Even those in leadership positions have go back to school. District 13’s administrative team participated in a two-day training session this summer to improve teaching in the elementary schools and, ultimately, boost student learning.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/31/10
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The Central High School District Board of Education will be moving its Alternative Special Education program for students in grades 10 -12 from Central High School to North for the upcoming school year, to join program students in grades 7-9. The move is now raising an alert from several local parents.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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8/25/10
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Harvey Weisenberg, the incumbent representative for the 20th State Assembly District, is being challenged this year in a Democratic Primary by Jeff Toback, former Nassau County legislator. The Herald …
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8/18/10
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Former Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon, a resident of Rockville Centre, died at home early Sunday morning after a long battle with lymphoma. He was 76.
During his more than 30 …
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Judy Rattner
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8/16/10
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District 24 hires many of its former graduates to help get the schools ready for September. This year, there are a dozen high school and college students working in the Brooklyn Avenue, William L. Buck and Robert W. Carbonaro schools.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/11/10
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South Valley Stream residents, represented by Jeff Toback in the Nassau County Legislature for 10 years, could be served by him again — this time in the state Assembly. Toback has entered the Democratic primary against incumbent Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, vying for the seat Weisenberg has held for two decades.
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Alex Costello
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8/11/10
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Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo, the current Democratic state attorney general, recently swung by the Jewel Quinn Senior Center in North Merrick to tout a 2 percent property-tax cap for all municipalities and school districts in New York.
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8/5/10
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Test scores fell in all four Valley Stream school districts, across Long Island and throughout New York after the State Education Department raised the passing mark on state assessments in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/4/10
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District 13's summer recreation program ends this week. Each year, the elementary school district hires several local high school and college students to oversee children during the 4 1/2 week program.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/4/10
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School may be out for the summer, but in District 13 the buildings are hardly empty. Two of the schools are hosting the annual summer recreation program, as nearly 400 children come to learn and play each day.
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Andrew Hackmack
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7/28/10
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