The New York State Education Department released the results of this spring’s Common Core exams last month, showing improved scores for Long Beach Middle School students who took English Language …
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By Bridget Downes
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9/7/17
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Long Beach Schools Superintendent David Weiss announced on Saturday that he will resign after he accepted a position with the International Baccalaureate organization.
Weiss, who was named …
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By Bridget Downes
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8/14/17
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
The Long Beach Board of Education voted 3-2 to reject a plan to privatize the school district’s lunch program that administrators said would have saved …
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By Bridget Downes
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7/13/17
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The recent special congressional elections should send a signal to both parties. The outcomes weren’t really surprising, because the seats were held by Republicans . . .
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6/29/17
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Following a broad investigation into the operations of the MS-13 gang, Nassau County officials announced that 41 of its alleged members were indicted on June 15 for multiple acts of violence and conspiracy in Nassau County over the last four years.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/16/17
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Long Beach High School is on lockdown after receiving a bomb threat on Tuesday, according to Nassau County police and Long Beach Schools Superintendent David Weiss. Police said the incident was …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/30/17
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By a count of 1,967 votes to 589, residents approved the Long Beach School District’s $135 million budget for the 2017-18 school year on Tuesday.
Incumbents Dr. Dennis Ryan and Maureen Vrona …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/16/17
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With school districts facing intense scrutiny — not to mention a slew of federally and state-mandated cost increases — and parents demanding high standards, administrators aiming to create …
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5/11/17
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Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/10/17
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Fourteen people, including an Elmont man, have been indicted for their alleged roles in running a “large-scale” heroin ring in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn, according to District Attorney Madeline Singas.
Much of the heroin was sold in Long Beach, Hicksville and Levittown. The Rockville Centre Police Department was among the units that helped bust the ring, Singas said.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/17
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