In the Merrick School District, incumbent school board Trustees Gina Piskin and Sigal Negrin, who was recently appointed to the board, ran unopposed and were re-elected. Piskin received 943 votes, and Negrin garnered 832. more

School budgets are up for a vote in Merrick, North Merrick and the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School districts on May 21. Here’s a breakdown of the budgets: more

When residents in Merrick and North Merrick go to the polls on May 21 to vote on the budgets for next school year, they will also cast ballots for Board of Education candidates in both districts. The Merrick Board of Education oversees Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside schools, and the North Merrick Board of Education oversees Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road schools. more

A handful of parents in Merrick and North Merrick told school administrators that they would refuse to allow their children to sit for new standardized state exams, which began in elementary schools around the state this week. The parents, who believe that the standardized exams lack pedagogical merit and are harmful to students, say they would like to see a grass-roots civil-disobedience movement involving other parents taking the same action that would force the state to cancel the exams. In all, 50 students did not take the exams on Tuesday, the first day they were administered, according to officials in both districts. more

The North Merrick School District was able to sidestep painful cuts to educational and counseling programs next year because of an 11th-hour restoration of state aid dollars at the end of last month. more

The North Merrick School District has drawn up a plan for how it will cut school funding if the state budget Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed in January takes effect. The plan would eliminate two classroom … more

Like many school districts across the nation, North Merrick is considering a range of measures to increase security in its three elementary schools — Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road — in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December. more

The North Merrick School District was able to save staff positions originally intended to be cut or reduced after receiving additional state aid, according to Superintendent David Feller. more

The facilities referendum held by the North Merrick School District on Dec. 12 passed a public vote, with 181 yes votes and 43 no votes. The $1.2 referendum, which includes renovations at Camp, Fayette and Old Mill Road schools, will be paid for by a capital reserve fund that was established in 2009. more

The North Merrick School District will hold a facilities referendum on Monday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 10 p.m. at Fayette Elementary School, giving the North Merrick community the opportunity to vote on the expenditure of $1.2 million of a $1.4 million capital reserve fund to make repairs at Camp Avenue, Old Mill Road and Fayette elementary schools. more