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Franklin Square School District officials are planning to use money from the district's 2016 capital reserve to fix a sinkhole at the John Street School.

Questions remain in budget process, as Franklin Square and Elmont schools finalize proposals

Local school district officials are facing difficulties finalizing their budget proposals before the May 18 vote, as questions remain about state aid. Under Gov. Cuomo’s executive budget … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/30/21

The proposed $215 million budget would include masonry repairs to Sewanhaka High School.

Sewanhaka officials propose $215 million 2021- 22 spending plan

Programming costs would account for the majority of the Sewanhaka Central High School District’s 2021 -22 school year budget under a proposal Kevin O’Brien, the district’s assistant … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/28/21

Sommy Agu, right, interviewed Chibuzor Nweke when they were in ninth grade at Elmont Memorial High School.

Telling the history of Elmont, one story at a time

For the past four years, ninth-graders at Elmont Memorial High School have been encouraged to share their stories of hope, loss and aspiration in their English classes as part of a two-week lesson … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/25/21

My Brother’s Keeper program comes to Elmont

Michael Jaime had been working with state and county officials for more than a year to get the My Brother’s Keeper program started in the Elmont Union Free School District, until finally, on … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/18/21

Herald Community Newspapers seek 2021 summer interns

Herald Community Newspapers is seeking 2021 summer interns for our 18 community-based publications that stretch across Nassau County’s South Shore, from Valley Stream to Seaford, and Long Beach … more

3/12/21

The proficiency levels among different races in the Sewanhaka Central High School District on State ELA and math exams in 2019.

Firm to study equity issues at Sewanhaka

Students and staff in the Sewanhaka Central High School District will be asked by representatives of the Equity Collaborative about their experiences in the schools later this month. On Feb. 23, … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/4/21

Isabella Galeano, Keziah Joseph, Nia Balgobin, Ashna Balroop, Tyesha Devil, Shania King and Lucila Mathieu stood outside Rockefeller Plaza last year to commemorate FCCLA Week, and the importance of a Family and Consumer Sciences curriculum.

Sewanhaka students become leaders, virtually

The students in Sewanhaka’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club have always focused on their futures by learning personal and professional skills they will need as adults, but … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/25/21

Franklin Square school board meeting to be held March 10

The Franklin Square Board of Education will hold its next meeting on March 10 at 8 p.m. There will also be a board work session on March 24 to present the district's proposed budget for the … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/24/21

Elmont Memorial High School senior Jason Richardson has been named a community leader by Team Up for Unity and will moderate a discussion about racism and bias.

Elmont student athlete named community leader

Elmont Memorial High School senior Jason Richardson has been active in the community for years — tutoring underclassmen in Spanish and handing out food and drinks at football games. Now, he is … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/11/21

A bell was placed in the attic of the Monroe Street School when it was constructed in 1912, and would summon students to school each morning from September 1912 until the school closed in June 1975.

Remembering the Monroe Street School bell

Editors Note: This will be the first of a monthly series that will give everyone a front-row seat to the historical collection of the Franklin Square Museum, which will open to the public as soon as … more

By Dr. Paul Van Wie | 2/11/21

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