Polls will be open at South Side High School on May 18 as residents of the Rockville Centre Union Free school district have the opportunity to vote on school and library budgets and elect trustees for those boards. In this at large election, three district residents are vying for two open seats on the Board of Education. The candidate who receives the second highest vote tally will be sworn in immediately to fill a vacant term that runs through June 30, 2011. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes will be sworn in on July 1, 2010 for a full three-year term as a trustee. The following are answers to questions that the Herald submitted to the three candidates. more

An unprecedented five seats are up for grabs in this year’s East Meadow Board of Education trustee election on May 18.Three of those positions are for full three-year terms, while the remaining … more

Louis Kruh of Merrick, a decorated World War II hero, 30-year veteran of the Merrick School District Board of Education, former president of the Bellmore-Merrick School District board, and longtime advertising executive turned attorney, died after a long illness on May 1. He was 87. more

I was a teacher for years, so I know firsthand the challenges of the classroom, and I continue to be in awe of those who inspire the children they teach and honor the profession they have chosen. more

Possibly signaling the beginning of an end to tensions between two of the village's municipal entities, the Rockville Centre Board of Education signed agreements with the Village of Rockville Centre to share services and govern use of Fireman’s Memorial Field at South Side High School during its Preliminary Budget Hearing on April 20. more

South Side High School Principal Dr. Carol Burris was selected as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS). She will be honored for her accomplishments at an awards ceremony on May 7 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs. more

Following through on a promise to lower the preliminary budget, Rockville Centre School District administrators cut two teaching positions, trimming the proposed 2010-11 spending plan by $160,000, during the preliminary budget hearing on April 20. more

Special education cuts made in the Valley Stream Central High School District’s 2010-11 budget will be restored into the spending plan after district officials received notice from the New York State Education Department that it would have been out of compliance with state requirements. more

The District 30 Board of Education hired John Singleton as the new principal of Clear Stream Avenue School on Monday night, to replace Helene Levine, who is leaving at the end of the year. more

The Oceanside Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2010-11 budget last week, finalizing a proposal that residents will vote on on May 18. Although residents face an increase in school taxes … more