The Franklin Square Union Free School District’s budget for next year, $36.3 million, will raise taxes by an average of $60 per home — significantly less than the $107 district officials … more

The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop in February, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget would likely exceed the 2 percent tax levy cap in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts. Since that time, the board was notified that it would receive an unanticipated, additional $1 million in state and special education aid from prior school years, bringing the projected the tax levy increase for 2012-13 down, from 4.64 percent to roughly 4 percent. 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

The Sewanhaka Central High School District held a search meeting on Thursday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Sewanhaka High School, to gather ideas from district residents about the district’s new superintendent. Warren Meierdiercks, who has been the district’s superintendent for the past five years, announced in December that he will be retiring on June 30, and the district has since been working to find a resident- and administration-approved replacement. more

After hearing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget release in early February, the Sewanhaka, Franklin Square and Elmont school districts have been on their feet, working to incorporate heavy school aid cuts and a proposed 2 percent property tax cap into their budgets. The tax cap, which was recently passed by the Senate and would take 76 of 150 votes in the Assembly to fully pass, wouldn’t go into effect until 2013, but districts are preparing ahead of time. more

The Franklin Square Union Free School District has been working over the past several years to implement state-of-the-art technology in its classrooms. Five years ago, the district didn’t even have an e-mail system; now, it is working on installing its final interactive whiteboards in general education classrooms, and its speech and hearing teachers are piloting iPads. more

The Franklin Square, Elmont and Sewanhaka school districts have joined in a lawsuit, along with more than half of Nassau County’s 56 districts, to fight the county’s plan to transfer to schools the responsibility for refunding excess taxes collected in error from commercial properties. more

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