It’s school budget season, and as districts begin laying out their 2019-20 spending plans, it’s a critical time for residents to attend Board of Education meetings.
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2/7/19
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With the vote less than four months away, the administration of the Hewlett-Woodmere School District met on Jan. 24 at the Woodmere Education center at 1 Johnson Avenue, Woodmere, to discuss …
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By Tyler Marko
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1/31/19
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Five Board of Education seats in the Five Town’s two public school districts are up for election this spring. All three Hewlett-Woodmere candidates are unopposed and one race in Lawrence is contested.
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By Tyler Marko
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5/3/18
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School budget season has been under way for some time, but now districts are getting down to business as the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education met at the Woodmere Education Center in Woodmere to discuss preliminary plans for the 2018-2019 budget on Jan. 25.
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By Tyler Marko
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2/1/18
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As far back as 1993, there was talk at the highest levels of government of consolidating Long Island school districts to save money and provide greater resources for the Island’s poorest districts. That debate is likely to be resurrected . . .
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1/25/18
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Since the beginning of the school year, and for the uninitiated that is actually July 1, not a day in September, districts have been reviewing, turning over and working on their next operating budget.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/25/18
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The Hewlewtt-Woodmere and Lawrence operating budgets for the 2017-18 school year were approved by district residents Tuesday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/16/17
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In 2003, voters in the Lawrence School District overwhelmingly rejected a proposed $85.3 million budget with a 4.9 percent tax increase. In the subsequent 14 years, especially the past decade, Lawrence taxpayers have strongly supported the fiscal plans put together by district officials.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/22/17
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Hewlett-Woodmere
$115.4M budget PASSED with 74 percent of the vote.
It included a no tax levy increase.
Proposition 2 was approved
Mitchell Greebel and Daniella Simon were elected to the …
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/17/16
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On Tuesday district residents in the Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence schools districts can go to their respective polling places to vote on the proposed budgets, trustees and one proposition.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/11/16
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