challenges, saying the plan would mean higher property taxes and reduced services for the schools.

Vote on county property-tax plan to take place by Oct. 29

The Nassau Legislature's hearing on its 2011 budget became heated on Monday over a proposal to nix the county's longstanding guarantee to pay for property owners' challenges to its tax assessments. If passed, the plan would effectively shift that burden to school districts and towns. more

David Weingrad and Scott Brinton | 10/18/10

Protesters lobby against property-tax plan

Dozens of protesters from throughout Nassau County converged on the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola on Monday morning to see whether the county Legislature would vote on a proposal to nix the county’s guarantee that it will pay for challenges to property owners’ assessments. more

David Weingrad | 10/18/10

At the Sept. 27 Board of Education meeting, Dr. Rosmarie Bovino, superintendent of schools, presented the Island Park School District’s Annual SOAR Awards. Pictured here is, from left, are Diana Caracciolo, School Board president, award recipients Kathleen O’Driscoll, Gabriel D’Auria, and Donna Strommer and Bovino.

SOAR-ing to new heights

For the 18th year, the Island Park School Board recognized the outstanding work of faculty and staff during the 2010 SOAR Awards, presented by Superintendent Rosemarie Bovino during the Sept. 27 … more

TOM STEINERT | 10/13/10

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