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We need an education commissioner who listens
The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . . more
Teachers Valerie Sprague and Antoinette Morgan, and first graders Julie Coles, Joshua DePaoli, Connor Erickson and Liana McCarthy posed with puppeteers Jim West and Ian Antal before the show.
Aesop’s Fables come to Rockville Centre
Rockville Centre first graders got to see their lessons come to life — with puppets. The children saw a performance of Aesop’s Fables at South Side Middle School, paid for by a grant from the Rockville Centre Education Foundation. more
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Third graders at Watson used catapults they made to fling marshmallows at targets.
Watson students learn critical thinking
This year, students at Watson Elementary School are immersed in creative and collaborative problem solving in the domains of mathematics, engineering and technology. They are learning to imagine, envision, plan, calculate and check hypotheses in order to solve problems. more
Dr. William Johnson, Superintendent
Teachers overpaid for three years
Last month, the Rockville Centre School District learned that it had been overpaying nearly four dozen teachers for years, costing the district around $250,000. more
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Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents Roger Tilles visited Lawrence Middle School on Sept. 19. At left were school district Board of Education Trustee Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Tilles and Superintendent Gary Schall.
Talking education with Roger Tilles
Born in Great Neck and educated in that district’s public schools, Roger Tilles has an indelible memory of the last time he was in a school building in the Lawrence School District which he visited on Sept. 19. more
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Locus Mortis, a heavy metal band, played several head-banging songs.
A church picnic, complete with heavy metal
On Aug. 16, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church hosted an outdoor Teen Rock Show to raise money for the Rockville Centre Special Education PTA. The show was organized by Lucas Santora, who put … more
OK, I'll say it: Teachers deserve tenure
In jumping into the teacher-tenure debate, I know I’m stirring up a hornet’s nest. But who doesn’t like a little danger now and again? So here goes. more
Board of Education needs to keep its promise on lights
Over the past few weeks, the Rockville Centre Board of Education has discussed changing its lighting policy for South Side High School, spurred on by Trustee John O’Shea. As things stand now, we … more
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
ROCKVILLE CENTRE: Support school budget, Spaulding and Kramer
It’s time to address the elephant in the room: the school budget. Every year it grows larger, and taxes go up. It seems to be an unsustainable system. But, unfortunately, there aren’t any … more
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