Teachers and administrators in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District have agreed to voluntarily freeze their salaries for the 2011-12 academic year in order to avoid further budget cuts and preserve student programs. In all, the wage freeze will save the district $840,000, according to Central officials.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/25/11
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Both District 13 and the Central High School District are in need of new superintendents. The new governor has had much to say about Long Island (124 districts) superintendents’ income as compared to his, $179,000 per year. It will be interesting to see if our boards are influenced in the least by his comments and suggestions. The superintendents’ union threaten to all leave the Island if those caps ($175,000 per year) are put in place.
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3/24/11
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Village Water Superintendent Anthony Iannone has decided to step down by the end of March, and will take a job as superintendent of another water department, the Herald has learned.
Iannone, 49, a …
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TOM STEINERT
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3/23/11
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The West Hempstead Board of Education’s second budget workshop of the season, held on March 8, was punctuated by the crying, sniffling and distribution of tissues by students who attended to …
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By Svenja van den Woldenberg
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3/16/11
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Classroom aides and lunchroom monitors in the Malverne school district are sick of working without sick days, vacation time and, most important, respect.
“We feel like we’re treated …
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By Lee Landor
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3/16/11
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New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released an audit of the North Bellmore Fire District. The district received a handful of recommendations for changes in its accounting.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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3/15/11
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Depending on your point of view, Governor Cuomo’s proposed superintendent salary cap is either a good start on the road to reining in exorbitant taxes across New York state or, at best, a symbolic gesture.
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3/10/11
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State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending.
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Judy Rattner
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3/9/11
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On Feb. 28, in front of sizable crowd of teachers, parents and students in the School 4 auditorium, Oceanside School District officials presented their second workshop on the 2011-12 budget, and the …
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Tom Steinert
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3/9/11
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Throughout the last two budget seasons, the West Hempstead school district has excessed nearly 85 positions, including administrators, teachers, clerical staff and coaches. It altered its academic …
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By Lee Landor
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3/9/11
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