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There is seemingly no place safer than home, but schools are supposed to be the next best thing.
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6/16/22
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A heated race for two Freeport school board seats ended with board President Maria Jordan-Awalom recapturing her seat, while the seat left vacant by departing board Vice President Gabriela Castillo went to 23-year-old Shuron Jackson.
Meanwhile, the school budget passed handily, with 1,269 voting in favor and 542 opposed.
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By Reine Bethany
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5/18/22
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Rockville Centre School District parents heading to the polls next Tuesday will find two names on the Board of Education trustee ballot. Current board President John O’Shea, who has served on the board for 12 years, will be challenged by Donna Downing to represent the residents of a divided district.
The election and budget vote will take place on May 17, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., at South Side High School.
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By Tom Carrozza
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5/12/22
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After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
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5/12/22
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Two years removed from an in-person fundraising event, the St. Agnes Cathedral School community will come together and gamble for a cause on May 14. The school board is hosting its first Casino Night, transforming the Parish Center on Quealy Place into a Las Vegas-like gambling hall to help fundraise for the 2022-23 school budget.
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By Tom Carrozza
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5/5/22
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The war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections.
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By Alan Singer
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12/23/21
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In recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools.
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12/2/21
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You cannot burn a book in 2021. You can burn the paper and the ink and the cardboard, but in our world of e-books, you cannot ever kill the words and ideas that an author created.
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11/18/21
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An image sticks in my mind. At the peak of the pandemic, my daughter sent a photo: My granddaughter, 11, was lying in bed in a dark room, “attending math class” online. It had an apocalyptic feel about it . . .
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8/12/21
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The Rockville Centre Council of Parent Teacher Associations hosted a candidates forum on May 4, at which four candidates vying for two open seats on the Board of Education fielded questions from the …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/14/21
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