Long Beach Schools Superintendent David Weiss announced on Saturday that he will resign after he accepted a position with the International Baccalaureate organization.
Weiss, who was named …
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By Bridget Downes
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8/14/17
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
The Long Beach Board of Education voted 3-2 to reject a plan to privatize the school district’s lunch program that administrators said would have saved …
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By Bridget Downes
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7/13/17
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Long Beach High School is on lockdown after receiving a bomb threat on Tuesday, according to Nassau County police and Long Beach Schools Superintendent David Weiss. Police said the incident was …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/30/17
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By a count of 1,967 votes to 589, residents approved the Long Beach School District’s $135 million budget for the 2017-18 school year on Tuesday.
Incumbents Dr. Dennis Ryan and Maureen Vrona …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/16/17
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With school districts facing intense scrutiny — not to mention a slew of federally and state-mandated cost increases — and parents demanding high standards, administrators aiming to create …
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5/11/17
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A former nurse at East Elementary School has joined this year’s school board race, and will face two incumbents.
Long Beach residents will vote on May 16 on the proposed $135 million budget for …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/27/17
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Suspended Long Beach Middle School teacher Lisa Weitzman — who is alleged to have abused five of her special-education students between 2009 and 2014 — strongly denied the allegations at a …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/20/17
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The Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the 2017-18 budget last week, a $135 million spending plan that represents a -.15 percent decrease over the current budget and includes a $1.9 …
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By Bridget Downes
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4/13/17
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Long Beach school district officials presented a draft of the proposed 2017-18 budget to the Board of Education on March 9, offering a $135.6 million spending plan that they said maintains programs …
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By Bridget Downes
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3/23/17
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After a two-year impasse, the Long Beach Board of Education and the Classroom Teachers Association announced last week that they had agreed on a new contract.
At the March 9 school board meeting …
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By Bridget Downes
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3/16/17
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