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.
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By Melissa Koenig
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10/4/18
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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.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/5/18
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The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country.
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8/30/18
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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 …
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By Melissa Koenig
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7/6/18
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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 …
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/21/18
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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.
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By Erik Hawkins
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6/14/18
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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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Valley Stream Central High School District Superintendent Bill Heidenreich and Wayne Loper, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, presented the Board of Education’s proposed $117 …
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/18/18
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A North High School student was arrested for threatening to shoot students and staff at the school on Feb. 16. On March 1, schools in Valley Stream learned of a threat from Queens that was circulating on Snapchat. Four days later, a student at South High School posted a sticky note threatening harm to students and staff at the school.
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/14/18
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While living in Florida in 1992, Omaesh Persaud learned firsthand what it was like to survive a major storm when Hurricane Andrew devastated parts of the state. So when his students wanted to help after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico, he jumped at the chance.
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By Melissa Koenig
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3/1/18
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