With a new superintendent, one new principal, a reorganized Board of Education and several ongoing administrative searches, the leadership of the North Bellmore Public Schools has and will continue to shift throughout the summer. more

The Bellmore and North Bellmore school districts said goodbye not only to beloved members of the faculty and staff in various buildings this June, but also to administrators who will officially retire on July 1. North Bellmore bid Superintendent Arnold Goldstein and seven other retirees farewell at a June 13 meeting of the Board of Education. District officials also thanked Trustee Rosemarie Corless for more than seven years of service. Corless will not sit on next year’s board, having lost her re-election bid in May. At Bellmore’s board meeting on June 18, Clifford Molinelli, the principal of the Charles A. Reinhard Early Childhood Center, and three others were recognized. more

North Bellmore School District officials are asking voters to return to the polls in less than two weeks for a runoff election to break an unprecedented tie for a Board of Education seat. more

Election season isn’t over yet for North Bellmore School District voters, as an unprecedented tie in the contest for one seat on the Board of Education has forced a runoff election, on a date to be determined. more

The race for a seat on the North Bellmore Board of Education pitting incumbent JoAnn DeLauter against challenger Frank LaMagra ended in a tie, with 799 votes for each of the candidates. more

North Bellmore School District voters will decide whether they want to pass the elementary district’s proposed $50.5 million spending plan for the 2013-14 school year, which maintains all academic programs. more

While the first draft of the North Bellmore School District’s 2013-14 budget maintains all academic programs, administrators explained that they would have to “eat into” reserve funds to do so in the face of soaring employee benefit costs. more

Arnold Goldstein, superintendent of the North Bellmore Public Schools, announced that he would retire this summer. more

With unforeseen savings from employees’ health insurance, four of the North Bellmore School District’s buildings might get expanded parking lots this coming fall. The proposition presented to the Board of Education at Thursday night’s meeting is meant to alleviate traffic flow problems associated with student drop-off and pick-ups, especially with increased enrollment at Saw Mill and Dinkelmeyer owing to the closing of Gunther School this June. more

Current students at Gunther Elementary in North Bellmore will enroll at new schools in the fall because their school will close in June, and many parents felt that asking them to also figure out their own transportation was too much. more