State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he is optimistic that despite the difficult choices they face, this is the year when Albany lawmakers will finally make the structural changes to the state budget needed to rein in spending.
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Judy Rattner
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3/9/11
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On Feb. 28, in front of sizable crowd of teachers, parents and students in the School 4 auditorium, Oceanside School District officials presented their second workshop on the 2011-12 budget, and the …
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Tom Steinert
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3/9/11
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Oceanside teachers had until Feb. 11 to decided whether they would opt into the district’s cost-saving retirement incentive program, which Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown announced at the December …
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by Alex Costello
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2/23/11
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Last Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a two percent tax cap and said state aid for school districts would be curtailed significantly for the 2011-12 school year, which were two items Oceanside …
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Tom Steinert
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2/9/11
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The Oceanside School District kicked off its months-long budget process with its first workshop on Jan. 24, highlighting select pages from the 2011-12 spending plan, of which the biggest change was a …
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Tom Steinert
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2/2/11
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When Oceanside Superintendent of Schools Dr. Herb Brown announced at the Dec. 20 Board of Education meeting that he was looking at the possibility of having to cut 30 positions next year, it was …
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Alex Costello
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1/19/11
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“We’re going to be needing to cut back,” Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown said at the most recent Oceanside Board of Education meeting, on Dec. 20.
The meeting addressed the school …
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Tom Steinert
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1/12/11
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Island Park’s fourth class of students have just made their choice for which high school they will be attending next year — Long Beach or West Hempstead. And with over 100 Island Park students …
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Alex Costello
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1/12/11
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Island Park’s fourth class of students have just made their choice for which high school they will be attending next year — Long Beach or West Hempstead. And with more than 100 Island …
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By Alex Costello
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1/12/11
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Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown announced at a recent school board meeting that the district plans to take part in a lawsuit against Nassau County over the repeal of the county …
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Tom Steinert
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1/5/11
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