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At the Board of Education meeting last week, 11 Rockville Centre teachers were granted tenure and honored by the board and the district administration. Mary Coleman, Lisa Kakis, Caitlin Keogh, … more

6/4/14

Education Foundation President Joel Ditchik, right, presented a check for more than $60,000 to Superintendent Dr. William Johnson and Board of Education President Liz Dion.

Education Foundation gives gift to the district

At a Board of Education meeting on May 28, the Rockville Centre Education Foundation presented a check for $60,164.86 to the district. The money from the Foundation funds grants for many … more

6/4/14

Incumbents Gregg Spaulding and Mayda Kramer were returned to their seats on the Board of Education.

Rockville Centre School District budget passes

Rockville Centre School District voters passed the proposed 2014-15 school budget Tuesday night, and returned incumbent Board of Education Trustees Gregg Spaulding and Mayda Kramer to their … more

By Alex Costello | 5/20/14

Night games?

Class sizes and the new lights at the high school field were the two controversial topics that the Board of Education took up at its meeting last week. Board members discussed slight revisions to … more

By Alex Costello | 5/14/14

Minority student continuously underperformed on Regents exams compared to white students.

Sharp divide in test scores

Minority and poor students in Rockville Centre are continually under-performing compared with their white and wealthier peers, data recently released by New York state shows. The statistics come … more

By Alex Costello | 5/7/14

Absentee ballots available for school, library elections

Absentee ballots to be used in the election of trustees for the Rockville Centre Union Free School District Board of Education and the Rockville Centre Library Board and on the School District and … more

4/30/14

Joseph Ambrosino, Merrick American Legion Post 1282’s sergeant-at-arms, observed a moment of silence during last year’s Veterans Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in North Merrick.

County voids vets’ tax breaks

Nassau County veterans who thought they would see their school taxes reduced in 2014-15 have another think coming. Though dozens of school boards around the county voted in recent weeks to ease veterans’ tax burdens, the county’s Department of Assessment has postponed enactment of the tax breaks until 2015-16. more

By Brian Racow | 4/9/14

Seventh Grader Arianna Schaden used her iPad to get the day’s assignment in her class.

District to grow successful iPad program

Early in the school year, the Rockville Centre School District rolled out an expanded iPad program at South Side Middle School, giving the tablet computers to all students in sixth and seventh grade … more

By Alex Costello | 4/9/14

Nassau needs an assessment commission

It is perhaps the worst-kept secret in Nassau County: The property assessment system is broken. more

3/6/14

Comptroller: L.I. districts pushed to the fiscal brink

New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released a report on Jan. 14 titled “School District Revenue Growth Slows.” Before I get to it, a quick primer on education funding. more

1/23/14

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