Students from the Sewanhaka Central High, Franklin Square Union Free and Elmont Union Free school districts will enter their new classrooms today, Sept. 7. So what’s in store for the 2011-12 school year? more

Since elementary school, lifelong New Hyde Park resident Linda Opyr, 58, has been devoted to poetry, and that dedication recently paid off. On June 12, Opyr was named poet laureate of Nassau … more

Seven years ago, Franklin Square resident Inga Krevatas helped create the first-ever autism program for the Franklin Square Union Free School District. Krevatas' twin daughters, Sophia and Alexa, were born with autism, and she wanted to ensure they received specialized teaching in their home district — not outside of it. more

Marc Isseks, who serves as chairman of the H. Frank Carey High School's Social Studies Department, and coordinates social studies at the Sewanhaka High School, was named an assistant principal of the H. Frank Carey High School on June 12, at the Sewanhaka Central High School District's monthly Board of Education meeting. more

Warren Meierdiercks, Sewhanaka’s Central High School District superintendent for the past five years, will retire on June 30. more

The Sewanhaka Central High School District, one of the largest school districts in Nassau County, passed its 2011-12 budget last week, with 4,628 votes supporting it and 3,028 opposing it. This year’s turnout of 7,656 voters was significantly lower than last year, when nearly 10,000 people voted on the current school spending plan. more

The Sewanhaka Central High School budget passed this evening, with 4,628 votes in support of the budget, and 3,028 votes against it. This year's turnout — 7,656 voters — was slightly lower than last year's, when nearly 10,000 residents came to the polls to vote for the 2010-11 budget. more

Following Sewanhaka Central High School District superintendent Warren Meierdierck’s announcement last December that he would be retiring in June, the district has been working to find a new superintendent to take his place. The district’s Board of Education placed advertisement in The New York Times, held a search meeting in March, and has been receiving leads from a search firm over the past few months. During the Sewanhaka district’s last BOE meeting, on May 3, BOE president Jean Fichtl announced that Dr. Ralph Ferrie will be the district’s new superintendent, beginning July 1. more

Board of Education elections for the Franklin Square and Elmont school districts will be held on May 17, in addition to budget elections for Sewanhaka, Franklin Square and Elmont. How well do you know the candidates who are running? more

After the State Senate’s vote on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget in March, the Sewanhaka, Franklin Square and Elmont school districts were handed new numbers for budget consideration — numbers that were considerably more favorable to local districts but did not eliminate their budget woes. more