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Local veterans, many of whom marched in this year’s Memorial Day parade in Lynbrook, were displeased with the school board decision not to allow district servicemen and women a tax exemption.

Lynbrook school's likely to OK Gold Star Exemption

School taxes in Lynbrook may be increasing by a few cents as a way to help families who have lost a loved one in combat. At its regular October meeting, the Lynbrook Board of Education announced … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 10/8/14

New principal Eric Walter sat in on a classroom at Rhame Avenue Elementary in East Rockaway

A new principal at Rhame Avenue Elementary

For the first time in over a decade, East Rockaway’s Rhame Avenue Elementary School has a new face in its principal’s office. Erik Walter began his tenure as the new Rhame Avenue principal … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 10/1/14

Both the East Rockaway and Lynbrook school districts had a large percentage of highly effective and effective teachers in their districts in the 2012-13 school year, although they fell below the county and state averages.

How good are East Rockaway and Lynbrook teachers?

While 91 percent of Lynbrook teachers were rated highly effective or effective in the New York State Education Department’s latest compilation of teachers’ performance, that was 4 percentage … more

By Mary Malloy | 9/10/14

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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