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

A bomb threat was left on the voice-mail system of a member of the H. Frank Carey High School administration on April 27 around 11:10 p.m. The threat was made after the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education meeting that night. more

A bomb threat was left on the voice-mail system of an administrative member of the H. Frank Carey High School on April 27, around 11:10 p.m. The threat was made following the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, which began at 8 p.m. 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

The Sewanhaka School Employees Association has been working without a contract since July 2010, and at the Sewanhaka Central High School District’s last Board of Education meeting, held March 22 at the Sewanhaka High School, a member of the group spoke out. more

Athletes In Training, at 220A Franklin Ave. in Franklin Square, held a free seminar for the Wantagh High School Physical Education Department on March 25, at 12 p.m. For more information on Athletes In Training, contact Cotto at (516) 216-1464. more

A night of fashion and fun awaits West Hempstead High School’s senior class as its annual Prom Fashion Show is right around the corner. more

For the second time in the past two months, parents came to the microphone at the Sewanhaka High School District’s Board of Education meeting to publicly disparage the district’s English as a Second Language program. The program is currently housed in only one school within the five-school district — the H. Frank Carey High School — and some parents within the district believe it has created an unsafe environment at Carey. more