To enhance their butterfly unit and learn more about the butterfly’s life cycle, students at the Chestnut Street elementary school in West Hempstead visited a puppet theatre in Atlanta. …
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Lee Landor
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11/24/10
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In response to a drop in scores on last year’s state math exams, the math department at the West Hempstead school district is working with teachers and school administrators to devise a plan …
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Nakeda Ellis
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11/10/10
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“Tragic,” “horrifying” and “disconcerting” are among the words used to describe a recent spate of crimes against gay people — including the one that resulted …
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Lee Landor
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10/13/10
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Following rallies by West Hempstead teachers working without a contract since June 2009, the West Hempstead Educators Association met with the district school board last week in a five-hour mediated …
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Lee Landor
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10/6/10
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It’s been a year and nearly three months since the West Hempstead school district’s contract with the West Hempstead Educators Association expired. It’s been six months since the …
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Lee Landor
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9/29/10
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Six weeks have passed since the Aug. 9 fire that nearly burned down the George Washington Elementary School annex and sent its superintendent to the hospital, and things have gone back to normal in …
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Lee Landor
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9/22/10
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Kids throughout the state will begin filing back into their classrooms next week. Most will return from the summer smells of s’mores and chlorine to the school smells of locker rooms and …
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Lee Landor
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9/1/10
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On the rebound from taxpayers’ rejection of the proposed school budget last month, West Hempstead school district administrators hustled to put together a revised proposal …
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Lee Landor
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6/2/10
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