For the second time in four months, an anniversary celebration for Lawrence schools had to be scraped due to bad weather as the Jan. 7 dinner to commemorate the district’s 125 years was postponed because of that Saturday’s snowstorm.
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1/18/17
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Lawrence School District celebrated its 125th anniversary earlier this month.
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Emma Balsam
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1/18/17
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed free tuition at CUNY and SUNY schools for families earning $100,000 or less in 2017 and families earning $125,000 or less in 2019. We support any good measure that would . . .
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1/12/17
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Mark Godwil Taguinod from the Hewlett-Woodmere School District was named Student of the Quarter at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech for his first quarter grades, attendance, work ethic and preparedness. Students of the Quarter also have taken the initiative on class projects and are role models for all students both at school and during internship assignments.
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12/14/16
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Intertwining history with faculty, student and alumni collaborations and state-of the-art technology, the Lawrence School District will continue its 125th anniversary celebration next month with a dinner and a philharmonic concert.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/14/16
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Homecoming takes on a new meaning this year as the Lawrence School District celebrates its 125th anniversary. Festivities this Saturday will include a ceremony at 11:45 a.m. at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, a parade at 1 p.m. that begins at the park and ends at Lawrence High School and a football game against Lynbrook an hour later.
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By Diana Colapietro
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10/19/16
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Four years after Hurricane Sandy ravaged communities along the South Shore, U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would provide $4.6 million in federal recovery funding to the city of Long Beach and Island Park and Lawrence school districts.
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By Ben Strack
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10/13/16
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Safety concerns, on Long Island and across the nation, and changing demographics in the Five Towns have led to a decline in football participation locally. While three local soccer leagues are flourishing, the 60-year-old Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club has suspended its football and cheerleading programs this fall.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/12/16
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The New York State Education Department last week released new draft English and math learning standards for public comment, according Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
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By Scott Brinton and Diana Colapietro
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10/5/16
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New York State mandates the distances that school districts must provide transportation to students, but it is left to the districts to establish the bus routes, the pick-up points and how many children are a bus and how many stops are made.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/30/16
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