From late March 2020 through the end of June, schools worked remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. As a new school year began in September, schools combined in-person and distance learning …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/13/21
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Four candidates are running for two open Board of Education seats in the Malverne School District’s May 18 election. The Herald sent brief questionnaires to the candidates, and their answers …
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By Nakeem Grant
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5/13/21
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Nassau County recently announced that it finished 2020 with a surplus of $75 million (subject to some adjustment, but it’s a reasonable number to work with). Sounds like good news, right? Not so fast.
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By Howard Kopel
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4/15/21
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Karen Brohm, president of the West Hempstead School District Board of Education, was among the guest speakers on a podcast last month presented by Learning Revolution, a worldwide community exploring …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/14/21
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With school looking a bit different this year, teachers and administrators from the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County in West Hempstead took part in a training program to better address the social and …
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By Nakeem Grant
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10/1/20
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Students and staff of the Malverne School District were welcomed back to the new school year after six months of building closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With Davison Avenue Intermediate …
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9/17/20
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Davison Avenue Intermediate School in the Malverne School District was determined to honor its fifth-grade students who were unable to have their moving up ceremony that would have been held in the …
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6/18/20
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Sixth graders at Howard T. Herber Middle School in the Malverne School District recently shared their gratitude for front-line workers. Loredonna Hennessy and Kimberly Hayes’ sixth-grade …
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5/20/20
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True Americanism, and the sacrifices first responders make to serve the community, is what Ed Howard, vice commander of American Legion Post 44 in Malverne, spoke about at the legion’s annual …
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By Nakeem Grant
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3/5/20
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The Nassau Interim Finance Authority decided to exempt the Nassau University Medical Center and NuHealth, the public-benefit corporation that runs the East Meadow hospital, from oversight in 2011, at a time when the facility was seemingly thriving.
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2/21/20
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