The Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the 2017-18 budget last week, a $135 million spending plan that represents a -.15 percent decrease over the current budget and includes a $1.9 …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/13/17
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About 100 people stood at the beginning of the Central High School District’s regular board meeting on Feb. 14 to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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3/1/17
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The Oceanside School District unveiled the first two parts of its preliminary budget for the 2017-18 school year at Board of Education meetings on Feb. 8 and 15, which covered the district’s …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/22/17
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The Board of Education for the Lynbrook School District kept a cell phone ban at Lynbrook High School in place at its Feb. 8 meeting, despite a student petition urging it to change the edict.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/22/17
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When Abby Manasakis went to the Lynbrook School District’s budget meeting on Feb. 15, she expected to learn more about the school board’s plan to move special education students from Marion Street Elementary to schools closer to their homes. Instead, she was told that there would be a private meeting after the proposed budget is adopted on March 8 to discuss the transition of special education students to new schools.
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/22/17
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Three East Rockaway School District students were awarded at the Jan. 24 Board of Education meeting for their submissions into the Andrew Stern Memorial Essay Contest, named after an East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School alumnus who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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By Michael Smollins
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2/8/17
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Rockville Centre residents got their first chance to publicly voice their opinions on the resignation of Superintendent William Johnson at the Board of Education meeting on Jan. 18.
It was the …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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1/25/17
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Hundreds of members of the Long Beach School Employees Association and the Classroom Teachers Association picketed outside Long Beach Middle School before the Jan. 12 Board of Education meeting, …
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By Bridget Downes
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1/19/17
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The Lynbrook Board of Education issued a proposal for a bond of nearly $29 million at its Jan. 11 meeting. Residents voted down last March’s $46 million bond, which led to the board issuing a survey to determine why it failed.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/19/17
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Harris Dinkoff, who served on the District 13 Board of Education for 33 years, died on Dec. 31 after a brief illness. He was 89.
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By Nick Ciccone
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1/11/17
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