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With the approval of the $45.9 million bond last week, the Rockville Centre School District is already starting the process of improving the buildings, with work scheduled to begin this summer.
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By Alex Costello
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3/28/13
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At a meeting last week, the Rockville Centre Board of Education began finalizing the 2013-14 school budget, cutting $1.3 million in order to keep the increase in spending under the state-mandated …
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By Alex Costello
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3/20/13
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With the new Common Core Standards being implemented, New York state seems in line to roll out new, more difficult Regents Exams in the next school year, making them more akin to Advance Placement …
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By Alex Costello
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3/6/13
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Members of the bargaining unit representing Rockville Centre teachers and teaching assistants, the largest of seven bargaining units in the school district, voted on Tuesday to ratify a memorandum of agreement for a new four-year contract. The Board of Education is expected to vote on whether to approve the memorandum of agreement at its next meeting on April 3.
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Judy Rattner
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3/29/12
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A trio of thorny issues — the 2012-13 school calendar, linking teacher evaluations to state aid, and the 2 percent tax levy cap — topped the agenda at the Jan. 18 Board of Education meeting
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Judy Rattner
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1/25/12
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There were a few bright spots among the results released by the New York State Education Department last week, but for the most part, Rockville Centre students scored lower on English Language Arts and math proficiency tests this school year than in 2009-10.
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Judy Rattner
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8/17/11
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In an unexpected development at the end of the Board of Education organizational meeting on July 5, school board President Liz Dion announced that the board and Superintendent Dr. William Johnson had reached agreement on a new four-year contract for Johnson that includes no salary increases and boosts his health care contributions.
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Judy Rattner
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7/13/11
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In a surprise statement that came at the end of the Board of Education organizational meeting on July 5, school board President Liz Dion announced that the board and Superintendent Dr. William Johnson have reached agreement on a new four-year contract for him that includes no salary increases over its term and increases his contributions toward health care benefits. In a departure from previous contracts, the new contract does not contain a so-called “evergreen” clause that causes it to automatically renew at the end of each year.
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Judy Rattner
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7/11/11
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It would be inaccurate to describe the population of Rockville Centre as a mosaic — the village is, after all, 88 percent white — but 2010 U.S. Census data show that it has become slightly more diverse since the last census, in 2000.
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Judy Rattner
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4/13/11
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The mood was somber as school board trustees and Rockville Centre school district administrators sat down on Feb. 1 for the first of six public work sessions on the 2011-12 budget.
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Judy Rattner
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2/9/11
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