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When you’re a member of a union, your monthly dues are taken directly from your paycheck. In 2009 the United Federation of Teachers, representing teachers in New York, took $47.27 bi-monthly from each paycheck. Ever wonder how your union money is spent?
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Al D'Amato
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11/25/10
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I remember a hallway full of sunlight that streamed through floor-to-ceiling windows. Off to one side were tables and chairs for 3- and 4-year-olds. Miniature wooden tea sets from Russia, hand-painted in brilliant colors, were set neatly atop each table. At the end of the hall, I entered a playroom with rainforest murals covering the walls.
This, I thought, is the Evil Empire?
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Scott Brinton
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9/22/10
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A fresh class of new teachers and staff will start the school year with their colleagues and students on Sept. 7, after completing an orientation session run by Rockville Centre school district …
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9/1/10
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The future of South Side lies in “The Portal.”
Or so believes Chris Pellettieri. The assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the Rockville Centre school district, Pellettieri is spearheading a new approach to learning, one that fuses 21st century technology with the hallmarks of traditional education.
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Katherine Kollitides
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8/12/10
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Covert Elementary School Principal Darren Raymar feted second and fourth grade ESL students for their accomplishments this past school year with a June 21 sit-down brunch in his office. The five students were honored with certificates of achievement for their involvement in school activities and participation in a state-wide TESOL contest.
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7/14/10
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Sandra Quinn, a Hewitt student in Irma Altman’s third grade class, will go on to the national level in the PTA Reflections Program — a first for the school.
She is one of a handful of Rockville Centre students who rose to the top in the national competition that encourages students to creatively express themselves with an original piece from one of six categories: literature, visual arts, photography, dance choreography, film production or music.
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6/16/10
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A five-month project involving seven 4th grade students in Barbara Jay’s Hewitt Elementary School class culminated in the performance of an original play that delighted the school’s 4th, 5th and 1st graders on June 7.
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6/16/10
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Those who attended Rockville Centre's village board meeting on June 8 — or drove by Village Hall at around 8:15 p.m. — might have been startled to find union protesters marching around the block carrying coffins.
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Alex Costello
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6/16/10
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Rumors obscure facts in Long BeachTo the Editor: I'd be remiss if I did not answer some incorrect information in a letter to the editor by Barbara DuBow Bernardino about the City of Long …
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6/10/10
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As they do every year, approximately 1,400 middle school and elementary students joined their parents at the ballot box on May 18, weighing in on a variety of questions.
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6/9/10
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