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Lawrence School District residents created a website, lpsforum.com, that presented the opposition view of the charter school application. The application has now been withdrawn.

Based on information posted on the New York State Education Department website, the New American Leadership Academy Charter School application that had been submitted for review in August was withdrawn on Nov. 7. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/12/14

At Lawrence School District's public hearing on the proposed charter school. New American Leadership Academy representative Evelyn Gargano explained the school’s financial impact on the district.

Lawrence charter school application not moving forward

Based on information provided from the New York State Education Department the application for the proposed New American Leadership Academy Charter School will not be moving forward during this year's meeting of the Board of Regents. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/7/14

A website, LPSforum.com, was created by some Lawrence School District residents to publicize opposition to a proposed charter school.

Charter school opposition builds

Following the Sept. 22 public hearing on the proposed New American Leadership Academy charter school in the Lawrence School District, residents who oppose the plan created an informational website where community members can send a form letter to the State Education Department urging the denial of the school’s application. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/8/14

The planned growth of the proposed New American Leadership Academy Charter School in the Lawrence School District.

Charter school coming to Lawrence School District

An application for a charter school in the Lawrence school district, submitted by a group that includes Five Towns area residents, is being reviewed by the New York State Education Department Charter School Office. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/10/14

Number Five School student Jeffrey Contreras, third from left in center row, is rehabilitating from his injuries at Mt. Pleasant-Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla.

8-year-old has ‘long road ahead’

However long the recovery time is for Inwood resident and Number Five School student Jeffrey Contreras, the Lawrence School District community, which began a “gofundme” online site to raise money to help Jeffrey’s family, will continue to monitor his progress, especially with his schoolwork. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/30/14

Lawrence School District faculty are helping the family of student Jeffrey Contreras, who was hit by a car. Above, Contreras with his mom, Rosa Contreras.

Assisting a student in a time of need

A gofundme online site established by Lawrence School District faculty members has raised $7,570, as of press time, to assist the family of Jeffrey Contreras, who was struck by a car as he was crossing the Nassau Expressway with his 13-year-old sister, Gizel, on June 27. more

By Allison Leshowitz | 7/16/14

The sale of the Number Six School to HALB was resoundingly approved in a referendum on Monday.

Number Six School sale to HALB approved

Residents of the Lawrence School District voted 1,856 to 461 on Monday to approve the sale of the Number Six School to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/2/14

The sale of the Number Six School to HALB was resoundingly approved on March 31.

Number Six School sold to HALB

Residents in the Lawrence School District voted 1,856 to 461 on Monday to approve the sale of the Number Six School to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB). more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/1/14

Five Towns Letters to the Editor

Traffic issues need addressing To the Editor: Rabbi Dr. Edward Goldstein’s letter to the editor “Waiting for H-W to fix dismissal issues” (Feb. 20-26) could not have said it better on what many also experience with “traffic difficulties” on Williams Street, between Daub and Franklin avenues near the Yeshiva of South Shore. more

2/27/14

High school students are happier in their middle school classrooms, since their desks were brought in from the high school.

Relocation problems persist

Crowded conditions and new rules are part of the Lawrence School District’s three-week-old relocation plan, under which high school students were moved to the middle school, sixth-graders to the Number Two School and fifth-graders to the Number Five School. The plan will be in effect for at least five more weeks, district officials say, as the repairs of Hurricane Sandy-related damage continue at Lawrence High School. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/6/13

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