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A. Thomas Levin
Civic Law
Q: I’ve been reading a lot lately about a 2% tax cap which the State has imposed on local governments and school districts. But my taxes aren’t going down? What is this all about? A: … more
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State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., center, of Merrick, has sponsored legislation that would, if it becomes law, allow parents with a “physically limiting impairment” documented by their physician, physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner to obtain school busing for their children.
Fighting rare disease, Merrick mom wants change in state busing law
Tara Notrica, a 48-year-old Merrick mother of two, says that over the course of several years before the fall of 2010, she and her husband spent tens of thousands of dollars on private transportation to send their children from their home to elementary school and back again. more
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The North Bellmore Board of Education and district administrators discussed their draft of the 2013-14 budget at Saw Mill Road Elementary School last week.
North Bellmore School District budget plan maintains programs
While the first draft of the North Bellmore School District’s 2013-14 budget maintains all academic programs, administrators explained that they would have to “eat into” reserve funds to do so in the face of soaring employee benefit costs. more
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Donovan Berthoud/Herald Social studies teacher Lisa Scherer took home the top prize in Kennedy High School’s annual Dancing with the Teachers event, which this year raised funds for local Hurricane Sandy victims.
Kennedy teachers dance up a storm
Lisa Scherer, a social studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School, is a fan of 1940s musicals. She said she saw her chance to learn to move like Ginger Rogers and other stars of the era’s lavish productions at her school’s twist on a more modern show, “Dancing with the Stars.” more
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In 2010, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano passed legislation, called the Common Sense Law, to repeal the county guarantee, shifting the cost of property-tax refunds to school districts, towns and special districts, which Mangano said would save the county $80 million annually. The state Appellate Division recently upheld the county guarantee, meaning that the county must pay the refunds.
State appeals court upholds ‘county guarantee’
A state appeals court has denied Nassau County’s attempt to shift the cost of refunding property-tax challenges to school districts and towns. The decision was reached unanimously on Feb. 27 by four justices of the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. more
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Whatever happened to mandate relief?
New York state school districts are entering the second budget season under the state’s tax cap, which limits how much schools can increase property taxes each year. more
Central High School District Board of Education Trustee George Haile said he worries that continued budget cuts because of a state-mandated property-tax levy cap will eventually mean reductions to “the things we’re so proud of” in Bellmore-Merrick, meaning programs.
Bellmore-Merrick Central District must cut $2.2M from 2013-14 budget
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District must slash $2.2 million in spending from its 2013-14 budget to meet a state property-tax levy cap imposed by Governor Cuomo in June 2011. That could mean a wide range of cutbacks, from the elimination of summer school for all students except seniors to reconfiguring the anti-drug Athletes Helping Athletes program to reducing the number of junior-varsity games that are played in a season. more
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National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration map, posted Friday morning, Feb. 8.
Bellmore-Merrick digs out after monster storm Nemo
A major winter storm dubbed "Nemo" slammed into Long Island’s South Shore Friday into Saturday morning, Feb. 8 to 9, and dumped anywhere from eight to 14 inches of snow on Bellmore-Merrick. more
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Students in Bradley Seidman’s Sports in American Culture class recently donated equipment to inner-city youth.
Kennedy class aids inner-city baseball players
Students at John F. Kennedy High School recently donated baseball equipment that may be used on the “field of dreams” – the one in East Harlem, that is. more
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Mike Dolber, the Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers union president, will retire in June after 39 years in the teaching profession.
Bellmore-Merrick teachers' union president to retire
No doubt, 20-somethings entering the teaching profession these days face a daunting task in trying to land that first job at a time when school districts are slashing dozens of positions to reduce costs and meet a state-mandated 2 percent property-tax cap. Mike Dolber, a Merrick Avenue Middle School social studies teacher and president of the Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers union, understands their plight. more
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