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Two Central High School District trustees surprised audience members at the district’s June 11 meeting, when they made motions to help fix North High School’s alleged crowding issue.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/20/19
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The last few minutes of the Valley Stream Central High School District’s June 12 Board of Education meeting were tense, as Trustee Armando Hernandez surprised fellow board members with a motion to revoke the district’s decades-old school-choice policy.
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/20/18
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Trustees from all four school districts in the Central High School District on Jan. 17 voted against a proposal from District 13 Trustee Vinny Pandit to add the Hindu holiday of Diwali to the school calendar for the 2019-20 school year, citing high attendance rates during the holiday.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/24/18
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Anthony Cruz stood before the Board of Education at its meeting on Jan. 9 to explain why he thinks a student should serve as a non-voting member of the Board of Education.
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/17/18
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Nearly half of the Valley Stream Central High School District’s Board of Education seats will be filled by trustees who didn’t serve there last year. Following reorganization meetings for the three elementary districts on Monday, four of the nine seats will change hands for the 2014-15 school years.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/9/14
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Two new trustees have officially taken their seats on Valley Stream’s elementary boards of education following reorganization meetings held over the last two weeks.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/10/13
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School officials and parents in District 13 know that standardized testing is here to stay. The question, they say, is how to properly prepare students for the tests while still providing them with a well-rounded education.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/21/12
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In Valley Stream’s only contested Board of Education race this year, District 24 incumbent Donna LaRocco is being challenged by Nat Patel, a local business owner.
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5/10/12
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With three decades of experience on the District 13 Board of Education, Bill Stris is no stranger to making tough decisions. That’s just a part of the job, he says, but for Stris, who has also served on the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education for 25 years, that’s a part of the job he likes.
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By Brian Croce
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5/3/12
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Food, family and fun were the focus of the Valley Stream District 13 Educational Foundation’s fundraiser last Friday night. About 150 people attended the event which raised money for the district’s four elementary schools.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/21/12
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