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.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/4/10
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“He has done wonderful things for this district,” Martha Carney, the Valley Stream Central High School District’s coordinator of community information, said after Superintendent of Schools Marc Bernstein announced his retirement at the Board of Education’s reorganization meeting July 13. After almost seven years as superintendent, Bernstein will step down on Dec. 31.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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7/21/10
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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.
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7/14/10
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The new elevator at Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School, which the district began constructing last September 2009, is almost ready to go, but just needs a few more tweaks before its set to take flight.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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7/14/10
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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.
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6/16/10
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Thirty-eight years after Joe Corea began his four-decade career as Calhoun High School's head baseball coach, he can still rattle off most of the names on his starting lineup from his very first year -–– 1972.
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Scott Brinton
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6/9/10
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The Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education voted on May 11 to maintain its special education plan — a co-teaching model in grades 7 through 11 — for the 2010-11 school year.
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Anthony Bottan
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5/19/10
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Budgets passed in all four Valley Stream school districts on Tuesday night.
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Andrew Hackmack
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5/18/10
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A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world.
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Scott Brinton
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5/17/10
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District 13’s proposed budget for the 2010-11 school year comes in at $41.3 million, less than a 1 percent increase over this year. School officials worked hard to keep the increase low because state aid for next year will likely be cut.
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5/12/10
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