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Students including Sumaiya Ramsaroop, right, spoke about the condition of Valley Stream North High School. Simar Thind and Sasha Smalls followed her.

North High School in poor condition, students say

One by one, students from Valley Stream North High School stood before the Central High School District Board of Education on March 12 to detail how the school’s facilities hinder their ability to learn. more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/21/19

Lori Lang, left, spoke about the need for after-school busing for private school students at a Board of Education meeting in October.

CHSD officials deny after-school busing request for private school students

About five months after Lori Lang asked the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education to implement a policy that would provide private-school students with after-school transportation, Superintendent Bill Heidenreich said he would not recommend that the board move forward with the request for the next school year. more

2/21/19

After Devi Arjune spoke about her petition to add Diwali onto school calendars, the Central High School District Board of Education agreed to dissuade teachers from giving tests and assigning homework on the holiday.

Valley Stream CHSD BOE: No homework, tests on Diwali

After local activists spoke in favor of South High School senior Devi Arjune’s petition to have Diwali added to the school calendar, the Board of Education decided it would dissuade teachers from assigning homework and tests on the holiday. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

Abby Devi Arjune, a senior at Valley Stream South, petitioned the Board of Education to add Diwali to the school calendar.

Valley Stream teen gets support for Diwali recognition

Members of the New York City Department of Corrections Desi Society Inc., activists from the New American Voters Association and a representative from Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages office shared their support for South High School Senior Abby Devi Arjune’s petition to add Diwali to school calendars at a Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Nov. 13. more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/21/18

Lori Lang spoke about the need for after-school busing for private-school students at the Central High School District’s Oct. 9 Board of Education meeting.

Private-school parents from Valley Stream call for after-school busing

Almost every day of the week, Valley Stream freshman John Valencia stays after school at Chaminade High School for various clubs. But because of local school district busing policies, he routinely struggles to find a way back home. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/18/18

Students in Valley Stream continued to opt out of the New York State English Language Arts and mathematics tests this year.

Roughly half of Valley Stream students are proficient, state test data shows

Students throughout the Valley Stream Central High School District continued to refuse to take the seventh- and eighth-grade State English Language Arts and mathematics tests last spring. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/4/18

Anthony Cruz served as the student liaison to the board for the first time at the district’s Aug. 28 meeting.

Anthony Cruz starts stint as student liaison

The Aug. 28 Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education meeting served as Central High School senior Anthony Cruz’s debut as the board’s student liaison. more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/5/18

Anthony Cruz, an incoming Central High School senior, successfully petitioned to have a student in a nonvoting role on the board of education.

Valley Stream CHSD school board approves student liaison

Five months after Anthony Cruz stood before the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education advocating for the creation of a student liaison position to the board, members voted … more

By Melissa Koenig | 7/6/18

Armando Hernandez, a trustee representing District 24, proposed that the Central High School District revoke the waiver policy.

Trustee seeks to end waivers

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 … more

By Melissa Koenig | 6/21/18

Regents vote 14-3 to approve new test regs

With a vote of 14 to 3, the State Board of Regents has tentatively approved new regulations that would penalize districts with significant numbers of students opting out of standardized tests. more

By Erik Hawkins | 6/14/18

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