After the May 17 school election, the face of Hewlett-Woodmere’s Board of Education will be changing slightly with newcomer Chani Jeter winning a seat and incumbent Trustee Debra Sheinin being re-elected as veteran board member Mitchell Greebel steps down.
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By Lisa Margaria
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5/26/22
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With the demise of the Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club several years ago, the communities in the Lawrence School District do not have a youth sports program.
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By Lisa Margaria
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5/26/22
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Chanting slogans such as “The Lawrence board must go,” “We’re bored with the board” and “What do we want? We want our buses,” roughly 30 Lawrence High School students marched from Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park along Cedarhurst Avenue to the high school and up and down Oxford, Albemarle and Arlington roads by the Reilly Avenue campus on Monday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/26/22
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As music streamed from an iPad several Lawrence Middle School students and a few from the area private schools worked on coloring a 20’ x 8’ mural on a wall in one of the two rooms that …
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/19/22
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Every weekday at 10:06 a.m., I walk into my high school engineering class and take a seat among my peers. I spend the period learning the same material as my classmates . . .
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By Ilana Greenberg
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5/19/22
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In the Five Towns, both public school district budgets passed. Hewlett-Woodmere's $130.58 fiscal plan gained approval by a tally of 1,925 to 1,616. Lawrence's$102.490 million budget was passed by a vote of 679 to 207.
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By Jeff Bessen and Lisa Margaria
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5/18/22
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All four of the fifth grade classes at Ogden Elementary School and students in the special education class who graduating this year took part in learning about West African culture through music during a five-day residency presented by MH Productions.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/13/22
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Seventh grade students at The Brandeis School in Lawrence, put together a presentation for Yom HaZikaron, reading letters written by fallen Israeli soldiers.
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By Lisa Margaria
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5/13/22
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After a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 school boards in Nassau County, the people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.
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5/12/22
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For the third consecutive year the proposed Lawrence School District budget is $102.490 million. For the fourth straight year the tax levy – the amount of money the district raises through property taxes – is $85.954 million and the tax-cap levy is flat. Voting on the budget, trustees and propositions is May 17.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/12/22
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