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Friends Jessica Rosen and Emmie Levy founded Choice Bracelets, a company that produces bracelets with inspiring words geared toward anyone who is experiencing personal struggles.
Teens create charming bracelets for a cause
When sophomore Jessica Rosen walked the John F. Kennedy High School hallways, she heard something peculiar. Something disturbing. Something that sparked a need to take action. And fast. more
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Dr. William Johnson Superintendent, Rockville Centre schools
ERASE Racism to honor two from Rockville Centre
Two members of the Rockville Centre community are being honored for their efforts to identify and fight discrimination. ERASE Racism announced that Dr. William Johnson and Lawrence Levy are … more
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Malverne school budget and trustee vote May 17
The Malverne school district announced the adoption of its 2016-17 budget last week, totaling just over $54.5 million. It includes a tax levy increase of $340,000, or less than a one percent increase, the smallest, percentage-wise, in 15 years, and well below state’s tax cap. more
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John McNamara, the assistant superintendent for instruction, talked about some of the course additions planned for Wantagh High School next year.
Final Wantagh budget has a tax cut
The Wantagh School District will upgrade programs at all levels next year, from improved science and technology labs at all three elementary schools to expanded high school course offerings after the Board of Education adopted its final budget on April 14. more
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Marion Blumenthal Lazan gave Levy-Lakeside Elementary School sixth-graders a first-hand account of the Holocaust.
Holocaust survivor recalls horrors, speaks with students
Sixth-graders at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick listened closely as Marion Blumenthal Lazan slowly told the story of her childhood years in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The students looked up at her with curiosity as she softly spoke, her words lingering. more
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An unidentified man crashed this Village of Freeport Police SUV into several vehicles at Babylon and Merrick roads in Merrick on Thursday night.
Man steals police SUV in Freeport, crashes it in Merrick
Updated 12:15 p.m., March 11: A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with grand larceny, weapon possession and a battery of other charges after he stole a Village of Freeport police SUV on Thursday around 10:10 p.m., Nassau County police say. more
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The formula used to calculate tax levy limits. Revisions in Oceanside’s 2015-16 tax levy and payments in lieu of taxes have changed projections for the 2016-17 tax levy.
O’side district taxes to increase slightly
A change in the way the Long Island Power Authority is counted on the tax rolls means that the Oceanside school district will have a smaller tax levy this year and in 2016-17 than originally … more
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Superintendent of Schools Dr. Melissa Burak spoke of the teamwork that went into creating the proposed 2016-17 Lynbrook schools budget.
Lynbrook School District budget reflects no cuts
At a budget work session on Feb. 24, the Lynbrook Board of Education announced its proposed budget for the 2016-17 school year, which contains no cuts in faculty or programs. more
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The formula used to determine tax levy increase limits. Since the allowable tax levy growth, which is tied to the Consumer Price Index, is at .12 percent, school districts will have to find other ways to fund budget increases.
Tax cap to limit school budgets
School districts are feeling squeezed by this year’s tax cap. Since 2012, the state tax cap has limited municipal tax increases to approximately 2 percent or the rate of inflation — … more
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It’s time to restore full state aid to schools
In his State of the State address on Jan. 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment that school districts across the state have been subject to by 2017-18. That’s a major step in the right direction, but . . . more
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