Members of Valley Stream School District 13 assembled for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a “Kickoff” of the $32 million bond that recently passed.
School Board President William P. …
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9/29/16
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Lynbrook Board of Education has revealed the results of voter survey after proposed $45 million bond was voted down.
In an effort to further gauge why district residents voted down the proposal of …
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By Mike Smollins
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9/21/16
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On Feb. 26, 1993, terrorists detonated a 1,336-pound nitrate-hydrogen bomb in the underground parking lot of the World Trade Center’s North Tower, intending to send the structure crashing into the South Tower, destroying both buildings.
Merokean Aram Iskenderian was there that day, working as a bond broker high atop New York City in Cantor Fitzgerald’s corporate headquarters, on the World Trade Center’s 101st to 105th floors.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/7/16
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School District 12 residents will be asked to vote on a $19.7 million bond proposition that would fund new facilities to accommodate its growing arts program and provide new resources for its expanding science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, curriculum.
An official presentation will be made to the community at the district’s Sept. 13 board meeting, and a community vote is scheduled for Nov. 16.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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8/30/16
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The Valley Stream Central High School District is considering a capital bond referendum to fund roof replacements as well as classroom and bathroom upgrades, and to potentially add artificial-turf fields at each of its schools.
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By Nick Ciccone
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7/27/16
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Construction of the second addition to South Side High School is on schedule and should be completed by the time school reopens in September.
The new wing is the second expansion the school has …
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By Alex Costello
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7/15/16
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The District 13 Board of Education awarded bids to three separate contractors on May 24, the last action needed before the first phase of bond-funded renovations begin this summer.
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By Nick Ciccone
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6/9/16
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The Lynbrook High School cafeteria was packed to near capacity on April 19 for a Board of Education meeting, with residents and students having come to discuss last month’s defeated $45 million bond referendum, and what the rejection means for the effort to improve the high school’s outdated facilities.
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By Nick Ciccone
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4/27/16
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A petition signed by more than 550 community members has surfaced on social media in the wake of the Lynbrook School District’s defeated bond proposal, with disappointed residents calling for the Board of Education to put the project up for a second vote. It was rejected on March 15 by a margin of 314 votes, 1,363 to 1,049.
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By Nick Ciccone
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4/6/16
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Voters in the Lynbrook did not show their support for a proposed $45 million bond that would have enabled the Lynbrook School district to make major upgrades to its high school — the oldest …
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By Mary Malloy and Nick Ciccone
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3/15/16
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