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The polling place for Island Park is Lincoln Orens Middle School. Voting will take place on May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Polls open Tuesday for school budget, board candidate votes in Oceanside, Island Park

Polls will open for the school budget votes and school board elections in Oceanside and Island Park on May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Here’s what you should know before filling out your ballot. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 5/16/19

The Oceanside and Island Park school districts each have uncontested races for the Board of Education on May 21.

Meet the school board candidates in Oceanside, Island Park

Three Board of Education trustees are running unopposed for re-election in the Oceanside and Island Park school districts. Communities will vote for the uncontested school board positions and school budgets on May 21. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 5/9/19

Oceanside School District’s budget vote will include a separate ballot measure, in which voters will decide on using money from a capital reserve fund for artificlal-turf field repairs and interior door replacements at the high school.

Oceanside, Island Park unveil proposed 2019-20 school budgets

Oceanside and Island Park school officials have presented their proposed budgets for the 2019-20 school year, which emphasize facility repairs and security enhancements. Both districts are proposing budgets with tax-levy increases below the state’s 2.67 percent cap. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 4/11/19

Lincoln Orens Middle School will undergo several construction projects this summer.

Island Park Board of Education gives updates on summer projects

This summer, Island Park’s Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School and Lincoln Orens Middle School will receive major upgrades through several bond, capital and FEMA-funded projects. As a result of the months-long construction, the schools will not host their usual summer programs. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 4/11/19

Now’s the time to speak up on school budgets

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 . . . more

1/25/18

Safety, Security and STEAM Enhanced at I.P. Schools

Island Park Public Schools have several enhancements in place when doors open on Sept. 6. Facility and technology upgrades, safety and security system improvements, and instructional enhancements … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/31/16

A tale of two schools, 3,000 miles apart

By my rough calculations, our children spend some 17,640 hours in school, kindergarten through high school. more

6/6/13

One way in which our society is unequal? Education.

Last year, just before the November election, Hofstra University was fortunate enough to host a presidential debate. Prior to the debate, a variety of well-known political figures were invited to speak on the campus. more

4/25/13

Come one, come all, to the fair!

The days are becoming noticeably shorter, and the air is gradually turning cooler. Children have returned from camp. Vacations spent at the beach or in the mountains are ending. more

8/23/12

New York school districts are beginning to take advantage of a law that passed over the summer to cut bus costs.

Schools cut bus costs, rev up savings

In a move celebrated by state school officials, a law was passed over the summer to help school districts cut bus costs and put those savings toward school programs, and local districts have just recently been able to take advantage of it. more

By Jackie Nash | 10/25/11

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