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Bellmore-Merrick Central District making big changes to Regents plan

In the past, only Advanced Placement English students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District took the English Regents in January of 11th grade. The feeling was that they should be ready at that point to pass the exam with a high mark, giving them greater time to concentrate on the A.P. exam in May. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/15/16

Get involved in the school budget process

In the coming weeks and months, local school districts will be planning their 2016-17 budgets, deciding how to allocate their pieces of that very large pie. It’s our right to have a say in how that money will be spent. more

1/21/16

A chance to rethink Common Core

The Massachusetts State Board of Education recently rejected the battery of state exams required by the Common Core curriculum. It was a bold –– and pathetic –– move on the board’s part. more

12/3/15

Skip Haile, of North Merrick, was named the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District president for 2015-16.

Skip Haile, Janet Goller elected board leaders

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education kicked off the 2015-16 school year on July 14 by electing Skip Haile as president and Janet Goller as vice president. more

7/27/15

Nina Lanci, Melissa Cmar-Grote, Brian Desmond and Marion Blane were elected to their respective boards of education in the Bellmores.

Passed budgets please school officials

Elementary school district officials across the Bellmores expressed gratitude to residents for passing their 2015-16 budget plans. School trustee candidates also said they were thrilled to win terms … more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/4/15

Vote for Bellmores' school budgets, trustees

Bellmore-Merrick Central District Superintendent John DeTommaso recently said the district’s 2015-16 spending plan has the potential to be “one of the best budgets in Bellmore-Merrick in the last 10 years,” noting that, if passed, it would restore previously cut teaching and administrative positions and reduce class sizes, particularly for special-education classes. more

5/15/15

At left are the North Bellmore Board of Education candidates, Nina Lanci and Melissa Cmar-Grote; at right are the Bellmore Board of Education candidates, Brian Desmond and Marion Blane.

Board of Education candidates named in Bellmores

Bellmore and North Bellmore residents will not only vote on their school district budgets on May 19, but also they will decide who will sit on their boards of education. Trustees are elected in … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/15/15

For volunteers, to give is to get

Since April is National Volunteer Month, let’s consider what volunteering really is: a vital part of every community . . . more

4/16/15

It's not too late to get involved in the school budget process

Tis the season of tax levies, enrollment projections and capital reserve funds. It’s school budget time . . . more

2/25/15

Merrick Spanish teachers Toni Allen, left, and Jacki Geltman posed outside Allen’s classroom door. A sign on the door reads, “¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!” Translation: “Welcome to Spanish class!”

Merrick board agrees to keep Spanish

The Merrick School District administration reversed course last Tuesday on a recent recommendation to cut Spanish from the curriculum, citing the importance of foreign language in the elementary school, or FLES, and pledging to keep and improve Merrick’s Spanish program. more

By Brian Racow | 2/10/15

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