At their first opportunity to comment on the proposed multi-million-dollar renovation of South Side High School, Rockville Centre residents voiced mixed reactions — ranging from characterizing the debt service to pay for it as “a runaway train” to a thank-you for putting the “very important” issue of the community's responsibility for the safety and health of its students before district residents. more

It was an evening of food, music and camaraderie as students, parents and South Side High School faculty gathered in the auditorium of the village’s Recreation Center on Oct. 13 to kick off the school's new 180-member Best Buddies Club, with 12 special education students meeting their specially matched peer “buddies.” more

In gratitude for what he considers to be the excellent arts education his children received in the Rockville Centre schools, village resident Anthony Roman is starting a charitable foundation — The Fine Tuning Project — to assist the district with its vision to grow and sustain a professional music and performing arts program and facility at South Side High School. To kick off the project, raise awareness and garner support, the group will sponsor what it promises will be a star-studded performance by illustrious South Side alumni and faculty on Oct. 17 at 7:30 in South Side High School. more

Board of Education Public Work Session, Oct. 13, 8:30 p.m. in the Administration building. Board of Education Meeting, Oct. 20, 8:30 p.m. in the South Side High School auditorium. SEPTA … more

If the Rockville Centre school district has its way, residents will approve a bond financing major improvements to South Side High School — and possibly other district schools — that could mean an increase in taxes of $185 for the average homeowner when all the money is borrowed. The district’s plan is tentatively scheduled for a mid-December vote, so that proposed renovations to South Side High School can start as soon as school ends in June. more

The Rockville Centre school district is hoping that residents will pass a bond issue — tentatively scheduled for a mid-December vote — so that proposed renovations to South Side High School can begin as soon as school ends in June 2010. Details of preliminary plans and a proposed project timeline were presented by Roger Smith of BBS Archictects at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, and Assistant Superintendent for Business Robert Bartels followed with ideas on how the district might finance the project. more

Thursday marks the official start of the Nassau County high school season, and it’s only the beginning of weekday action. more

South Side High School alumni Army Reserve Sgt. Edward B. Hynes, an imagery analyst with four years of military service, has been mobilized and activated for deployment overseas to a forward … more

Rockville Centre native Karen (Heiberg) Chrisman, now a Massachusetts resident, has had a piece selected for The Art of Mosaic, an all New England Mosaic Exhibition at the Somerville Museum, outside of Boston, through Oct. 31. more

Former Rockville Centre resident Olivia L. McDougal, known as “Dolly” died peacefully on Aug. 21 at the Walnut Creek Nursing Center in Dayton, Ohio. She was 94. A … more