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Voting for the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s $139.5 million budget should be a no-brainer for local residents. Newsweek recently ranked all three of the Central District’s high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– among the top 600 high schools in the nation –– out of more than 26,000 high schools.
We can only say, Wow!
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5/16/13
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A group of a half-dozen Mepham High School parents spoke out at the May 8 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting, calling on the district to replace the old wooden visitors bleachers at the Mepham football field. A number of the seats have worn out or rotted through, and parents said they believe someone will eventually fall from the bleachers and get hurt unless they are fixed.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/15/13
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Newsweek magazine and The Daily Beast, in its recently published “America’s Best High Schools” list, included 18 high schools from New York’s 4th Congressional District, which covers much of southwest Nassau County. All three of Bellmore-Merrick’s high schools –– Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham –– were on the list.
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By Howard Schwach, hschwach@liherald.com
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5/14/13
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First of two parts.
School officials in the Merrick, North Merrick and Bellmore-Merrick Central High School districts say they do not yet fully know how certain parents’ refusal to allow their children to take new standardized tests will affect the students or their schools.
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By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com
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5/10/13
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With a diverse lineup of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School district students, alumni and musicians from throughout Nassau County, more than a dozen bands battled it out at the Brookside School last week at a Bellmore-Merrick Community Wellness Council event that raised more than $2,500 for the council’s annual Midnight Madness drug- and alcohol-free post-prom party.
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/23/13
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education has appointed John DeTommaso, the current assistant superintendent for instruction in the Bethpage School District, as superintendent of the Central School District, effective July 1.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/4/13
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District must slash $2.2 million in spending from its 2013-14 budget to meet a state property-tax levy cap imposed by Governor Cuomo in June 2011. That could mean a wide range of cutbacks, from the elimination of summer school for all students except seniors to reconfiguring the anti-drug Athletes Helping Athletes program to reducing the number of junior-varsity games that are played in a season.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/11/13
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Students at John F. Kennedy High School recently donated baseball equipment that may be used on the “field of dreams” – the one in East Harlem, that is.
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/6/13
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No doubt, 20-somethings entering the teaching profession these days face a daunting task in trying to land that first job at a time when school districts are slashing dozens of positions to reduce costs and meet a state-mandated 2 percent property-tax cap. Mike Dolber, a Merrick Avenue Middle School social studies teacher and president of the Bellmore-Merrick United Secondary Teachers union, understands their plight.
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By Scott Brinton
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2/5/13
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At its January meeting, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education honored six members of the Central District girls’ swim team, the Sharks, for their outstanding performances at the county and state championship meets. They are Jessica Arana, Kerry Giovanniello, Jaimie Kaefer, Paige Kaplan, Gabrielle Toback and Liz Walsh.
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1/16/13
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