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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education voted unanimously on March 27 to approve the district’s 2012-13 of $167.03 million — a 2.94 percent increase over its current budget, $163.97 million.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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The Franklin Square Community came together on March 31, at Washington Street School, to fight pediatric cancers. More than 150 district students, teachers and parents shaved their heads to raise money for The St. Baldrick's Foundation, a national organization dedicated to funding children’s cancer research. Hundreds more volunteered and/or attended the event.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/6/12
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John Street School in Franklin Square held its annual carnival on March 24.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/28/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop in February, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget would likely exceed the 2 percent tax levy cap in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts. Since that time, the board was notified that it would receive an unanticipated, additional $1 million in state and special education aid from prior school years, bringing the projected the tax levy increase for 2012-13 down, from 4.64 percent to roughly 4 percent.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/20/12
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At a Franklin Square Union Free School District board meeting on March 7, board members discussed a goal of keeping the 2012-13 budget’s tax levy increase at exactly 2 percent, below the district’s calculated cap of 2.11 percent.
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By Jackie Nash and Fran Berkman
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3/20/12
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H. Frank Carey High School was crowned the winner of Sewanhaka Central High School District’s annual District Sports Night on Feb. 29, held at Carey. Students in grades 7-12 from Carey, as well as Elmont Memorial, Sewanhaka, Floral Park Memorial and New Hyde Park Memorial high schools competed in various games, including Tug-of-War and relay races.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/7/12
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Twelve local bowlers are set to compete at the state bowling competition in Elmira, scheduled for March 4, following the Nassau County High School Singles Tournament, hosted by Garden City Bowl on Feb. 11.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop on Feb. 7, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget will likely exceed the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap increase in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/14/12
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Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s athletic director, learned recently that Butch Yamali, a Merrick Board of Education trustee and restaurateur, bought the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin. Therein, Lerner saw an opportunity to help feed the poor.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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2/14/12
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The Elmont Union Free School District held an International Ambassadors’ Reception to welcome the district’s newest delegation of fifth and sixth-grade students on Feb. 1, at the Dutch Broadway School in Elmont.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/2/12
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