As summer faints into bygone memories, school opened with a bang as crowds of children and teenagers — more than 9,000 of them — rushed through the doors of Valley Stream schools for their first day on Sept. 8.
more
Clarissa Hamlin and Andrew Hackmack
|
9/15/10
|
Valley Stream’s four school districts are in for some extra money, thanks to a new $10 billion federal education jobs bill.
more
Andrew Hackmack
|
9/1/10
|
Test scores fell in all four Valley Stream school districts, across Long Island and throughout New York after the State Education Department raised the passing mark on state assessments in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
more
Andrew Hackmack
|
8/4/10
|
For Harriet Rabinowitz, director of special education for District 30, her job has been an essential part of her life. She has been an impassioned contributor to the district and is retiring this summer after 11 years of her service.
more
Michelle Gil
|
7/21/10
|
Frank Chiachiere will serve as the president of District 13’s Board of Education for the 2010-11 school year. Joan Gartner, who was just re-elected to a three-year term, was selected as vice president.
more
7/14/10
|
Education wasn’t John Singleton’s first choice of careers. But the new principal of Clear Stream Avenue is glad he made the switch.
more
Andrew Hackmack
|
7/14/10
|
Maria Fletcher’s involvement with District 30 schools began from the moment her daughter entered kindergarten in the early 1980s. She attended the very first PTA meeting of the year at Forest Road School, and from there her desire to be a part of the educational system only grew stronger.
more
Andrew Hackmack
|
6/30/10
|
James A. Dever School’s kindergarten moving-up ceremony will be held on Friday, June 18 at 9 a.m. Sixth-grade graduation will be on Thursday, June 24 at 7 p.m.
more
6/16/10
|
Voter turnout was slightly larger for this year’s budget and Board of Education elections May 18, though school officials are still seeking ways to increase participation in the future.
more
Andrew Hackmack
|
5/26/10
|
Budgets passed in all four Valley Stream school districts on Tuesday night.
more
Andrew Hackmack
|
5/18/10
|