Most area schools reopened this week, which means the roads are going to be more hectic on weekday mornings and afternoons.
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9/5/13
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Stefan Serie, a Merrick Avenue Middle School health teacher and multi-sport coach who recently lost his job, apparently because of his appearance on the Bravo TV series “Princesses Long Island,” is threatening to sue the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District if he doesn’t get his position back.
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By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton, bracow@liherald.com,
sbrinton@liherald.com
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8/7/13
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A Merrick Avenue Middle School health teacher and football, wrestling, softball and track coach will no longer have a job come September, after he appeared in two episodes of the Bravo TV show “Princesses Long Island.”
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By Brian Racow
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7/25/13
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Last week, taxpayers across Long Island voted on their school districts’ proposed budgets. There are 124 school districts across Long Island, and 95 percent of their spending plans passed.
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5/31/13
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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.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/31/13
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This was not an easy year for Valley Stream’s four school districts, with the pressure of the property tax cap, rising health insurance and pension costs, and new mandates from the Common Core Learning Standards and teacher evaluation system.
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5/16/13
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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.
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5/16/13
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Valley Stream’s four school districts are among the 96 percent of districts statewide proposing budgets with tax levy increases at or below the tax-cap limit. Each budget will require only a simple majority to pass when voters head to the polls on Tuesday.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/16/13
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A breakdown of the Valley Stream Central High School District's budget proposal.
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5/16/13
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Valley Stream’s three high schools are rarely thought of among Long Island’s elite. District administrators would like to know, “Why not?”
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/15/13
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