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Levittown teachers receive seven-year deal

After nearly three years, Levittown teachers have a contract again. The Board of Education unanimously approved the seven-year agreement at its April 15 meeting. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 4/22/15

School district officials and board members held a meeting last week to discuss, among other issues, a major capital improvement effort throughout the school district.

West Hempstead schools need major work

West Hempstead School District administrators and Board of Education trustees held their monthly meeting last week, and discussed an upcoming bond referendum for up to $47 million in capital improvements throughout the school district. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 12/24/14

Whatever happened to mandate relief?

New York state school districts are entering the second budget season under the state’s tax cap, which limits how much schools can increase property taxes each year. more

2/14/13

About 75 Merrick School District teachers came to a July 9 Board of Education meeting dressed in black to express their displeasure over their lack of a contract.

Merrick teachers seek new contract

Merrick School District teachers arrived at the Board of Education's reorganization meeting at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School on Monday donning black shirts — an act of solidarity to protest their displeasure over not yet having their contract renewed. more

By David Weingrad | 7/10/12

Dozens of Malverne teachers attended a recent Board of Ed meeting to protest the board's failure to settle their contract. Despite the nature of their presence, they all kept smiles on their faces.

Passion rules at Malverne Board of Ed meeting

Some 150 people crowded into the library at Malverne High School last week, where the Board of Education held its monthly business meeting. Many were there in protest. Dozens of teachers attended … more

By Lee Landor | 6/16/11

Teachers marched down Cornwell Avenue earlier this month to protest working without a contract.

Mediation fails, West Hempstead school board to begin fact-finding

The state mediator requested by the West Hempstead Board of Education to facilitate contract negotiations with the teachers’ union failed to accomplish that task. Instead, the board … more

Lee Landor | 10/27/10

Members of the West Hempstead Educators Association, including President Barbara Hafner and her husband, Emil, rallied against the school board last month.

West Hempstead teachers, Board of Ed hold second mediated session

Following rallies by West Hempstead teachers working without a contract since June 2009, the West Hempstead Educators Association met with the district school board last week in a five-hour mediated … more

Lee Landor | 10/6/10

Barbara Hafner, President of the Whest Hempstead Educators Association, and her husband, Emil, carried the WHEA banner.

West Hempstead teachers rally for contract settlement

It’s been a year and nearly three months since the West Hempstead school district’s contract with the West Hempstead Educators Association expired. It’s been six months since the … more

Lee Landor | 9/29/10

Transparency and our open and endless pockets

In November 2008, the Empire Center For New York State Policy published a policy paper entitled “Lifting the Shroud of Secrecy From Public Employee Contracts.” The article started with the sentence “The ‘people’s right to know’ is a hollow concept when government can withhold vital information until it is too late for the people’s voice to be heard.” Unfortunately, it seems that the new Long Beach Board of Education’s philosophy about the “people’s right to know” is that the less the people know, the better off the board is. more

10/29/09

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