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Central District Board of Education meeting cancelled

The Feb. 5 meeting of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education has been cancelled owing to inclement weather. more

2/5/14

The bathroom in the Mepham High School football locker room.

Support Bellmore-Merrick Central District's $49.89 million

For years, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education set aside money in its annual budget to maintain its facilities. Residents then had to authorize the spending in the budget vote in May. more

11/14/13

Education Law

Q: We planned on buying a home in a particular school district, but the sale fell through and we are still in our old home. Our children have already started school in … more

By Lynn M. Brown | 11/11/13

Susan Schwartz, center, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education president, said on Sept. 25 that the board would not consider separating synthetic-turf athletic fields from a $49.89 million bond proposal, which would allow residents to vote on the $7.5 million allotted for the fields separately from all other projects. At left was John DeTommaso, the Central District superintendent, who laid out his case for the bond at the Board of Education meeting.

Super lays out case for $49M bond proposal

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Superintendent John DeTommaso made a passionate plea before a crowd of 75 at a Sept. 25 Board of Education meeting, calling on residents to pass a $49.89 million bond proposal to renovate the district’s schools. The public will vote on the plan Dec. 2. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/3/13

John Ferrara and Nina Lanci were recently sworn in as vice president and president, respectively, of the North Bellmore Board of Education.

N. Bellmore district’s leadership shifts

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

By Julie Mansmann | 7/25/13

DeLauter wins North Bellmore special election

After an unprecedented tie in the contest for one seat on the North Bellmore Board of Education forced a runoff election, incumbent JoAnn DeLauter defeated Frank LaMagra in the second vote on June 25. DeLauter won her third term by 173 votes, with 556 votes to LaMagra’s 383. Of the 939 residents who voted in the special election, 87 did so by absentee ballot. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/25/13

N. Bellmore PTA council cancels candidates' forum

The North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs has announced that the second “Meet the Candidates” night featuring two school board hopefuls has been canceled. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/19/13

JoAnn DeLauter and Frank LaMagra discussed issues facing the North Bellmore School District at the last candidates’ forum in May.

North Bellmore PTA council to host candidates' forum

With a special Board of Education election on the horizon, the North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs is inviting residents to meet the candidates one more time. more

By Julie Mansmann | 6/19/13

oponents of installing synthetic-turf athletic fields at the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District’s three high schools came to the June 5 Board of Education meeting dressed in red as a show of solidarity. They protested the condition of the high schools’ fields, which have a number of barren patches, like this one at Calhoun High School in Merrick.

Dozens demand artificial-turf fields during Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District meeting

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will not install synthetic-turf athletic fields in 2013-14, Marion Blane, the Board of Education president, said at a June 5 meeting. But synthetic-turf fields are under board consideration for subsequent years, she said. more

By Brian Racow | 6/19/13

North Bellmore Board of Education candidates Joann DeLauter and Frank LaMagra will square off again this month after tying in the May vote.

Date for North Bellmore School District special election set

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

By Julie Mansmann | 6/12/13

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