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John Ferrara and Nina Lanci were recently sworn in as vice president and president, respectively, of the North Bellmore Board of Education.

N. Bellmore district’s leadership shifts

With a new superintendent, one new principal, a reorganized Board of Education and several ongoing administrative searches, the leadership of the North Bellmore Public Schools has and will continue to shift throughout the summer. more

By Julie Mansmann | 7/25/13

DeLauter wins North Bellmore special election

After an unprecedented tie in the contest for one seat on the North Bellmore Board of Education forced a runoff election, incumbent JoAnn DeLauter defeated Frank LaMagra in the second vote on June 25. DeLauter won her third term by 173 votes, with 556 votes to LaMagra’s 383. Of the 939 residents who voted in the special election, 87 did so by absentee ballot. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/25/13

N. Bellmore PTA council cancels candidates' forum

The North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs has announced that the second “Meet the Candidates” night featuring two school board hopefuls has been canceled. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/19/13

JoAnn DeLauter and Frank LaMagra discussed issues facing the North Bellmore School District at the last candidates’ forum in May.

North Bellmore PTA council to host candidates' forum

With a special Board of Education election on the horizon, the North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs is inviting residents to meet the candidates one more time. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/19/13

oponents of installing synthetic-turf athletic fields at the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District’s three high schools came to the June 5 Board of Education meeting dressed in red as a show of solidarity. They protested the condition of the high schools’ fields, which have a number of barren patches, like this one at Calhoun High School in Merrick.

Dozens demand artificial-turf fields during Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District meeting

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will not install synthetic-turf athletic fields in 2013-14, Marion Blane, the Board of Education president, said at a June 5 meeting. But synthetic-turf fields are under board consideration for subsequent years, she said. more

By Brian Racow | 6/19/13

North Bellmore Board of Education candidates Joann DeLauter and Frank LaMagra will square off again this month after tying in the May vote.

Date for North Bellmore School District special election set

North Bellmore School District officials are asking voters to return to the polls in less than two weeks for a runoff election to break an unprecedented tie for a Board of Education seat. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/12/13

A tale of two schools, 3,000 miles apart

By my rough calculations, our children spend some 17,640 hours in school, kindergarten through high school. more

6/6/13

David Feller, North Merrick superintendent

North Merrick schools chief to lead Nassau superintendents, advise state

North Merrick School District Superintendent David Feller will become president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents on June 1. With the position, he will also assume a spot on the Commissioner’s Advisory Council of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, which meets three to four times a year with the New York State Education Department commissioner, currently Dr. John King Jr. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 5/31/13

Less than 95 percent of students at Merrick Avenue and Grand Avenue middle schools took new math tests that the state launched last month — a threshold that schools must meet for them to have made “Adequate Yearly Progress,” according to the New York State Education Department.

Testing ‘opt-outs’ create quandaries for schools

Two weeks ago, the Herald detailed new English and math standardized tests that New York’s public and charter schools gave to students in grades three to eight last month. In this report, the Herald continues an examination of how “opting out” from the tests could affect the students who did so and their schools. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 5/30/13

inBloom: corporatizing America's schools

The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark. more

5/16/13

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