Of the three candidates running to fill Carolyn Torres’s seat in District 30, we believe Kelly Ureña is the best choice to meet the needs of the diverse district.If elected, she said, …
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5/17/19
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For the past few months, administrators at all four Valley Stream school districts have been presenting their proposed 2019-20 budgets, which residents can approve or vote down on May 21.
The …
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/11/19
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Two of Valley Stream’s four school districts overfilled their unassigned reserve funds in the past school year, according to financial statements filed with the state.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/27/18
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All four of the Valley Stream school districts’ budgets passed in the election on May 15.
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By Melissa Koenig
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5/15/18
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Following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, in which 14 students and three teachers died, Valley Stream parents are expressing concern about school safety, and administrators are …
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/8/18
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At the January and February District 30 Board of Education meetings, Assistant Superintendent for Business Chris Dillon presented a proposed 2018 – 19 budget that represented a slight increase from the current budget. The district proposed a budget of $35,484,728, representing a year-over-year hike of 1.9 percent.
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/28/18
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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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The Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency’ adjourned their June 30 meeting after only 10 minutes, unable to continue with a vote to break all ties with Macerich, the California-based owner of the Green Acres Mall, because a Nassau County Supreme Court judge halted the IDA’s decision with a temporary restraining order.
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/5/17
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District 30 officials said on Thursday that it was unclear if voters were influenced by false information spread by a poll worker at the Forest Road Elementary School during Tuesday’s Board of Education election, but that it did not occur on a scale that influenced the outcome.
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By Nick Ciccone
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5/18/17
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A joint-boards meeting among the Valley Stream schools on May 4 in the Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School cafeteria had more characteristics of a tense courtroom than of a typical Board of Education meeting, with lawyers offering interpretations of state education law, school officials clicking through slideshows about property taxes and occasional outbursts by residents.
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By Nick Ciccone
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5/10/17
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