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Voting on the budget and for Board of Educations trustees in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District takes place at the Woodmere Education Center, above, on May 19.
Hewlett-Woodmere adopts $113.6 million operating budget
The Hewlett-Woodmere School District adopted a $113.6 million budget on April 15 for the 2015-16 school year, which is an increase of 1.49 percent, or $1.67 million, over the current spending plan. Seven new programs and additional support for private-school special education are part of the budget. more
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The financial impact of the proposed Lawrence Charter School on the Lawrence School District. according to the charter school representatives.
Charter school pushes its plans
The campaign to open a charter school in the Lawrence School District has resumed, as a group headed by Atlantic Beach Estates resident Burton Sacks has spoken to community members about the proposed school. more
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Weekend Academy at Lawrence High School helps students prepare for the state Regents exams. Teacher Norah Hall reviewed questions for the living environment science test last Saturday.
Reinforcing test skills and needed concepts
At a time when most people are relaxing or starting chores, several teachers and students are in classrooms at Lawrence High School for three consecutive weekends in January and four weekends late in the school year to prepare for the New York State Regents Exams. more
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We need an education commissioner who listens
The resignation of State Education Commissioner Dr. John King Jr. creates a unique opportunity. The Board of Regents, which will choose his successor . . . more
Lawrence School District officials met with Long Island's state Board of Regents representative Roger Tilles in September.
District unity trumps proposed charter school
It’s not rare that charter school applications are withdrawn, as 12 of the 15 Round 2 applications for 2014 were pulled last month and not voted on by the New York State Board of Regents. more
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A website, LPSforum.com, was created by some Lawrence School District residents to publicize opposition to a proposed charter school.
Charter school opposition builds
Following the Sept. 22 public hearing on the proposed New American Leadership Academy charter school in the Lawrence School District, residents who oppose the plan created an informational website where community members can send a form letter to the State Education Department urging the denial of the school’s application. more
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New York State’s Board of Regents is making changes to the way students are educated and attain high school graduation. State Regent member Roger Tilles, fourth from left, visited Lawrence S.D. on Sept. 19.
Altering the state’s educational landscape
Along with the new Common Core Learning Standards, more changes are coming to schools throughout New York State as the Board of Regents adopted a measure to increase the amount of bilingual instruction districts must provide and alternative pathways to high school graduation are being explored. more
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Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents Roger Tilles visited Lawrence Middle School on Sept. 19. At left were school district Board of Education Trustee Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Tilles and Superintendent Gary Schall.
Talking education with Roger Tilles
Born in Great Neck and educated in that district’s public schools, Roger Tilles has an indelible memory of the last time he was in a school building in the Lawrence School District which he visited on Sept. 19. more
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The Lawrence School District hosted a public hearing on the proposed charter school. New American Leadership Academy representative Evelyn Gargano explained the school’s financial impact on the district.
Airing the charter school arguments
Representatives of the New American Leadership Academy Charter School and Lawrence School District residents and employees presented their arguments for and against a proposed charter school at a 2½-hour public hearing on Monday. more
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The Hewlett-Woodmere School District will begin a national search for a new superintendent to replace Dr. Joyce Bisso, who announced that she would retire next June. Above, Trustee Dr. Jonathan Altus, class of 2014 valedictorian Amy Vitha and Bisso at a Board of Education meeting in February.
Superintendent Bisso to retire
Hewlett-Woodmere Schools Superintendent Dr. Joyce Bisso announced at the July 8 Board of Education meeting that she would retire after the upcoming school year, on June 30, 2015. more
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