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There aren’t many pencils, books or teacher’s dirty looks in the months of July and August. It’s a time when most students are on summer vacation and many school buildings are nearly empty. But just because there aren’t book reports or essays to be graded in Valley Stream’s 14 schools over the summer doesn’t mean there isn’t any work getting done.
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By Brian Croce
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8/9/12
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With summer vacation now in full swing, teenagers all over the country are spending their time doing a variety of activities. Some work, others go to camp and plenty catch up on sleep and television. But for dozens of students in the Valley Stream Central High School District, summer is a time to work on something that interests them.
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By Brian Croce
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8/1/12
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A lot has changed in the Valley Stream community since 1953, but the Valley Stream Community Band, which is celebrating its 60th season of summer concerts this year, has remained a constant source of fun, free and professional entertainment for residents for the last six decades.
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By Brian Croce
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8/1/12
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Thousands of students, staff members and parents who make up the Valley Stream Central High School District community voiced their opinions about the district’s teaching, learning and overall school climate in a survey that was administered in March and April. Now, the results are in.
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By Brian Croce
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7/26/12
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For the second year in a row, District 30 boasted the best test scores of Valley Stream’s three elementary districts when the results of the 2012 state assessments were released last week.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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7/25/12
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Two Valley Stream school superintendents recently completed their first years on the job. Dr. Bill Heidenreich of the Central High School District and Dr. Adrienne Robb-Fund of District 13 each faced their share of obstacles during the 2011-12 school year, most notably New York state’s tax levy limit that was implemented earlier this year, but as they each look back on their first year, most memories are positive.
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By Brian Croce
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7/18/12
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District 24 will have a familiar face as board president during the 2012-13 school year. Tony Iadevaio, who was first elected to the District 24 board in the early 1980s and became a member of the high school board shortly after, will take the role of board president for the sixth time on the elementary school level.
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By Brian Croce
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7/18/12
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The Valley Stream Central High School District posted a graduation rate well above the statewide average, according to data released by the New York State Education Department last month.
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By Brian Croce
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7/11/12
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There is little doubt that my wife and I overpaid for our home. When we were looking for a house to buy a decade ago, we had one search criterion in mind –– the schools had to be excellent. Period.
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6/7/12
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School spending plans passed at a high rate on Long Island and throughout New York state last week, ending the first budget season in which districts were limited by the state’s new tax levy cap.
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5/24/12
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